Course Atlas

Fall 2009

THEA 101 - 000: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Randy Fullerton	MWF	2-2:50	Rich 205	18

Content: A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art, serving as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and talks with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts: Robert Cohen, Theatre
Assessment: Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Short quizzes given occasionally. Some events will be scheduled in the evening lab time that are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 101 - 001: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Scott Little	MWF	9:35-10:25	Rich 205	18

Content: A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art, serving as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and talks with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts: Robert Cohen, Theatre
Particulars: Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Short quizzes given occasionally. Some events will be scheduled in the evening lab time that are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 101 - 002: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Joe Monaghan	MWF	10:40-11:30	Rich 207	18

Content: This course seeks to enhance students' understanding of and appreciation for live theater through education about theater as an art form. Students will develop critical faculties enabling them to understand both what they see and hear during a live theatrical presentation and the collaborative efforts that go into creating those presentations. Students will also be introduced to some theater history and current trends in theater to give context to the work they will see.
Texts: Robert Cohen, Theatre
Assessment: Instruction will come from reading the text and select scripts, from conversations with working artists, and from attending live theater events.
A $15 fee may be charged to students’ Bursar accounts to cover tickets and transportation to an off-campus show.

THEA 101-003 and 004: Introduction to the Theater (TWO SECTIONS)

Instructor

Day(s)

Time(s)

Location

Max Enroll

Sara Ward

TTh

10-11:15

11:30-12:45

Rich 207

Rich 210

18

Content: A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art, serving as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and talks with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts: Robert Cohen, Theatre
Assessment: Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Short quizzes given occasionally. Some events will be scheduled in the evening lab time that are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 121-000 and 001: Acting: Fundamentals (TWO SECTIONS)

Instructor

Day(s)

Time(s)

Location

Max Enroll

Janice Akers

TTh

11:30-12:45

2:30-3:45

Rich 205

Rich 210

12

Content: A theoretical and practical introduction to basic skills of acting. No prior acting experience required. Areas covered include awareness and concentration, researching/creating a character and spatial relationship. Through vocal and physical warm-ups, improvisations, and scene work, students will acquire a working vocabulary in the fundamentals of acting theory, rehearsal, and script analysis.
Texts: None. A $20 photocopying fee will be charged to student Bursar accounts to cover handout materials.
Assessment: Grading criteria: rigorous attendance, energetic class participation and presentation preparation. Scene work with a partner will occur in class in addition to two out-of-class rehearsal sessions. Students required to attend two on-campus theater productions and write two to three short response papers.

THEA 121-002: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Adam Fristoe	WF	10:40-12:35	Rich 205	12

Content: An introduction to basic principles and skills of acting. Physical and vocal exercises, some rigorous, will be part of the training. Topics will include playing circumstances, creating characters and relationships, motivation and inner conflict. Performance assignments will involve both solo and interactive work. Goals include a practical understanding of acting theory, a grasp of the range of approaches to rehearsal, and an appreciation of the importance of script analysis. No prior acting experience is required.
Texts: None.
Assessment: Grading will be based on 1. active, focused participation in class exercises; 2. preparation of performance assignments; 3. written assignments (analyses of scripts and of performances attended); 4. acquisition of skills and evidence of growth; 5. making the course your own: initiative and application; 6. attendance. Scene work with partners will entail several out-of-class rehearsal sessions. Students are expected to attend two on-campus theater productions and to write short response papers.

THEA 121 - 003: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Mary Lynn Owen	TTh	1-2:15	Rich 210	12

Content: How does the actor bring truth to the stage? The aim of this course is to introduce you, first hand, to the skills involved in such a task. No prior acting experience required. Class sessions include physical and vocal exercises, many of them rigorous, and improvisational exercises designed to strengthen the individual/group imagination and to build ensemble. Course work includes extensive scene-study, requiring regular outside-class preparation and in-class performance.
Texts: None
Assessment: Grading based primarily on attendance and participation. Some reading required, as well as a maximum of two papers. Students required to attend a local professional production.

THEA 131: Basic Stagecraft

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Scott Little	TTh	10-11:15	DUC, MGM Theater	12

(plus a weekly 2-hour lab--see Assessment)

Content: This course will provide beginning students with an awareness and understanding of the technical aspects of theater production, and an overview of the visual aspects of theater along with construction techniques for props and set. Practical exercises are directly related to productions staged in the Mary Gray Munroe Theater and include assignments to technical crews for productions of Theater Emory. The course involves three hours of lecture and two hours of lab work per week; students are required to crew one Theater Emory production in the semester.
Text: Stagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for Theatrical Production. Carver, Rita Kogler.
Assessment: Students are required to sign up for one of the following labs in OPUS:
1) Tues. Lab 1-3 (LB1) MAX: 4
2) Wed. Lab. 2-4 (LC1) MAX: 4
3) Thurs. Lab 1-3 (LD1) MAX: 4
Grading based on participation in class, lab work, and theatrical productions, as well as progress over the semester.

THEA 190: Freshmen Seminar: Literature in the Flesh

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Lisa Paulsen	TTh	11:30-12:45	Schwartz 203 (Theater Lab)	12-15

For Freshmen Only

Content: This seminar will bring you into an acting laboratory to play with story, character, theme, language, etc! Actors have developed a multitude of ways to bring a written character to life on-stage. We will borrow exercises from the actor's creative process, but adventure beyond dramatic literature into fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. By working back and forth between instinctive and intellectual insights, we'll seek to enrich our understanding of each text we encounter through the semester. Students will take part in vocal, physical, and improvisational class exercises, along with class discussions and readings.
Texts: Text excerpts will be selected from across genres of drama, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. A portion of the reading list will be compiled in collaboration between students and instructor. A $10 to $20 photocopying fee may be charged to students' Bursar accounts to cover handouts.
Assessment: Grading is based upon attendance and class participation in addition to class assignments, including an informal journal entry each week, three (3) small-group presentations, and one (1) collaborative culminating project.
No Acting Experience Necessary.

