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2013-2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Theatre
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Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Minor
31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills
This course teaches the discipline of acting through physical, vocal, and improvisational exercises. Course uses some text work consisting of short scenes and monologues from plays to teach beginning actors awareness of their own and others’ needs on stage. Scenes are not presented during performance weeks. Voice Training for the Actor I is recommended as a concurrent course. Required course for all Theatre majors.
3 Credits
31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study
Course teaches students to solve beginning acting problems through work on two-person scenes from contemporary plays. Students study acting text for clues to character behavior and motivation fleshed out during the rehearsal process in preparation for performance. Scenes may be presented formally during performance weeks.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills OR 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance COREQUISITES: 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I OR 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique
31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
Course teaches fundamental improv skills needed for all acting and character work and the basic techniques for becoming an improv actor. Course is taught by faculty who work at Chicago’s famed Second City.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study COREQUISITES: 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique or 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance
In ‘Performance’ students will explore presence, the audience/performance relationship and how to shape time, space and energy in work with scripted and devised material. This course is part of the Theatre Freshman Foundation and provides a strong foundation for the theatre artist through an integrated study of movement, voice, design, ensemble and performance. Students will develop technique, strategy and skills, deepen their theatrical vocabulary and create design and performance under the organizing principles of space, composition, time, character and story.
3 Credits
Requisites CONCURRENT: 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique AND 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition
31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I
This course is an introduction to the vocal mechanism used in the production of an effective and flexible voice for the stage. Students will learn fundamentals of breathing, resonation, projection, and articulation. Vocal technique will be applied to readings and presentations of theatre monologues. Students will learn a vocal warm-up, record, memorize, and perform. The theory of voice and speech will be addressed in a text chosen for the course.
3 Credits
31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
Course focuses on development of proper physicality, stretch, and strength and on activation and direction of energy. Students develop an individual movement voice and understand how to modify it to respond to emotional and physical needs of a character. Acting I: Scene Study is recommended as a concurrent course.
3 Credits
31-1310 Feldenkrais: Awareness through Movement
Course is based on Moshe Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement lessons. Through select breathing and movement sequences, students learn new vocal patterns and make spontaneous acting choices beyond habitual movement. Movement sequences are light and easy and may be accomplished by anyone regardless of age or physical limitations.
3 Credits
Repeatable
31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique
In ‘Performance Techniques’ students will learn techniques designed to build a dynamic, flexible voice and physicality to support live and on-camera performance. This course is part of the Theatre Freshman Foundation and provides a strong foundation for the theatre artist through an integrated study of movement, voice, design, ensemble and performance. Students will develop technique, strategy and skills, deepen their theatrical vocabulary and create design and performance under the organizing principles of space, composition, time, character and story.
3 Credits
Requisites CONCURRENT: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance AND 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition
31-1350 Speaking Out
This interactive performance based course is a workshop format for exploring the dynamics of communication and the skills necessary to become an effective speaker, influencer, and listener. Students will develop and deliver a variety of types of public presentations with strong emphasis placed on increasing vocal skills, body awareness, presentation and interpersonal skills. Regular presentations, listening, critical thinking, feedback, and group discussion are an integral part of the course. This course fulfills the LAS (Liberal Arts and Sciences) SP (Speech) requirement.
3 Credits
SP
31-1400 Musical Theatre History
Required for Musical Theatre/Musical Theatre Performance majors, also open as elective to students in other majors. Course examines musical theatre history from beginnings through ‘The Golden Age’of American song and the American musical to the present. Students study key figures, songs and shows in musical theatre, as well as social and cultural factors that influenced the form. Course develops research and critical thinking skills through reading and discussion of textbook, audio/visual presentations, essays, research projects, and tests.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance and 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique COREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1152HN Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II
31-1405 Musical Theatre History II
This course is a required class for Musical Theatre Performance majors in the second semester of their first year. Course is the second half of a two-semester course continuing study of the history of the musical begun in Musical Theatre I: From the Beginnings to 1945. Instruction covers development of musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein to the pop-operas and spectacles of the present. Content gives some attention to movie musicals and the introduction of shows and songs from each period through readings, recordings, and videos.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1400 Musical Theatre History
31-1410 Voice Training I: Musical Theatre
This course introduces various techniques to aid beginning actors in development and use of their natural voices for the stage. Students practice fundamentals of breathing, resonation, and articulation; learn vocal warm-up in preparation for performance; and study and perform contemporary material.
