55-5403 CRW: Page to Stage

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.

3 Credits
Requisites COREQUISITES: 55-5101 Fiction Writing I and 55-5323 Playwriting I or 55-6101 Fiction Writing I and 55-5323 Playwriting I or 55-5102 Fiction Writing II and 55-5323 Playwriting I or 55-6102 Fiction Writing II and 55-5323 Playwriting I or 55-5104 Prose Forms and 55-5323 Playwriting I or 55-5105 Advanced Prose Forms