THEA 201SWR: Reading for Performance

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Donald McManus	TTh	11:30-12:45	Rich 207	12

Content: This course is designed to provide serious students with the tools necessary for advanced study of theater. We will learn how to read plays closely and how to evaluate criticism. Plays will be read, studied and discussed with production issues in mind. What did it look like? Who went to see it? How was it acted? What are the problems with this play? Is it worth doing today? Has it succeeded in the past? Why? Would we like it for the same reasons? Does a new production need a new idea? What has never been tried? Should we be true to the text? Is the author's vision paramount? How do we determine what that vision was? Does it matter?
Texts: Representative plays ranging from classical Greek, Renaissance, naturalism, expressionism, contemporary realism, modern poetic drama, and post-modern experimental drama, plus handouts and internet resources will be used.
Assessment: Grades determined by class participation, quizzes, short papers, and one major research paper.

THEA 215: History of Drama and Theater I
- Same as ENG 215

Instructor

Day(s)

Time(s)

Location

Max Enroll

Michael Evenden

MWF

LAB Th

(LAB IS CANCELED)

11:45-12:35

4-5:15

Rich 108

Rich 205

15 THEA, 10 ENG

Note: Theater majors and minors must attend Performance Reconstruction Lab Th 4-5:15. Others may attend for extra credit, or obtain a schedule overide if wishing to be in a different course that might meet during this time slot.
Content: A survey course based on lecture and group discussion that broadly covers dramatic literature and theater history from the Greeks to French neoclassicism. A strong historical emphasis will be required in a course that focuses on a public art form as it transforms itself radically to correspond to many different cultural situations.
Texts: Students will be expected to read two to three plays a week. Playwrights to be covered include Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, Roswitha, Marlowe, Jonson, Shakespeare, Racine, Behn, Calderon, and Lope de Vega.
Assessment: Three written examinations, objective and analytic. Optional paper. Not recommended for first-year students.
A $15 photocopying fee will be charged to students' Bursar accounts to cover handouts and additional materials.

THEA 221: Acting: Scenework

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
John Ammerman	MWF	10:40-12:35	Rich 210	12

Content: An introduction to acting scenes. This process-oriented course will focus on the development of character relationship through principles of objective, circumstance, habit, activity, age, and emotion. Scenes will include both contemporary dramatic literature and Shakespeare.
Assessment: As a performance-based course, there will be a variety of exercises and tasks involving work with a partner, which includes both graded and non-graded assignments. Grading will be based on the performance of selected scenes, including the final, and will require outside rehearsals on a regular basis in order to prepare for presentation. Attendance, participation, and cooperation are crucial for the growth and development of each performer's skills.
Recommended Prerequisite: Theater 221 is open to students who have taken Theater 121 or, in the case of those who have considerable experience, to students who obtain permission of the instructor.

THEA 224: Movement for the Actor

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
John Ammerman	MWF	2-3:50	Rich 210	10

This is a course heavily focused on physical exercise and conditioning.
Content: A laboratory workshop class focusing on the development of movement techniques through exercise and practice. Elements include center, balance, kinesthetics, combat, weapons, mime, clowning, improvisation, and rhythm.
Assessment: As a performance-based course, there will be a variety of exercises and tasks involving both solo and partner work. Grading will be based on the performance of selected and assigned topics, including the Final Exam, and will require outside rehearsals on a regular basis in order to prepare for presentation. Each actor will be required to dress in workout attire. Attendance, participation, and cooperation are crucial for the growth and development of each performer's skills.

THEA 230: Principles of Design

Instructors	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Leslie Taylor Greg Catellier	TTh	1-2:15	311C Schwartz Center (Design Classroom)	12

Content: This fall, focus is on design for dance, providing students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the processes involved in conceiving and executing stage designs. It will serve as an introduction to the theory and practice of set, costumes, and lighting design. In a broader sense, it is aimed at helping students hear and experience music and dance with a richer sense of its visual qualities.
Texts: No text.
A $40 supplies fee will be charged to students' Bursar accounts.

THEA 232: Scene Design

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Leslie Taylor	TTh	2:30-3:45	TBA	4

Content: This course will provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the processes involved in conceiving and executing stage designs. Its aim is to educate students to read and experience plays with a knowledge of the impact of the visual material on the world of the play. The course will stimulate the visual imagination of the students through the use of the following techniques: color and compositional qualities, script analysis, visual research, set design and practicums, drafting, sketching, and model making.

Assessment: Students will assessed a materials fee for art supplies and scripts. Grades are based on successful completion of design projects, attendance, and participation in discussions. There will be a final project. Written permission of the instructor or THEA 230 is required prior to registration.

Pre-requisite: Written permission of instructor and/or THEA 230

THEA 234: Sound Design

Instructors	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Joe Monaghan	MWF	12:50-1:40	Rich 207	8

Content: This is an introductory course to the technology and design of sound for the theater.
Text: Sound and Music for Theatre, 2nd Edition and 1 or more scripts TBA.
Assessment: Topics will include script analysis and design development, sound reinforcement, mini-disc, CD and digital recording, mixing and editing.

THEA 300R: 00P-03: Production Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD with instructors	TBD with instructors	DUC, MGM Theater	5 each

Content: Course goal is to provide students with a meaningful learning experience through the assumption of technical or administrative responsibilities in conjunction with the productions of Theater Emory and research areas of Theater Studies.
Assessment: Students must make arrangements with departmental faculty regarding their assignments prior to registration. Grades determined by students' ability to successfully execute the tasks given to them by their individual instructors. Enrolled students must contact instructor during first week of class and before end of Drop/Add to determine their work assignment for the semester.