3 Credits
31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I
This course is a practical approach to the basic techniques of musical theatre dance required of Musical Theatre majors at the beginning level. Each class will include ballet and jazz dance terminology, basic floor combinations, and a variety of musical theatre dance styles. Students are offered a focused approach to develop performance skills and demonstrate improved flexibility, musicality and strength in ballet and jazz techniques. Students will be introduced to musical theatre dance combinations and professional musical theatre audition procedures.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I COREQUISITES: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills
31-1431 Beginning Musical Theatre Tap
This course is designed to develop dance technique and repertoire within the specialized styles of musical theatre tap and required of majors at the beginning level. Each class will include tap terminology, rhythm progressions, and Broadway style tap combinations. Students are offered a focused approach to develop performance skills and demonstrate improved flexibility, strength, and the ability to execute basic rhythm sequences. Students will be introduced to tap dance combinations and professional musical theatre audition procedures.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES:31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I
31-1435 Musical Theatre Dance for the Singer/Actor
This course emphasizes dance terminology and basic techniques necessary at an introductory level. Executing basic dance terminology will be the focus of this course along with attention to proper nutrition and injury prevention. Students will apply terminology in basic floor combinations in a variety of musical theatre dance styles. Each class session will include strengthening exercises to improve flexibility, conditioning and technique in ballet, jazz and tap. No prior dance training is necessary.
2 Credits
31-1500 Prod Tech: Crew
This course requires that students work as backstage crew for Theatre Department productions. Students gain understanding of behind-the-scenes labor that supports on-stage performance. Participants also get the opportunity to observe nuance and change in live performance as it occurs over several performances. Time is required outside of class.
2 Credits
31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft
This course introduces students, through lecture and hands-on experience, to fundamentals of costume construction, scenery construction and design, and technical aspects of stage lighting.
3 Credits
31-1510 Drafting for Theatre
This course introduces mechanical drawing techniques as applied to the performing arts. Students learn to create clear, accurate drawings to be used for the design and construction of scenery, and the preparation and implementation of a lighting design. Course is recommended for those interested in the visual design elements of performing arts and is a prerequisite for all theatre design courses.
3 Credits
31-1515 Rendering for Theatre I
This course introduces figure drawing, color, light and shadow, and a variety of rendering materials and techniques. Coursework focuses on rendering of costumes, stage lighting effects, and sets. This is a prerequisite for all costume, lighting, and set design courses.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1510 Drafting for Theatre
31-1520 Lighting Technologies I
This basic skills course addresses primary information for those interested in the art of stage lighting. Instruction includes purposes, allied techniques, equipment terminology, use of color, and fundamental drafting.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft
31-1525 Costume Construction I
Course provides introduction to Costume Shop techniques and procedures. Through assigned projects, students learn basic machine and hand-sewing techniques, pattern development with special emphasis on drafting and draping, and all aspects of costume building from rendering to finished project. Content provides overview of related subjects such as millinery, costume props, and formal wear.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES:
31-1530 Scenic Construction I
This course introduces set construction in the Classic and New Studio Theatres utilizing the component pieces of the available studio kits. Students work with reading and interpreting ground plans, designing and assembling simple sets, and analyzing the construction of sets both on campus and in the professional world. Basics of studio lighting and sound systems are covered.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft
31-1540 Stage Management I
This lecture/demonstration course meets three hours per week in addition to required time spent working on a theatre production. The course will introduce students to the practices and techniques of Stage Management in the professional theatre. Students will assist an advanced stage manager on a project throughout the course of the semester. Regular availability on evenings and weekends is required.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft
31-1599 Directed Study: Crew
This course provides an opportunity for students to earn credit and satisfy their departmental crew requirement by serving as running crew on faculty and student directed workshops. Not only are crew positions essential to mounting theatre performances, they can serve as important opportunities to learn how different elements are integrated into a theatrical whole and how a production can change from performance to performance. Students earns one hour of crew credit for serving as running crew on any workshop production.
1-6 Credits
Repeatable
31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
This course allows students to gain a better understanding of theatrical design as a whole and learn terminology and principles basic to all aspects of theatrical design. Students explore theatrical design through selected readings and individual and group projects. Course is a prerequisite for all theatre design courses and is a recommended general introduction to production process for all Theatre majors. Course requires no special vocabulary, experience, or art skills.
3 Credits
31-1605 Makeup for the Performer
This course gives actors the knowledge and skills needed to communicate character through makeup. A solid foundation of materials, tools, skin care and techniques will be discussed. Corrective, aging, and character makeups will be covered in detail and practiced in class. Basic three-dimensional materials will be introduced to further develop character designs. Students will learn how to prepare for a production, design their own characters and apply their designs for different types of stages.
