Theatre Arts (THEA)

Experience in the participation in and evaluation of rehearsal and performance activities related to departmental productions. Required for Theatre Arts majors and minors. May be repeated once.

Beginning concepts of the use of the voice and body in the creation of a character for the stage.

Fee: $30.00

The theory and practice of stage makeup with emphasis on the latter.

Fee: $30.00

An introduction to theatre including narrative, directing, acting, design and theatre as a profession.

Introduction to stagecraft as it pertains to academic theatre. Scene shop and set construction skills. Basic concepts of drafting and design. Participation in stage work required. Prerequisite: THEA 1120.

Fee: $30.00

Experience in acting and crew work in departmental productions. Required for Theatre Arts majors and minors. May be repeated once.

Experience in acting and crew work in departmental productions. Required for Theatre Arts majors and minors. May be repeated once.

Consideration of topics such as scenery and lighting design, advanced problems of acting, costume history and construction. May be repeated once for credit when topic changes.

Introduction to technical theatre as it pertains to academic theatre. Light hanging and focusing skills; use of light and sound boards; basic concepts of lighting and soundtrack design. Participation in stage work for department required. Prerequisite: THEA 2330 or participation in the backstage operations of two university level productions or permission of instructor.

Fee: $30.00

An introduction to the basics of musical theatre, particularly from the perspective of performance. A course designed to prepare students for the summer musicals held in conjunction with the Music Department. Prerequisite: Registration or credit in MUSI 1159.

For students with a background in acting. Scenes from classical theatre, avant-garde theatre and other period and non-traditional genres. Prerequisite: THEA 1322.

Fee: $30.00

Introduction to costuming for the theatre, including a history of costume fashion in the West as well as skills necessary to develop costume renderings. Prerequisites: 6 semester hours in Theatre or Art, or consent of the instructor.

Problems of selecting and producing the play, practice in directing the one-act play. Prerequisites: THEA 1341

Studies of the major periods of theatre, such as Greek to Elizabethan, Elizabethan to modern and the development of theatrical criticism. May be repeated once as topic varies. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.

Research in contemporary thought in communication and theatre. Prerequisite: 9 hours of THEA. (Credit may not be obtained in both COMM 4331 and THEA 4331.)

Intensive work in a special area of the student's major or minor. A maximum of 6 semester hours of credit in individual study may be applied toward graduation.

The execution of a successful design or performance project.