THEA 312: Shakespeare in Performance

Instructors	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Alice N. Benston Tim McDonough	TTh	2:30-3:45	Rich 201	10

(LAB CANCELED) Optional Lab - 421R-000 TTh 1-2:15 2 credit hours
(see description under 421R 000)

Content: An intense study of six of Shakespeare's plays representing several genres--history, comedy, tragedy and romance. We will read the plays closely, research stage history, and consider staging possibilities and problems in light of contemporary commentary (political, psychoanalytical, feminist, etc.). Students may sign up for the accompanying THEA 421R, a performance lab, for an additional 2 credits (see description under 421R section 000).
Texts: The Riverside Shakespeare or Arden texts are recommended, but the student may use individual texts already owned.
Assessment: Grading--attendance and participation in discussions, two short written assignments, one longer mid-term paper, performance assignations, final performance/paper. Attendance at a series of screenings will also be required.

THEA 330R – 00P: Stagecraft Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Ward	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	8

Content: A course for students interested in the art and crafts of properties and set dressing. Specific course content will vary according to the productions being staged by Theater Emory and will include practical exercises and assignments in property design, construction, acquisition and assisting the props master and production manager. Backgrounds in construction, crafts, Photoshop, painting, sculpting and art/art history are helpful. Or, choose to learn them in the course.
Assessment: Permission of instructor required. The course functions as a tutorial that meets weekly with instructor. Students required to assume significant supervised responsibilities connected with Theater Emory productions. Responsibilities will vary in number of hours per week depending on each student's specific assignment. Grading based on successful completion of responsibilities assigned during the semester.

THEA 331R – 00P: Costume Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Staff	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	311C Schwartz Center	5

Content: This course provides further opportunity for students who have demonstrated interest and ability in costume design. Students will advance their skills and knowledge by either completing several in-depth projects or assisting the costume designer on a Theater Emory project.
Assessment: Grades determined on basis of successful completion of major design projects, class attendance, and growth.
Prerequisite: THEA 231 and/or permission of instructor.

THEA 332R – 00P: Scene Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Staff	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	311C Schwartz Center	5

Content: This course provides personalized instruction for students who have demonstrated interest and ability in the area of set design. It will enable advanced students to develop and further their talent, skill, and knowledge in set design. A major part of the course involves either assisting the set designer in the execution of Theater Emory productions or designing and executing scenery for student productions emanating from classes offered by the department, as well as design projects.
Assessment: Grades determined on basis of successful completion of major design projects, class attendance, and working on Theater Emory and class productions.
Prerequisite: THEA 232 and/or permission of instructor.

THEA 333R – 00P: Lighting Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Staff	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	5

Content: Course goal is to provide advanced students with further understanding of the lighting design process and execution. Topics and emphasis will vary based on student interest and abilities.
Prerequisite: THEA 233 and/or permission of instructor. Grading based on course structure.

THEA 334R – 00P: Sound Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Staff	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	5

Content: An advanced course in the theory and practice of sound design.
Prerequisite: THEA 234 and/or permission of instructor.

THEA 372RWR: Playwriting
- same as ENG 372RWR

Instructors	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Jim Grimsley Lisa Paulsen	Th	2:30-5:30 p.m.	Rich 207	THEA 5, ENG 10

Content: An introduction to the craft and art of playwriting. No previous experience necessary in playwriting, acting, or theater. This course is co-taught by a playwright and a theater artist and will focus on writing exercises and a final project that will allow students to experience first-hand the creative process, from finding inspiration to the fundamentals of playwriting (character, dramatic action, dialogue) to the exciting collaboration implicit in presenting the play to an audience.
Note: Students wishing to take THEA/ENG 372 as a Creative Writing course should hand in their application to Paula Vitaris in the Creative Writing Program office, N209 Callaway Center. Instructions and deadlines here: http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/students/courseapp.html
Texts: Reading list chosen from a selection of full-length, one-act and ten-minute plays from playwrights such as: Edward Albee, John Patrick Shanley, Arthur Miller, Jose Rivera, Suzan-Lori Parks, David Mamet, Sarah Ruhl, John Guare and Paula Vogel.
Assessment: Playwriting: Students will be assessed on their ability to write clearly and with proper grammar, the shaping of a stageable drama, the logic and artistry of their dramatic choices, and their basic understanding of theatrical process. Highest grades will be given to writers whose work is without need of major overhaul or who make extraordinary progress in their writing over the course of the semester. Writers who need substantial correction either in the use of language, the shaping of a play, the logic of a story, or the meeting of class deadlines will receive lower grades. Failing grades will be given to students who fail to meet substantial class objectives.
Students should budget for photocopying. Students are required to attend on-campus readings and colloquia sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and play readings sponsored by the Playwriting Center of Theater Emory outside of class time, and are encouraged to attend any other activities sponsored by the Program.
Prerequisite: None.

THEA 397R – 00P-01P: Directed Studies in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBA

Content: Special projects, research, and readings under direction of a faculty member.
Assessment: Permission of supervising instructor required

THEA 400R – 00P: Acting Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content: Provides advanced theater students with a context for intensive work on specific acting issues. It is intended to meet individual needs; to supplement, extend, and enrich the training offered in regular acting classes; and to give specialized instruction to students in connection with performance projects. Both private and small group tutorials are offered; qualified students with specific needs and learning agenda are encouraged to apply.
Assessment: Permission must be obtained from Theater Studies prior to registration. Admission is by departmental approval. A tutorial normally involves eight hours of personalized instruction, and may be taken for one or two credits.

CANCELED

THEA 421R - 000: Acting Laboratory:
Optional Lab for THEA 312: Shakespeare in Performance – 2 credit hours

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Tim McDonough	TTh	1-2:15	Rich 201, and select classes in Schwartz Theater Lab	10

Content: Students who sign up for THEA 421R will work on performance skills requisite for acting Shakespeare. Half of the semester is focused on topics essential to the clear and expressive speaking of verse: scansion, emphasis, sound sense, rhythm, shaping, etc. Other topics include period movement and gesture; staging conventions; approaches to the psychology of Shakespeare's characters; acting Shakespeare's imagery.
Texts: All materials will be supplied.
Assessment: In addition to many smaller assignments, students will perform a soliloquy and a final project focused on developing a Shakespearean character and relationship. Two credit hours.