3 Credits
31-1610 Set Design I
This course will introduce the student to the art of Set Design. Focusing on the synthesis of text and space, students will learn to understand spatial relationships in the theatre, actor to actor, audience to actor. They will learn to manipulate the emotional and visual space of the theatre. The students will be introduced to the process of designing scenery for the stage.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition OR 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-1615 Costume Design I
An entry level class that introduces the student to costume and fashion history and the use of costume in the current world of theatre. Students will study costume as an art, discussing topics such as collaboration, parsing a script, style, color, character and other topics which illuminate the function of costume in theatre, film and television. The class will also discuss the business aspects of Costume Design.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition OR 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-1620 Lighting Design I
This course will introduce students to the artistic side of creating a live entertainment lighting design, focusing on its application in the theatre. Students will explore the use of light as tool to create space, emphasis, and rhythm in performance. This class will emphasize the artistic process of theatrical lighting design. The emphasis will be on honing our ability to see and experience light and then use it to create a theatrical design, including conceiving the design idea and communicating it to others. They will explore theatrical texts and how to connect the text to the design idea. The focus will be on exploring how light creates and enhances a physical environment.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition OR 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition
In ‘Design and Composition’ students will learn the elements of design and use them to shape choices in response to scripted and devised material. This course is part of the Theatre Freshman Foundation and provides a strong foundation for the theatre artist through an integrated study of movement, voice, design, ensemble and performance. Students will develop technique, strategy and skills, deepen their theatrical vocabulary and create design and performance under the organizing principles of space, composition, time, character and story.
3 Credits
Requisites CONCURRENT: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance AND 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique
31-1650 Site Specific Design and Performance
Students will have the opportunity to study, explore, experiment and develop site specific art directly in response to locations on the school campus that the group decides they want to alter, transform and transport.
3 Credits
31-1655 Beginning Puppetry
Course teaches students to construct a variety of puppets and their environments, using various materials. The class will offer an overview of puppetry, hands-on demonstrations, and performance and puppet creation workshops. Students will create original performances exploring the intersection of movement, sound, text and puppetry. Course will specifically teach Shadow and Rod puppetry.
3 Credits
31-1680 Foundations of Makeup
This introductory course focuses on the basic language and materials necessary in makeup for all media. Students will gain an understanding of basic painting, blending, and color mixing through the use of various materials. Kits for the makeup artist, skin care, color theory, and lighting concerns will be covered through hands-on experience. The multi-faceted art of beauty will include straight, corrective, and commercial looks.
3 Credits
31-1700 Director’s Tool Kit
Course asks Directing majors to begin to consider the tools needed to become successful directors, by exploring acting exercises, talking and listening to advanced and professional directors, seeing and analyzing productions, and reflecting on their own experiences.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage COREQUISITES: 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-2100 Theatre History & Inquiry
This course examines theatre history through active research and inquiry into selected periods and genres of theatre. After reading and discussing a script, students will research primary and secondary sources to place the work in its artistic and cultural context. A short presentation of the research will follow. Then, students will develop a thesis and develop that idea through writing, performance, and/or visual presentation.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance and 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1122 Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English
31-2101 Comedy: Theory
Students are exposed to theories of comedy and an overview of the building blocks of popular comedy throughout history. They analyze comedic texts and performances in a variety of media. Students look at how comedy reflects the concerns of society. They discuss their own responses to current events and issues as preparation to creating satiric work. This course is part of the Comedy Foundation which provides an introduction to both the theory and practice of comedy.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance and 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique and 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition CONCURRENT: 31-2102 Comedy: Writing and Performance COREQUISITES: 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
31-2102 Comedy: Writing and Performance
Students actively explore a variety of approaches to creating and performing comedic and satirical work. Throughout the term, projects require a combination of research, written work, and oral presentations, as well as creative writing and performance work. This course is part of the Comedy Foundation which provides an introduction to both the theory and practice of comedy.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance and 31-1325 Theatre Foundation: Performance Technique and 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition CONCURRENT: 31-2101 Comedy: Theory COREQUISITES: 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
31-2120 Text Analysis
This course studies different methodologies of script analysis to help students develop greater skill in interpretation. Analytical methods provide students with glimpses of plays’ underlying structural principles, leading to deeper understanding of overall meaning. Instruction includes overview of the history of dramatic criticism in Western theatre. Course provides common working vocabulary and methods of analysis, facilitating communication of production ideas. Writing intensive course is useful for actors, directors, and designers.
3 Credits
WI
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1122 Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1152HN Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II and 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance
31-2190 Context for Comedy
Course requires that students follow and discuss current events and other topics that provide fodder for political and social satire. Course provides impetus for students of comedy to delve deeply into political and social issues and to explore their personal response as a preparation for the creation of satirical work.
