Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. A theoretical and practical initiation to theater as a collaborative art. Includes script analysis as well as basic instruction in acting, improvisation, stage design, and play direction.
Fall, spring. Credit, three hours. A hands-on course in acting technique that also requires written and verbal reflection. The course introduces the student to the following: warm-ups, improvisation, theater games, character study including written character scene work, collaborative presentations, and a final public performance that coalesces around one theme or one play. Students receive regular feedback from the instructor. Students read and study complete plays in order to create characters for scenes.
Fall. Credit, four hours. A theoretical and practical initiation to technical theater. Practical assignments will be oriented toward mounting productions staged by Oxford Theater.
Fall, Spring. Variable credit. Prerequisites: Previous theater experience at Oxford and permission of instructor. Advanced work in theater to include one or more of the following: directing, lighting, set design, and playwriting. May be repeated for credit.
TBA. Credits, three hours. Reading plays with a view to production. Exercises and projects explore how a text emerges in performance from the combined perspectives of actors, directors, dramaturges, designers, and audiences.
(Same as English 216) Spring. Credit, three hours. A history of the theater from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century, focusing on representative dramatic works and on the actor, staging, and audience as they have influenced the development of drama and the theater in the modern period. May be taken without Theater 215. Required for theater studies majors.
Fall. Credit, three hours. Examining the prison in media and performance to understand the American culture of punishment. We will reflect on mass incarceration and interrogate how creativity can contribute to prison reform and abolition.
On demand. Credit, one to four hours. Individual courses designed to introduce students to special topics in theater.
On demand. Credit, one to four hours. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Special projects, research, and readings under the direction of a faculty member.
