55-4403 CRW: Page to Stage

Course gives playwriting students first-hand experience with the process of bringing a play script through the production process to performance. Students will read scripts of plays currently in production at Columbia and in the Chicago area, then attend rehearsals and productions of these plays. Students will explore the process of getting the dramatic text of a play from the page onto the stage through meetings and discussions with actors, directors, and designers, and in class work. Students will analyze and evaluate production values and respond to texts through journal entries, an oral report, and a final creative nonfiction essay.

4 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 55-4101 Fiction Writing I and 55-4323 Playwriting I or 55-1101 Fiction Writing I and 55-4323 Playwriting I