THEA 421R: 00P and 01P: Acting Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	30 each section

Content: Credit for Theater Emory Production
Assessment: 1 or 2 credit hours. Permission only

THEA 490SWR-000: Aesthetics and Criticism of Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Michael Evenden	MWF	2-2:50	Rich 207	8

Content: This seminar, the capstone course for theater majors, is designed to provide the student with an overview of major documents that address the nature of the theatrical event. The critical documents will be examined and critiqued for their implications for those involved with theater, from playwright, through theater practitioners to critics and audience.
Texts: May be subject to change. Under strong consideration are:
-- M. Huxley and N. Witts, The Twentieth Century Performance Reader
-- ON E-RESERVE: Bernard E. Dukore, Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Supplementary material distributed in class.
Assessment: The course is a seminar which presupposes that the discussion will lead to "group" discovery. In preparation for active participation, each student will keep a Reaction Journal, and each student should be prepared to start the discussion based on these entries. Participation, journals, two short papers plus one longer critical paper are required.

THEA 490SWR-001: Aesthetics and Criticism of Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Alice N. Benston	TTh	11:30-12:45	Rich 201	8

Content: This seminar, the capstone course for theater majors, is designed to provide the student with an overview of major documents that address the nature of the theatrical event. The critical documents will be examined and critiqued for their implications for those involved with theater, from playwright, through theater practitioners to critics and audience.
Texts: May be subject to change. Under strong consideration are:
-- M. Huxley and N. Witts, The Twentieth Century Performance Reader
-- ON E-RESERVE: Bernard E. Dukore, Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Supplementary material distributed in class.
Assessment: The course is a seminar which presupposes that the discussion will lead to "group" discovery. In preparation for active participation, each student will keep a Reaction Journal, and each student should be prepared to start the discussion based on these entries. Participation, journals, two short papers plus one longer critical paper are required.

THEA 495RSWR – 00P: Honors Project in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	8

Content: Provides advanced students with a learning experience designed to meet their specific interests and needs. In some cases, this may involve weekly instruction on a particular aspect of acting or stagecraft. In other cases a student may wish to work with an individual faculty member on a research project concerned with a particular dramatist, historical period or critical theory.
Assessment: Qualification for honors and consent of department required. Grading policies are determined by the particular nature of the project undertaken. Permission for enrollment is by vote of the faculty and must be obtained during pre-registration in the previous semester. See the Department for more specific information.
Please direct questions or comments to Theater Studies.

THEA 495RSWR – 01P: Honors Project in Playwriting

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	8

THEA 497 – 00P: Senior Project in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content: Supervised project in any area of theater for seniors. Total credit not to exceed twelve hours.
Assessment: Consent of department required

THEA 499R – 00P: Special Project in Theater Studies

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content: Supervised project in any area of theater. Total credit not to exceed twelve hours.
Assessment: Consent of department required

Summer 2009

THEA 121 – 00A: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Owen	MTuWThF	11:30-12:50	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	12

Content:How does the actor bring truth to the stage? The aim of this course is to introduce you, first hand, to the skills involved in such a task. No prior acting experience required. Class sessions include physical and vocal exercises, many of them rigorous, and improvisational exercises designed to strengthen the individual/group imagination and to build ensemble. Course work includes extensive scene-study, requiring regular outside-class preparation and in-class performance.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on attendance and participation. Some reading required, as well as a maximum of two papers. Students required to attend a local professional production.

THEA 101 – 00C: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Monaghan	MTuWThF	10:00-11:20	Rich 205	12

Content:This course seeks to enhance students' understanding of and appreciation for live theater through education about theater as an art form. Students will develop critical faculties enabling them to understand both what they see and hear during a live theatrical presentation and the collaborative efforts that go into creating those presentations. Students will also be introduced to some theater history and current trends in theater to give context to the work they will see.
Texts:Theatre; Collaborative Acts by Ronald Wainscott and Kathy Fletcher and one or more scripts TBA.
Particulars:Instruction will come from reading the text and select scripts, from conversations with working artists, and from attending live theater events.

A $15 fee may be charged to students’ Bursar accounts to cover tickets and transportation to an off-campus show.

THEA 215 – 00C: History of Drama and Theater
Same as ENG 215-00C

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Evenden	MWF	2:30-4:45	Rich 207	THEA 10, ENG 5

Content: A study of world drama from the 18th century through the modern period. Reading of representative dramas, an average of two per week, with special attention given to their cultural and historical contexts.

Particulars: Four equally-weighted exams , including take-home analytic essays and optional final paper.

Texts: Students will be expected to read two to three plays a week. Playwrights to be covered include Lillo, Marivaux, Schiller, Scribe, Feydeau, Ibsen, Shaw, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Beckett, Muller.
A $15 photocopying fee will be charged to students' Bursar accounts to cover handouts and additional materials.

Spring 2009

THEA 101 - 000: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Akers	TTh	11:30-12:45	Rich 205	20

Content:This course asks students to explore the question, "What makes theater a living, breathing entity?" and to create theater projects based on dramatic literature, current events and personal biography. Along with covering some of the major developments of theater history, students will examine the topic of theater collaboration from the perspective of playwright, director, designer, and actor. Included are readings, video presentations, group discussion, creative writing, improvisation, and performance. Meeting guest artists and attending live theater events will allow students to experience first hand how theater professionals collaborate to create a stimulating and challenging art form.
Texts:Wainscott, Ronald and Fletcher, Kathy; Theatre: Collaborative Acts
Particulars: Periodic Wed. Lab 7 -10 p.m. Grades based on attendance and participation. Two to three short response papers and in-class worksheets required, along with attendance of live performance events and three evening labs. Students collaborate on a final project at end of semester.