2 Credits
Requisites CONCURRENT:
and and and and 31-3295 Creating Scenes through Improvisation
Requirements Department Permission
31-2200 Acting II: Adv Sc Study
Course further develops students’ knowledge of basic dramatic scene structure, exploring more difficult two-person scenes and focusing on specific, individual acting problems. Scenes are presented formally during performance weeks. Concurrent enrollment in Voice Training for the Actor II is recommended.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I COREQUISITES: 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-2201 Musical Theatre Scene Study
This course requires the Musical Theatre student to apply their knowledge of basic scene structure and musicality to material from the musical theatre repertoire. The students study and perform two-person musical scenes with an eye towards introducing synthesis of song, vocal technique, text, objectives and tactics to further the dramatic life of the material.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 32-1540 Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Singing AND 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study AND 31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I AND 32-1110 Aural Skills I AND 32-1120 Theory I OR 32-1540 Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Singing AND 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study AND 31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I AND 32-1170 Music Theory for Musical Theatre COREQUISITES: 31-1400 Musical Theatre History
31-2205 Acting II: Char & Ens
Course helps students develop several different characters through work on scenes requiring an ensemble style among actors on stage. Instruction focuses on stage concentration in the give-and-take situation of three or more actors on stage at the same time. Large cast scenes are presented during performance weeks. Concurrent enrollment in Body Movement II or Stage Combat I is recommended.
4 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: and 31-2200 Acting II: Adv Sc Study and 31-2300 Voice Training for the Actor II or 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I and 31-2201 Musical Theatre Scene Study and 31-2300 Voice Training for the Actor II COREQUISITES: 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-2210 Improv Tech II
Course bridges the gap between improvised and scripted work by focusing on an approach to acting through improvisation. Content includes study in performance skills, Second City techniques, characters, playing, and improvisational games based on the teachings of Viola Spolin.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
31-2211 Improv Tech III
Course bridges the gap between improvised and scripted work by focusing on an approach to acting through improvisation. Content includes study in performance skills, Second City techniques, characters, playing, and improvisational games based on the teachings of Viola Spolin.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2210 Improv Tech II
31-2271 Puppet Workshop: Toy Theatre
This course will introduce students to the rudiments of puppetry through the lens of toy theatre. Working from a basic model, students will design and build their own toy theatres and execute simple performances to animate them. Students will explore how design elements of scale and environment can be used to generate action and conflict in a microcosmic theatre.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2300 Voice Training for the Actor II
Course is a continuation of Voice Training for the Actor I. A more proficient use of the techniques for respiration, phonation, resonation, projection and articulation are explored. Skills in pronunciation and variety and expression are introduced. Technical knowledge is demonstrated in contemporary and classical monologues from theatrical repertoire. Students learn a vocal warm-up, record, memorize and perform. An extended study of voice and speech for the stage is addressed in a text chosen for the course.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I
31-2301 Rehearsal and Performance I
Performance or Creative participation (including Choreography, Assistant to Choreographer, Music Direction, Assistant Music Direction or Assistant Director) in a Main Stage, Faculty Workshop or Student Directed Musical production. Class required for BFA in Musical Theatre Performance.
0 Credits
Requirements Department Permission
31-2305 Body Movement for Actors II
This course continues study of Body Movement for Actors I. Students use their more conscious, able body to develop characterization. Acting II: Character and Ensemble is recommended as a concurrent course with Body Movement for the Actor II.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-2315 Stage Combat I
Beginning course teaches how to create the illusion of violence for stage and screen including basic instruction in Unarmed (feet, fists, slaps, punches, kicks, falls, and rolls) and Rapier and Dagger (Parries, cuts, thrusts and more!). The emphasis is on safe and realistic violence for the stage. Midterm scenes will be performed in the classroom. Final scenes will be performed on the main stage during Performance Week.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-2316 Stage Combat II
Course offers continued study of safe and realistic violence for the stage and screen. The emphasis is on Advanced Unarmed and Rapier and Dagger; new weapon skill- Broadsword added. Midterm scenes will be performed in the classroom. Final scenes will be performed on the main stage during Performance Week. Adjudication of Skills Proficiency by a Fight Master of the Society of American Fight Directors and the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat will be integrated into the final performances
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2315 Stage Combat I
31-2325 Accents and Dialects
This course asks students to examine and practice the 10 most commonly used English and foreign language dialects encountered in English-speaking theatre. Content emphasizes technical aspects of dialect, such as vowel and consonant pronunciation, lilt, rhythm, and vocabulary, and how they affect a theatrical character’s personality.
