Questions of historical style, poetic stage language, and contemporary approaches to heightened realism and nonrealistic acting. A scene lab in which we investigate human embodied truth on a wide spectrum of scale, size, technique and play. Playwrights explored may include Shakespeare, Shaw, Lorca, Adrienne Kennedy, Suzan-Lori Parks, Naomi Izuka, Christopher Chen, Aishah Rahman, Maria Irene Fornes, Chuck Mee, Aleshea Harris, Caryl Churchill and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
Prerequisites and Restrictions
THR 201 or other acting class and instructor’s permission. THR 401 can be taken up to two times as long as the instructor or subject matter is different. Please contact Professor Nehassaiu DeGannes at degannes@princeton.edu for more information.
Application required. Please apply for this course using the form below.
Students who apply by 12 noon on Sunday, November 27, will hear about enrollment on Monday, November 28th. Applications received after noon on November 27th will be considered if space remains available or opens up in the class.
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