An introduction to the craft of acting through scene study monologues and, finally, a longer scene drawn from a play, to develop a method of working on a script.
Theater & Music Theater Courses
Theater & Music Theater
This course encourages you to push your limits and range as mover, dancer and/or actor.
Continuing work begun in Introductory Playwriting, students will complete either one full-length play or two long one-acts (40-60 pages) to the end of gaining a firmer understanding of characterization, dialogue, structure, and the playwriting process.
How are directors and actors and co-authors of a live performance, and how can anyone contribute text to a work that seeks its own unified vision? How can design play as integral a role as text?
An exploration of the various aspects of Costume Design for the stage.
An introduction to the art and craft of lighting design for the stage and an exploration of light as a medium for expression.
A study of English drama from its medieval origins to Restoration comedy, with special attention to major non-Shakespearean Renaissance playwrights such as Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Webster, and John Ford.
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887-1950), a phantasmagorical prose-writer with active experience in theater, went almost unpublished during his lifetime.This seminar-workshop investigates the theatrical potential of his prose against the cultural background of the Bolshevik 1920s and Stalinist 1930s.
A practical, hands-on introduction to acting and directing in musical theater.
The Great War of 1914-1918 was a defining experience for the modern world. In this course, we excavate forgotten memories and explore a fascinating tension between remembrance and amnesia.
This course will explore conventional and resistant performances of gender and sexuality in the Broadway musical since the 1940s.