3 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I
31-2330J Topics in Actor Training
This series of rotating physical theatre and movement practices introduces acting students to seminal techniques which will awaken the body and mind of the actor in performance. Students will learn and apply the techniques of Suzuki, Viewpoints, Laban, LeCoq, and Red Nose Clown State in concentrated sessions to increase core strength, enhance characterization and facilitate the development of a more plastic, flexible body for rehearsal and performance.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2305 Body Movement for Actors II
31-2370 Physical Comedy Workshop
Course offers opportunity for performing arts students to explore and develop their personal approach to physical comedy through exposure to a variety of comedy styles and techniques with an emphasis on continuous creation, rehearsal, and performance followed by analysis.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-2372 Basic Viewpoints Workshop
This course examines Viewpoints, a movement philosophy that explores the issues of time and space. In theatre, it allows a group of actors to function spontaneously and intuitively; to generate bold new work quickly by developing flexibility, articulation, and strength in movement; and to use writing and other resources as steps to creativity. Students will learn the vocabulary and basic theory by applying Viewpoints to creating new compositions as well as using them with existing theatrical texts.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: or 31-2700 Directing I
31-2373J Meisner Technique Workshop
Technique workshop course focuses on an approach to acting through the work of Sanford Meisner. Three-week immersion course will use repetition exercises, activity exercises, and scene work to develop the actor’s ability to simultaneously be in the moment with other actors, his/her environment and the text.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2200 Acting II: Adv Sc Study
31-2390 Physical and Vocal Training for Comedy
Course asks students to participate in an active physical and vocal warm-up while learning techniques of physical comedy and expanding the range of vocal production. Topics such as clowning, slapstick, mask work, accents, and dialects are covered actively in classroom exercises.
3 Credits
Requisites CONCURRENT: and and and and 31-3295 Creating Scenes through Improvisation
Requirements Department Permission
31-2400 Musical Theatre II: Scenes and Songs
In this multi-disciplinary course in acting and singing for the musical theatre, students will prepare and perform material from several genres of the musical theatre canon and use dramaturgical research and text analysis in characterization. Students work to bring characters to life through complete physical, vocal and emotional transformation. Performance Style will be introduced and strong musicianship and vocal technique will continue to be integrated. Emphasis will be placed on material that requires an ensemble style.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2201 Musical Theatre Scene Study and 32-1700 Introductory Private Voice COREQUISITES: 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-2430 Musical Theatre Dance II
This course is designed to expand the technical skills in musical theatre dance styles required of Musical Theatre majors at the intermediate level. Each class will include ballet and jazz dance terminology, floor combinations, a variety of musical theatre dance styles and mock auditions. Students are challenged with more complicated material, and greater demands are placed on speed of learning and retention of choreography for audition purposes. Significant attention is paid to audition practices and professional discipline.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I
31-2431 Intermediate Musical Theatre Tap
This course is designed to develop technique, performance, and repertoire within the specialized styles of musical theatre tap required of Musical Theatre majors at the intermediate level. Each class will include tap terminology, rhythm progressions, Broadway style tap combinations, and mock auditions. Emphasis will be placed on speed of learning and retention of choreography for audition purposes. Significant attention is paid to audition practices and professional discipline.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1431 Beginning Musical Theatre Tap
31-2435J Topics in Musical Theatre Dance
This course requires that students study specialized dance techniques, or the work of specific choreographers, to improve their practice and understanding of musical theatre dance. This rotating series of workshops will broaden the students’ knowledge of musical theatre dance, and deepen their ability to apply basic techniques toward learning specialized dance skills or styles. There will be an emphasis on injury prevention and the connection between anatomy and specific techniques or styles.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1430 Musical Theatre Dance I
31-2510 Scenic Construction II
This course is an advanced examination of set construction, emphasizing the procedures for construction of large, intricate theatrical sets. Students will learn to use advanced shop tools and materials to construct scenic elements such as step units and irregular flats. The assembly of complex sets will be covered, both in terms of structure and set dressing. Students will be introduced to the terminology of theatrical architecture and mechanics.
3 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1530 Scenic Construction I and 31-1610 Set Design I
31-2511 Scenic Model Making for Theatre
Course introduces students to scenic modeling techniques, including: skills for developing set designs through the use of the experimental model, the transfer of two-dimensional drafting into three dimensional model form, and finishing techniques for a presentation model. Course is recommended for those interested in the visual design elements of the performing arts and is a prerequisite for set design classes.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2515 Scene Painting
Course is an introduction to and practical application of processes, materials, and techniques used in painting theatrical scenery. Students study color theory, the inter-relationship of additive and subtractive mixing, and the manipulation of two-dimensional space through the use of form and color.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: and and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2521 AutoCAD for the Performing Arts
Course provides students with a thorough introduction to computer aided design with a focus on theatrical uses for AutoCAD. With hands on exercises, assignments, and projects students will gain the capacity to create and distribute industry standard (USITT) theatrical drawings that mimic hand drafting. This course is recommended for scenic designers.