THEA 101 - 001: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
de Man (Bennett)	MWF	2-2:50	Rich 205	18

Content:A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art, serving as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and talks with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts:Wainscott, Ronald and Fletcher, Kathy; Theatre: Collaborative Acts
Particulars:Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Short quizzes given occasionally. Some events will be scheduled in the evening lab time that are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 101 - 002: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Miller	TTh; occasional required evening lab times TBD	10-11:15	Rich 205	18

Content:A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art. It serves as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and conversations with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts:Wainscott, Ronald and Fletcher, Kathy; Theatre: Collaborative Acts
Study Works: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen as translated by Jon Robin Baitz
A current Theater Emory production and one additional production
Particulars:Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Occasional short quizzes given. A few events will be scheduled in advance during the evening lab time--these are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 101 - 003: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Monaghan	MWF	10:40-11:30	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	18

Content:This course seeks to enhance students' understanding of and appreciation for live theater through education about theater as an art form. Students will develop critical faculties enabling them to understand both what they see and hear during a live theatrical presentation and the collaborative efforts that go into creating those presentations. Students will also be introduced to some theater history and current trends in theater to give context to the work they will see.
Texts:Theatre; Collaborative Acts by Ronald Wainscott and Kathy Fletcher and one or more scripts TBA.
Particulars:Instruction will come from reading the text and select scripts, from conversations with working artists, and from attending live theater events.

THEA 101 - 004: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Ward	TTh	1-2:15	Rich 210	18

Content:A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art, serving as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and talks with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts:Wainscott, Ronald and Fletcher, Kathy; Theatre: Collaborative Acts
Particulars:Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Short quizzes given occasionally. Some events will be scheduled in the evening lab time that are required; otherwise, class will not meet at the lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 121 - 000: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Akers	TTh	2:30-3:45	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	12

Content:A theoretical and practical introduction to basic skills of acting. No prior acting experience required. Areas covered include awareness and concentration, spatial relationship, creating a persona, and developing a character. Through vocal and physical warm-ups, improvisations, and scene work, students will acquire a working vocabulary in the fundamentals of acting theory, rehearsal, and script analysis.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on class participation and presentation. Scene work with a partner will occur in class in addition to two out-of-class rehearsal sessions. Students required to attend two on-campus theater productions and write two to three short response papers.

THEA 121 - 001: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
de Man (Bennett)	MWF	3-3:50	Rich 210	12

Content:An introduction to basic principles and skills of acting. Through scenes and monologues, students develop a working vocabulary in fundamentals of acting, including voice, movement, awareness and concentration, as well as teamwork skills and confidence for the stage. We will cover acting theory, rehearsal techniques and script analysis. No prior acting experience required.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on class participation and presentation. Students required to attend two theater productions and write two to three short response papers, as well as rehearse scenes and monologues for class.

THEA 121 - 002: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Fristoe	MWF	12:50-1:40	Rich 210	12

Content:An introduction to basic principles and skills of acting. Through scenes and monologues, students develop a working vocabulary in fundamentals of acting, including voice, movement, awareness and concentration, as well as teamwork skills and confidence for the stage. We will cover acting theory, rehearsal techniques and script analysis. No prior acting experience required.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on class participation and presentation. Students required to attend two theater productions and write two to three short response papers, as well as rehearse scenes and monologues for class.

THEA 121 - 003: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Fristoe	MWF	2-2:50	Rich 210	12

Content:An introduction to basic principles and skills of acting. Through scenes and monologues, students develop a working vocabulary in fundamentals of acting, including voice, movement, awareness and concentration, as well as teamwork skills and confidence for the stage. We will cover acting theory, rehearsal techniques and script analysis. No prior acting experience required.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on class participation and presentation. Students required to attend two theater productions and write two to three short response papers, as well as rehearse scenes and monologues for class.

THEA 121 - 004: Acting: Fundamentals

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Owen	TTh	10-11:15	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	12

Content:How does the actor bring truth to the stage? The aim of this course is to introduce you, first hand, to the skills involved in such a task. No prior acting experience required. Class sessions include physical and vocal exercises, many of them rigorous, and improvisational exercises designed to strengthen the individual/group imagination and to build ensemble. Course work includes extensive scene-study, requiring regular outside-class preparation and in-class performance.
Texts:None
Particulars:Grading based primarily on attendance and participation. Some reading required, as well as a maximum of two papers. Students required to attend a local professional production.

THEA 131: Basic Stagecraft

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Little	TTh (plus a weekly 2-hour lab--see particulars)	10-11:15	DUC, MGM Theater	12

Content:This course will provide beginning students with an awareness and understanding of the technical aspects of theater production, and an overview of the visual aspects of theater along with construction techniques for props and set. Practical exercises are directly related to productions staged in the Mary Gray Munroe Theater and include assignments to technical crews for productions of Theater Emory. The course involves three hours of lecture and two hours of lab work per week; students are required to crew one Theater Emory production in the semester.
Texts:Required: Holloway, John. Illustrated Theatre Production Guide
Recommended: Carter, Paul. The Backstage Handbook, 3rd Ed.
Particulars:Students are required to sign up for one of the following labs in OPUS :
1) Tues. Lab 1-3       MAX: 4
2) Wed. Lab. 2-4       MAX: 4
3) Thurs. Lab 1-3       MAX: 4
Grading based on participation in class, lab work, and theatrical productions, as well as progress over the semester.

THEA 190: Freshman Seminar: Introduction to the Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Miller	TTh; occasional required evening lab times TBD	1-2:15	Rich 205	12

Content:This Freshman Seminar is a theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art. It serves as an introduction to the major movements in theater history and to contemporary theatrical practice. Through readings, exercises, video presentations, live theater events, and conversations with working artists, students will gain both critical and experiential perspectives on this dynamic art form.
Texts:Wainscott, Ronald and Fletcher, Kathy; Theatre: Collaborative Acts
Study Works: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen as translated by Jon Robin Baitz
A current Theater Emory production and one additional production
Particulars:Grades based on attendance and participation, three or four short papers, and final project. Occasional short quizzes given. A few events will be scheduled in advance during the evening lab time--these are required; otherwise, class will not meet at lab time. Students will collaborate on a final project at the end of the semester requiring preparation time together out of class.

