Theater Arts Summer Courses
THEA 10
Session 2
Addresses imagination and creativity. Using the framework of theater production, students explore the process of translating a script into a performance. Topics include visual literacy, creative problem solving, establishing effective working teams, tear sheets, storyboarding, drawing, sound and color theory. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-division design courses. (General Education Code(s): IM.)
Proposed Instructor: David Cuthbert
THEA 14
Session 1
A fundamental course in drawing from still life, the figure, and in the landscape. The approach is from the tonal and volumetric aspects of the object. Color is introduced as the course progresses. Instruction fashioned to the individual needs of the student. The inexperienced are welcomed as well as the experienced. Students are billed a $28 materials fee. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)
Proposed Instructor: Kate Edmunds
THEA 20-01
Session 1
Introduction to basic acting skills and the problems of performance. Concentrates on expanding a range of expression and ability to respond to and analyze dramatic text. Designed for students with little or no experience in acting. (General Education Code(s): IM.)
Proposed Instructor: Greg Fritsch
THEA 20-02
Session 2
Introduction to basic acting skills and the problems of performance. Concentrates on expanding a range of expression and ability to respond to and analyze dramatic text. Designed for students with little or no experience in acting. (General Education Code(s): IM.)
Proposed Instructor: Dorothy Atkinson
THEA 30
Session 2
Intensive instruction in developing the dancer's mind/body, with
introduction to movement theory and practice. Students are billed a $30 materials fee. Enrollment limited to 30. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)Proposed Instructor: Tandy Beal
THEA 61C
Session 1
Examines dramatic and theatrical works that sprang into being in the wake of the European Renaissance. Follows the ways modern artists have dramatized their questions, struggles, beliefs, and despair in the face of world wars, cultural fragmentation, unprecedented prosperity, and new technologies. (General Education Code(s): TA.)
Proposed Instructor: Kimberly Jannarone
Introduction to Theater Design and Technology (5 credits)
Drawing (5 credits)
Introductory Studies in Acting (5 credits)
Introductory Studies in Acting (5 credits)
Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique (5 credits)
The Birth of the Modern: Drama and Performance After the Renaissance (5 credits)