3 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition and 31-1510 Drafting for Theatre or 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2522 VectorWorks for the Performing Arts
This course provides students with a thorough introduction into computer aided design with a focus on theatrical uses for VectorWorks. By using hands-on exercises, assignments, and projects, students will gain the capacity to create and distribute industry standard (USITT) theatrical drawings and light plots. The student will learn basic drawing tools and techniques for completing theatrical drawings and light plots. The course will cover page layout and printing techniques. This course is recommended for lighting designers. Student access to the computer lab is available to complete assignments outside of class.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1510 Drafting for Theatre and 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition or 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2523 Design/Tech Practicum
This course enables students to design productions within the department and under faculty supervision. Students repeat the course three times in the following sequence: assistant designer to a main stage production; designer of a Directing III project; designer of a main stage production. This sequence allows students to gain skills at each level in order to support the next level’s activities.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft
31-2525 Rendering for Theatre II
This course expands on our existing Rendering for Theatre I course, giving the students the opportunity to learn and develop skills that are specifically needed for their area of design. This course allows set and costume design students to achieve a higher level of figure and architectural drawing and sketching. These skills are a necessity in the field. This course will add to the existing steps of experience and instruction that have been developed in the curriculum to bring the design students to a necessary level of proficiency.
3 Credits
31-2526 Costume Construction II
Guided independent study course focuses on advanced patterning and construction techniques. Prospective projects include development of costume from rendering through finished product for main stage show; pattern development from a historical piece; draped patterning and construction from historical source; and corset construction and tailoring. Students are required to complete at least three independent projects.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1525 Costume Construction I and 31-1615 Costume Design I
31-2540 Stage Management Practicum
This course will provide students with a hands-on experience in the practices and techniques of stage management in the professional theatre. Students will stage manage a departmental project throughout the course of the semester. Regular availability on evenings and weekends is required.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1540 Stage Management I
31-2605 Advanced Makeup for the Performer
This course furthers the actor’s knowledge of materials and techniques that can be used in the creation of characters. More advanced materials will be introduced and practiced in class. Topics such as latex, wigs, and pre-made prosthetics will be covered. Unique designs such as stylized designs and animals will also be covered. Research and design will continue to be a focal point of the course.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1605 Makeup for the Performer
31-2610 Scene Design II
This course teaches methods of approaching, developing and completing scenic designs. Students will be focusing on developing their ability to convey their designs so that they could be produced. These skills include; through script analysis, detailed research, sketching, rendering, model making and drafting. Students will also be working on the set for one realized student production during the course of the semester.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1510 Drafting for Theatre and 31-1610 Set Design I and 31-1515 Rendering for Theatre I and 31-1530 Scenic Construction I CONCURRENT: 31-2677 Design Studio COREQUISITES: 31-2511 Scenic Model Making for Theatre
31-2611 Lighting Technologies II
This course explores the technological advancement in the field of live entertainment lighting as well as how to manage the designs from a technological and physical standpoint. The course will include the study of advanced systems, intelligent lighting and accessories, advanced programming, maintenance of equipment, and managing the show from shop orders to running a crew.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1520 Lighting Technologies I and 31-1620 Lighting Design I
31-2612 Sound Design I
This introductory course provides an overview of concepts, processes, and tools involved in sound design for contemporary theater. The course will cover: the history of sound design, design conceptualization, relationships to text and action, collaboration and production protocols, and audio production tools and processes. Course activities will mix lecture/demonstration with practical projects. Students will learn and practice basic operations with digital audio production and sound playback computer software. By the end of the course students will be able to design, construct and deliver simple playback based sound designs. A personal computer, preferably Macintosh, running either Pro Tools (recommended), Reaper or Audacity is required for this course. Students are also encouraged to purchase a portable digital audio recorder.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1625 Theatre Foundation: Design and Composition OR 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2615 Costume Design II
This course begins to develop skills required of a professional costume designer through specific design projects. Upon completion of the course, students should have projects that demonstrate an ability to formulate and clearly render a well-researched costume design.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1615 Costume Design I and 31-1515 Rendering for Theatre I and 31-1525 Costume Construction I
31-2620 Lighting Design II
This course explores the synthesis of Lighting Design and Lighting Technologies, exploring how to use the specialized equipment to create the lighting idea. The focus is on creation of light plots and paperwork and will expand the theoretical design idea into a production based plan. Each student will design a project in the Theatre department as part of this class.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1520 Lighting Technologies I and 31-1620 Lighting Design I and 31-2522 VectorWorks for the Performing Arts
31-2670 Experience in Sound for the Theatre
This course is an introduction to theatre sound design for those with little or no prior experience in sound/music work. Students will explore the nature of acoustic phenomena and perception, discovering the dramatic potential and relationships of sound to image, text, and movement in their practical applications. While the use of live sound will be touched upon, the main emphasis will be on electronically reproduced sound.