THEA 201SWR: Reading for Performance

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
McManus	TTh	1-2:15	Rich 207	12

Content:This course is designed to provide serious students with the tools necessary fo r advanced study of theater. We will learn how to read plays closely and how to evaluate criticism. Plays will be read, studied and discussed with production issues in mind. What did it look like? Who went to see it? How was it acted? What are the problems with this play? Is it worth doing today? Has it succeeded in the past? Why? Would we like it for the same reasons? Does a new production need a new idea? What has never been tried? Should we be true to the text? Is the author's vision paramount? How do we determine what that vision was? Does it matter?
Texts:Representative plays ranging from classical Greek, Renaissance, naturalism, expressionism, contemporary realism, modern poetic drama, and post-modern experimental drama, plus handouts and internet resources will be used.
Particulars:Grades determined by class participation, quizzes, short papers, and one major research paper.

THEA 216: History of Drama and Theater II
Same as ENG 216

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Evenden	MWF	11:45-12:35 plus Wed. Lab 4-5:15	Rich 211 (lab in Rich 210)	15 THEA 10 ENG

Content:Study of Western drama from the 18th century through the modern period. Reading of representative dramas (average of two or three per week) with special attention given to their cultural and historical contexts.
Texts:Playwrights covered: Lillo, Marivaux, Schiller, Scribe, Feydeau, Ibsen, Shaw, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Beckett, Muller.
Particulars:Four equally-weighted exams, including take-home analytic essays and optional final paper. $10 photocopying fee charged to students' Bursar accounts for handouts and materials.Theater majors and minors must attend Performance Reconstruction Lab W 4-5:15. Others may attend for extra credit, or obtain a schedule overide if wishing to be in a different course that might meet during this time slot.

THEA 221: Acting: Scenework

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Paulsen	MWF	9:35-11:30	Rich 205	10

Content:The focus of this course is scene development, the basic unit of a play or film; including building character and character relationships, making appropriate and captivating choices, and working creatively with a partner. Material will be chosen from a wide variety of dramatic literature and for a screenplay unit, actors will work on-camera with a professional Director of Photography.
Texts:None
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 121 or, if considerable experience, by permission of instructor.
This is a performance-based course, and there will be a variety of exercises and tasks involving work with a partner. Overall course grade based on preparation and performance of selected scenes plus a final. This will require regular out of class rehearsal and, for the on-camera unit, a full Saturday spent on location. Attendance, participation, and cooperation are crucial for the growth and development of each performer's skills.

THEA 222: Acting: Speeches and Monologues

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
McDonough	WF	1-3:15	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	10

Content:When your character tells a story about offstage events, you must single-handedly play a scene in which you create the circumstances, play all the parts, struggle with conflicting impulses, shape turning points, and relive what happens as if it were happening all over again. Storytelling teaches skills that go to the very heart of acting. Topics include setting the scene and characterization; gesture, movement and space as storytelling tools; sound sense; fades, builds and the architecture of a speech; creating inner conflict with opposites.
Texts:McDonough, Acting Narrative Speeches.
Particulars:The class will meet for 2:15. You will develop three narrative speeches of audition length. In first half of the course, preparations for each session include reading, exploring assigned exercises, and creating moments to perform in class. Focus in the rest of the course is largely on issues involving whole speeches. Several hour-long conferences will be scheduled outside of class time. Grading based on attendance and participation, preparation of assignments both large and small, and evidence of learning in development of your speeches. Final includes showcase performance open to the public. No prerequisites, but completion of THEA 121 or 221, or previous acting experience, is recommended.

THEA 223: Voice and Diction

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Barrett	MWF	9:35-10:25	Rich 210	12

Content:This course is designed to help performers develop a healthy, expressive and flexible vocal technique equal to the demands of dramatic performance. Students will learn to free their voices through vigorous physical exercises and text work. Breath freedom, capacity and support; vocal range, power, and expressiveness; articulation; sensitivity to text will be developed.
Texts:Required: Berry, Cicel; Voice and the Actor
Recommended: McCallion, Michael; The Voice Book
Particulars:Students graded heavily on class attendance and participation, and are required to dress in workout attire. Other requirements: Two papers - one at beginning of semester and one at end - on personal vocal awareness; reading assignments; and at least two new 1 to 2 minute memorized text pieces will be worked on and performed in class, but will also require out-of-class rehearsal.

THEA 230: Principles of Design

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Taylor and Catellier	TTh	1-2:15	311C Schwartz Center	12

Content: This spring, focus is on design for dance, providing students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the processes involved in conceiving and executing stage designs. It will serve as an introduction to the theory and practice of set, costumes, and lighting design. In a broader sense, it is aimed at helping students hear and experience music with a richer sense of its visual qualities.
Texts:No text. A $40 supplies fee will be charged to students' Bursar accounts.

THEA 233: Lighting Design

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Monaghan	MW	12:50-2:50	DUC, MGM Theater	8

Content:This course will introduce students to the basics of lighting design and technology for theater. Study topics will include an introduction to lighting technology, scrpit analysis for lighting design, design research, development, and collaboration; and design execution from drafting and paperwork through hang, focus and cueing. Students will participate in the hanging and focusing of lights for Theater Emory's production of Peer Gynt and will be involved in the lighting designs for the Emory Dance Company Spring Concert.
Texts:Designing with Light, by J. Michael Gilette.
Particulars:Grading based on combination of projects, mid-term exam, and final project.

