Introduction to dramatic writing. Examination of, dramatic action, dialogue, characterization, and, structure; emphasis on writing for the stage., Reading assignments from classical, modern, and, contemporary plays as well as from commentaries on, the playwright's art, Aristotle to the present., Students write scenes and exercises throughout the, semester, culminating in a final project.
- Teacher: Stepan Simek
Rehearsal with more complex texts of realism from, such playwrights as Ibsen, Chekhov, Churchill,, Stoppard. Integration of voice and body work,, deepening a sense of truth in emotional and, intellectual expression. Actors work with, instructor on individual acting problems, share, research in texts and historical periods, learn, how to help each other take acting explorations, further. Writing: script analysis, historical, research, bibliography, observations. Additional, projects in movement and voice.
- Teacher: Stepan Simek
Focus on modern continental theatre from Buchner, to contemporary European playwrights. Realism,, expressionism, surrealism, Dada, Theatre of the, Absurd, and continental postmodernism. Special, attention to the theatre and social contexts of, eastern and central Europe and Germany.
- Teacher: Stepan Simek
Survey of the premodern global history of theatre, and performance from its earliest ritual, manifestations to the late 18th century., Performance traditions, plays, theories, and, dramatic expressions from Europe, the Middle, East, Africa, and Asia. Emphasis will be placed, on the reciprocal relationship between, drama/performance and religion, the state, civil, society, and the individual. Students will study, primary materials, read and analyze plays,, examine documentary and pictorial evidence, and, engage both intellectually and creatively with, the material. Reading, discussion, research,, papers, exams, and creative projects.
- Teacher: Stepan Simek