1 Credits
31-2677 Design Studio
Elective course is for anyone interested in developing rendering skills used in design for stage. Studio course is structured for faculty members of design to participate as advisors. Assignments respond to students’ varying skill levels. Students furnish art supplies. Concurrent enrollment in this class required for all students enrolled in costume design, set design, and advanced lighting design.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites CONCURRENT: 31-2610 Scene Design II or 31-2615 Costume Design II
31-2680 Makeup Development and Design
This course focuses on critical analysis of character as is common in Film/TV, Print/Ad campaigns, Fashion/Couture and Theatre/Spectacle. Students will expand upon earlier techniques covered while applying realistic 3-D changes with specialty items such as waxes, latex, crepe hair, and the incorporation of other items for fashion (feathers, sequins, etc.) via adhesives. Through examining scripts and situational setups, researching, and visualizing character, the student will gain the ability to create and design their own representation of their ideas through makeup.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1680 Foundations of Makeup
31-2700 Directing I
This course focuses on process through which one approaches a play from a directorial point of view. Students read and discuss six plays and direct scenes from three of them. One play is presented during performance week. Students write an analysis of the play from which the final scene is taken.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-2707J One-Act Play Festival
Student playwrights, dramaturges, directors, designers, and actors will collaborate on all aspects of curating, rehearsing, and producing Columbia College Chicago’s New Play Festival under faculty mentorship. Students will become familiar and proficient in their field of study while working intensively in collaboration with other Theatre Artists and students of Arts Management to put up a Festival based on the professional New Play Festivals. A panel of Guest Professionals and faculty will attend the festival and offer feedback.
2 Credits
Requirements Permission of Instructor
31-2750 Directing II
With instructor approval, this course asks students to select one act of less than 45 minutes to direct. Students cast play from the Theatre Department student body, direct the play, and mount four performances in the Classic Studio. Rehearsals are held outside class hours and are determined by director and cast. All areas of directing are discussed among students and instructors with occasional guest directors, actors, and designers.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1505 Prod Tech: Stagecraft and 31-2530 Stage Management II and 31-2700 Directing I and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage CONCURRENT: 31-2775 Practicum for Directing II
Requirements Permission of Instructor
31-2775 Practicum for Directing II
Each student enrolled in the Directing II class will choose a one-act play no longer than 25 minutes in length to produce. Students will begin to learn and practice skills necessary to produce a play. In an ongoing classroom dialogue, the students and the instructor discuss all areas of production including collaboration with stage manager, technical rehearsal planning, introductory design concepts with occasional input from designers, actors, and guest directors. Major time is spent in the theater space.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2540 Stage Management Practicum CONCURRENT:
31-2800 Playwriting Workshop I
Course introduces basic techniques of structure and dialogue in playwriting. Written exercises are submitted and discussed to identify dramatic events. Students initiate development of a one-act play or the first act of a three-act play.
4 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I or 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced or 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English or 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
31-2805 Playwriting Process: Outreach and Inreach Through Revision
Course provides playwriting practice for writers interested in the intersection of individual expression and community arts. Students will develop original work by combining community arts techniques with their personal writing process. Community arts approaches will be learned through the revision of scripts developed through service learning projects. Students will read, discuss and revise to explore the processes through which the scripts were originally created and the audiences for whom performances are intended. Writing will be both individual and collaborative.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: or 31-2700 Directing I
31-2850 Writing for Musical Theatre
Students from the Music and Theatre departments will collaborate on writing for the musical theatre stage. This piece can be an original story or based on an adapted text. The scene will be rehearsed and performed at the end of the semester. The participants will practice the art of collaboration and explore writing dialogue and developing storyline for musicals, setting lyrics to music, investigate how music functions in drama, work on developing character arcs, musical voicing and song placement. Additionally, participants will experience the processes of casting, directing and producing their performances. The classes consist of individual meetings, group meetings with faculty, rehearsals and a performance.
2 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2201 Musical Theatre Scene Study COREQUISITES: 31-2120 Text Analysis
Requirements Or Instructor Permission
31-2900 Cold Readings
Course gives students practical experience with cold readings of scripted material in a classroom environment. Cold readings are used both in school and professional audition situations to cast actors in roles. Actors learn techniques that best help them in a cold reading situation. Plays are assigned reading each week.