THEA 251: Directing I

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Booth	M	2-4:50	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	12

Content:This course will develop students' ability to a) analyze plays both critically and imaginatively; b) read plays in terms of psychological narratives and visual values; and c) realize production ideas in terms of current sociopolitical context and available human and material resources. Approximately first half of the course is devoted to analyzing selected plays specifically from a director's perspective. Practical exercises are assigned that deal with basic directing problems, including collaborative development of design conceit, developmental work with playwrights, and analytical work with actors. The second half concentrates on students staging a short work. Georgia Shakespeare Artistic Director Richard Garner will be team teaching several elements of the course.
Texts:A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink
Tips: Ideas for Directors, Jon Jory
Particulars:Prerequisites: THEA 201, or 200-level or higher acting course, or permission of instructor. Grading primarily based on class participation and successful completion of research and production work of directorial project.

THEA 300R – 00P-05P: Production Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD with instructors	TBD with instructors	DUC, MGM Theater	5 each section

Content:Coarse goal is to provide students with a meaningful learning experience through the assumption of technical or administrative responsibilities in conjunction with the productions of Theater Emory and research areas of Theater Studies.
Particulars:Students must make arrangements with departmental faculty regarding their assignments prior to registration. Grades determined by students' ability to successfully execute the tasks given to them by their individual instructors. Enrolled students must contact instructor during first week of class and before end of Drop/Add to determine their work assignment for the semester.

THEA 317RS: Major Figures: Ibsen and Strindberg in Performance

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Benston and Murphy	TTh	11:30-12:45	Rich 201	12

Content:In anticipation of Theater Emory’s production of Peer Gynt, we will begin with this and go on to a comprehensive study of Ibsen's work. We will follow with a similar study of Stridberg's plays. These two playwrights are founding figures of theatrical modernism. Attention will be directed to the variety of dramatic strategies each employed in search of new forms. Optional lab (421R 000) will explore acting techniques required to realize these new dramatic forms.
Texts:Play texts will be in bookstore or in copies given out in class. Critical articles will be distributed.
Particulars:Required: two papers, and either a final paper or final performance project. Those interested in acting component may enroll in 421R Acting Lab led by Vinnie Murphy (TTh 1-2:15, Schwartz).

THEA 321: Advanced Scene Work

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Ammerman	MWF	10:40-12:35	Rich 210	10

Content:A process-orientated course focusing on advanced acting in characterization and relationship through the study of structured dramatic scenes, involving both scripts and improvisational scenarios.
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 221 or permission of instructor. As a performance-based course, extensive analysis will be applied to text and character as related to physical, vocal, emotional, and psychological circumstances. Grading based on performance of selected scenes, including final exam. Also required are regular outside rehearsals, each task involving work with a partner.

THEA 330R – 00P: Stagecraft Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Ward	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	8

Content:A course for students interested in the art and crafts of properties and set dressing. Specific course content will vary according to the productions being staged by Theater Emory and will include practical exercises and assignments in property design, construction, acquisition and assisting the props master and production manager. Backgrounds in construction, crafts, Photoshop, painting, sculpting and art/art history are helpful. Or, choose to learn them in the course.
Particulars:Permission of instructor required. The course functions as a tutorial that meets weekly with instructor. Students required to assume significant supervised responsibilities connected with Theater Emory productions. Responsibilities will vary in number of hours per week depending on each student's specific assignment. Grading based on successful completion of responsibilities assigned during the semester.

THEA 331R – 00P: Costume Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Taylor	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	311C Schwartz Center	5

Content:This course provides further opportunity for students who have demonstrated interest and ability in costume design. Students will advance their skills and knowledge by either completing several in-depth projects or assisting the costume designer on a Theater Emory project.
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 231 and/or permission of instructor. Grades determined on basis of successful completion of major design projects, class attendance, and growth.

THEA 332R – 00P: Scene Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Taylor	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	311C Schwartz Center	5

Content:This course provides personalized instruction for students who have demonstrated interest and ability in the area of set design. It will enable advanced students to develop and further their talent, skill, and knowledge in set design. A major part of the course involves either assisting the set designer in the execution of Theater Emory productions or designing and executing scenery for student productions emanating from classes offered by the department, as well as design projects.
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 232 and/or permission of instructor. Grades determined on basis of successful completion of major design projects, class attendance, and working on Theater Emory and class productions.

THEA 333R – 00P: Lighting Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Monaghan	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	5

Content:Course goal is to provide advanced students with further understanding of the lighting design process and execution. Topics and emphasis will vary based on student interest and abilities.
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 233 and/or permission of instructor. Grading based on course structure.

THEA 334R – 00P: Sound Design Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Monaghan	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	DUC, MGM Theater	5

Content:
An advanced course in the theory and practice of sound design.
Particulars:Prerequisite: THEA 234 and/or permission of instructor.

THEA 341R – 00P: Theater Administration Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Miller	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	TBD with instructor	5

Content:A tutorial on practical problems in theater administration, including budgeting, contracting, and marketing. This course is a continuation of the theoretical work covered in THEA 241. Students take responsibility for an aspect of the administrative work for productions in the Theater Emory season.
Texts:Students must read American Theatre Magazine, Variety, and the Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Guide on a regular basis. Readings on special topics may be assigned throughout the course.
Particulars:Prerequisite: Completion of THEA 241S, permission of professor, and availability of a suitable project for the student.

THEA 375RWR – 00P: Advanced Playwriting
Same as ENG 375RWR 00P

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Skibell	M	2-5	Rich 201	5 THEA

Content:In a round-table setting, students will workshop their own work, critique their fellows' work, and delve into the art of playwriting and dramatic narrative, while reading and acting in each other's scenes. Writing and reading intensive.
Texts:Plays from the Contemporary American Theater, Brooks McNamara, ed.
Nine Plays of the Modern Theater, Harold Clurman, ed.
Particulars:Prerequisite: ENG/THEA 372: Intermediate Playwriting. Students should budget for photocopying. Students required to attend on-campus readings and colloquia sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and play readings sponsored by the Playwriting Center of Theater Emory outside of class time.

