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  • 3.00 Credits

    For Non-majors. Acting techniques for non-majors. Students learn basic acting skills through class participation in monologue work, scene work, and improvisations.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Non-majors. Students will explore television as a theatrical art form. Television content and structure will be examined and critiqued through multiple lenses, including historical antecedents and international media issues. This is an online course.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Non-majors. Students will discover and explore the visual world of theatre, including the design process. Students will investigate elements and principles of design, and learn to apply them in the analysis of costumes, lighting, properties, scenery, and sound.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. Non-majors should enroll in THEA 1033 and 2033, (Must be taken in sequence). Students develop an appreciation for the art of theatre and the discipline of acting. Students learn respect for fellow students in the development of their creative potential. Prerequisites: Full Major or Minor status in Theatre OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students develop complex acting skills by exploring language and text-driven material through scene work and monologue work. Students learn to enhance actor's skills such as concentration, focus, observation, relaxation, ensemble work, and physical and vocal awareness. This class requires students to actively participate, learn lines and explore the psychology of the characters they will be portraying. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 1120 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Provides students with hands-on practical backstage experience of the complex workings of a University theatre production. This is the first-year production class. Requires evening and weekend production work on one production within the semester. Sections correspond to each consecutive show for the semester. Specific crew assignments will be assigned by the instructor. An informational meeting will be held at the beginning of each semester for all sections of this course. Prerequisites: Full Major or Minor status in Theatre
  • 1.00 Credits

    Theatre core requirement for Theatre Majors and Minors. This course is the second-year production class. Providing students hands-on practical backstage experience in the complex workings of a university theatre production, this course requires evening and weekend production work on one production within the semester. Sections correspond to each consecutive show for the semester, and specific crew assignments are assigned by the instructor. An informational meeting will be held at the beginning of each semester for all sections of this course. Prerequisites: Full Major or Minor status in Theatre OR Instructor Consent. Corequisites: THEA 1160.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces Musical Theatre Program students to the elements of acting through the use of self as a basis for investigation and discovery. The course introduces acting process and exploration of the self in creating character, focusing on the elements of acting as applied to exercises, improvisation, contemporary monologues, and scene work. Prerequisites: Admission to Emphasis in Musical Theatre OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course introduces students to elements of acting through ensemble-building and imaginative play, focusing on elements of acting as applied to theatre games/exercises, improvisation, and open scene work. Prerequisites: Admission to Actor Training Program Emphasis OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will give student actors the tools and techniques to use and support their voice as the primary means of communication. The tools and techniques include details of diction, voice production, and breathing, as well as learning how to find the meaning of the words they are speaking in short speeches. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 1211 OR Instructor Consent.