2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I and 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I and 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-2910J Auditioning for Improvisation
Course will cover the basics of professional conduct and preparation to audition for Second City and other improvisationally oriented audition situations.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
31-2940 Musical Theatre Audition Workshop
This workshop is specifically for students who plan to regularly audition for musical theatre, and will focus primarily on the singing portion of auditions. We will discuss how to create a well-rounded audition book, select and prepare audition song cuts, communicate with accompanists, and tailor auditions to specific shows/roles.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1225 Theatre Foundation: Performance or 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills
Requirements Permission of Instructor
31-2950 Teaching Practicum
This course will engage students in the theory and practice of teaching theatre to youth. The class meets twice a week. Students will spend one class studying teaching fundamentals: classroom management, curriculum development, lesson planning, and assessment as they relate to teaching performance skills. The other class will be spent in practice in a youth theatre program in the Chicago area. Students will teach and observe each other’s teaching in an established, ongoing youth arts program.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I and 31-2200 Acting II: Adv Sc Study and 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I
31-2960 Creating Performance Seminar
This course requires that students form a performance ensemble that will develop, rehearse, and perform an original piece of theatre. The ensemble will include writing, design, directing, production, and acting members. Each will work as a specialist within their area of concentration, but also as an ensemble member who will seek and give input outside the area of their growing expertise. Students will explore collaborative models appropriate to the involvement required at different stages of creative and practical performance development. Where practical, the ensemble will collaborate with another group in a service learning and/or interdisciplinary environment.
3 Credits
Repeatable
Requirements Permission of Instructor
31-2965J Drama Facilitation
This course will provide the student with the core principles and practices of facilitating groups learning drama and the opportunity for practical application of workshop facilitation theory and skills in preparation for doing work in Theatre in Education. T.I.E. uses theatre and drama techniques to provide a unique and creative educational experience for public school students, hospital patients, groups with disabilities, and other specialized groups, which can be adapted to many learning environments. Along with workshops using games and improvisation skills, students will learn how to identify themes or important issues among groups and develop auxiliary materials for further use of the group or classroom.
2 Credits
Repeatable
31-2970 Introduction to Theatre in Chicago
This course requires that students attend three theatre productions in Chicago and discuss productions with some of the artists who created them. Students discuss theatre in Chicago with other leaders in the profession, including administrators, producers, and critics.
1 Credits
Requisites COREQUISITES: 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II or 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1152HN Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning
31-2972 Voice Over Workshop
Workshop course explores the business and practice of performing voice overs. Students will study audition protocol, how to approach different kinds of copy, microphone techniques, and studio etiquette with a voice over professional.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2209 and 31-2300 Voice Training for the Actor II
31-2972J Voice Over Workshop
Workshop course will explore the business and practice of performing voice overs. Students will study audition protocol, how to approach different kinds of copy, microphone techniques, and studio etiquette, with a voice over professional.
1 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2300 Voice Training for the Actor II and 31-2209
31-2973 Monologue Workshop
Workshop course will consist of practical coaching sessions aimed at giving the individual student the means to achieve two presentable audition monologues. Students will approach a two-minute monologue as they would a scene: finding objectives, choosing tactics, and scoring beat changes. Students will also learn basic audition protocol.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 Acting I: Scene Study and 31-1300 Voice Training for the Actor I and 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I
31-2990 International Theatre Workshop
This course provides Theatre majors with the opportunity to study contemporary techniques and practices in international theatre making through exposure to international theatre artists. This summer workshop will run two weeks, 6 hours per day, providing an immersion in the work of a particular international theatre artist. Participation in the International Theatre Workshop is open to all Theatre majors.
1 Credits
Repeatable
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 Acting I: Basic Skills and 31-1600 Intro to Design for the Stage
31-2990J International Theatre Workshop: London, England
One-week international theatre workshop course in London, England, is in collaboration with the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). Participants will receive a practical introduction to the Lecoq technique of creating performance, and attend performances at the London International Festival of Mime and Physical Theatre.
1 Credits
31-2999 Directed Study: Theatre
Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses, or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.
1-6 Credits
Repeatable
31-3120 Performance Theory
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2205 Acting II: Char & Ens 31-2100 Theatre History & Inquiry 31-2120 Text Analysis
31-3125 Dramaturgy
This course provides an overview of the art and craft of dramaturgy in the contemporary theatre. Through individual and group projects, students examine the role the dramaturg plays in developing production concepts, conducting production research, choosing translations, and developing adaptations of literature for performance. Students will also consider how the dramaturg functions within a theatrical organization to assist in season selection, audience education, and audience development.
3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-2100 Theatre History & Inquiry and 31-2120 Text Analysis
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