THEA 389 - 000: Special Topics: Scenic Painting

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Ward	TTh	2:30-3:45	DUC, MGM Theater	8

Content:Students will learn basic techniques of scenic painting, exploring the role of the scenic artist/charge scenic artist and how to communicate with a scenic designer. Learn how to constructively comment on your own work and the work of your classmates.
Texts:No text. Students will be charged a class supplies fee to their Bursar accounts (fee TBD--roughly $40-$50)
Particulars:All projects will be completed during class and outside of class on your own time during shop hours M-F (1 pm-6 pm). Be prompt and ready to work. You must at all times wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Projects will be 50% of your grade. Each project will take you step by step in learning how to paint for theater and film.

THEA 389WR - 000: Special Topics: History of American Theater and Drama
Same as ENG 389WR 001

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Flannery	TTh	1-2:15	Rich 107	5 THEA

Content:This course will provide students with a broad overview of the history of American theater and drama in relation to those political, social, religious and cultural forces that shaped the theatrical art of their time. As such, the course is also a history of the changing dynamics of American culture and society over the past two and a quarter centuries.
Particulars:For each class session, students must read at least one full-length play as well as other material to be distributed. Much of the course will focus on class discussion of the assigned plays.

THEA 389WR - 001: Special Topics: Total Theater of W.B. Yeats
Same as ENG 389WR 002

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Flannery	Th	4-7	Rich 107	5 THEA

Content:W. B. Yeats is generally acknowledged as the greatest poet and one of the most innovative dramatists of modern times. As T. S. Elliot wrote: “[Yeats] is one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them.”
This course will focus on the major poems and plays of Yeats as well as his extraordinarily rich and productive life. The word “total” in the title refers to the Yeatsian idea of a theater in which all the arts (poetry, music, acting, dance and spatial imagery) are combined. The other sense of the word reflects Yeats’s lifelong study of folklore, mythology, and the occult sciences as well as his practical involvement in the shaping of modern Ireland as a politician, critic and social activist.

THEA 389WR – 00P: Special Topics: Dramatic Structure

Instructor

Day(s)

Time(s)

Location

Max Enroll

Yockey

Tu

2:30-5:30

Rich 207

5 THEA

Crosslisted with ENG 379RWR: Special Topics and FILM 373WR: Special Topics (ENG 379RWR: 5/FILM 373WR: 5)
Content: In a workshop setting, students will explore dramatic structure and storytelling for television, film and the stage. After completing a series of assignments specific to each medium, students will continue to develop and present a project of their choosing. Class discussion will cover generated work as well as relevant outside reading and viewing.
Note: Students wishing to take this course as THEA 389WR must complete the Creative Writing Program application. Please state on the application that you want this as THEA 389 and return it to the Creative Writing Program office.
Texts:
Backwards & Forwards, David Ball
Poetics, Aristotle (Penguin Classics edition translated by Malcolm Heath)
Particulars: No pre-requisite. Students should budget for photocopying. Students are required to attend on-campus readings and colloquia sponsored by the Creative Writing Program outside of class time, and are encouraged to attend any other activities sponsored by the Program.

THEA 396R – 00P: Theater Colloquium

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Miller	Th	4-5	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	60

Content:Series of guest speakers, workshops, and presentations addressing varying aspects of work and life in the theater. Meets on select Thursdays; attendance at approved outside events also required.
Texts:None
Particulars:One-credit. Two semesters of this course required for theater majors and minors

THEA 397R – 00P-01P: Directed Studies in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBA

Content:Special projects, research, and readings under direction of a faculty member.
Particulars:Permission of supervising instructor required

THEA 400R – 00P: Acting Tutorial

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content:Provides advanced theater students with a context for intensive work on specific acting issues. It is intended to meet individual needs; to supplement, extend, and enrich the training offered in regular acting classes; and to give specialized instruction to students in connection with performance projects. Both private and small group tutorials are offered; qualified students with specific needs and learning agenda are encouraged to apply.
Particulars:Permission must be obtained from Theater Studies prior to registration. Admission is by departmental approval. A tutorial normally involves eight hours of personalized instruction, and may be taken for one or two credits.

THEA 421R - 000: Acting Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Murphy	TTh	1-2:15	Schwartz Theater Lab (Room 203)	12

Content:Optional Acting Laboratory for THEA 317RS. Focus on skills and issues in both well-made plays of the 19th century and experimental acting and dramaturgy. Focus also on Constantin Stanislavski's approaches to acting and the Psychological Gesture of Michael Chekhov. Period style and finding workable, emblematic choices to play characters will shape most scenes in the chosen texts.
Texts:No one acting text: handouts and research into period style will suffice.
Particulars:2 credit hours

THEA 421R – 00P-01P: Acting Laboratory

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	30 each section

Content:Credit for Theater Emory Production
Particulars:1 or 2 credit hours. Permission only

THEA 495RSWR – 00P-03P: Honors Project in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
Various	TBD	TBD	TBD	0

Content:Provides advanced students with a learning experience designed to meet their specific interests and needs. In some cases, this may involve weekly instruction on a particular aspect of acting or stagecraft. In other cases a student may wish to work with an individual faculty member on a research project concerned with a particular dramatist, historical period or critical theory.
Particulars:Qualification for honors and consent of department required . Grading policies are determined by the particular nature of the project undertaken. Permission for enrollment is by vote of the faculty and must be obtained during preregistration in the previous semester. See the Department for more specific information.
Please direct questions or comments to Theater Studies.

THEA 497 – 00P: Senior Project in Theater

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content:Supervised project in any area of theater for seniors. Total credit not to exceed twelve hours.
Particulars:Consent of department required

THEA 499R – 00P: Special Project in Theater Studies

Instructor	Day(s)	Time(s)	Location	Max Enroll
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	10

Content:Supervised project in any area of theater. Total credit not to exceed twelve hours.
Particulars:Consent of department required

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