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TH 1001 Introduction to Theatre
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Day Date Topic Assignment
Wed Sept 7

Introduction, syllabus, text,
discussion forum

Ben Cameron: The True Power of the Performing Arts

Fri Sept 9 Moodle Demonstration
Preferences
On-line Discussion:
Introduce yourself!
Face-to-face group meetings.

Mon Sept 12 Theatre Production

Video: Every Little Step, Part I

Wed Sept 14 Theatre Production

Video: Every Little Step, Part II

Fri Sept 16 Optional Attendance:
Moodle
On-line Discussion: Chapters 1 & 2
Theatre in Today's World

Mon Sept 19
Playwrighting

Guest Speakers: Caity Shea Violette & Tom Isbell

Wed Sept 21 Playwrighting

Video: Edwin Wilson interview with Marsha Norman

'Night Mother with Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft

More about Marsha Norman

Chapters 1 & 2 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Sept 23 Optional Attendance:
Moodle
On-line Discussion: Chapters 3
Audiences

Mon Sept 26 Stage Performers Acting in Film, Part I
More about Michael Cain
Wed Sept 28 Stage Performers

Acting in Film, Part II

Chapters 3 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Sept 30  

On-line Discussion: Chapter 4 & 5
Playwrights & Theatre Genres


Mon Oct 3

Theatre Production

Guest Speakers: Mark Armstrong, Artistic Director
The Production Company


Wed Oct 5

Theatre Production

Guest Speakers: MacKenzie McCullum & Gracie Anderson
Stage 2 Production Company

Meet in Dudley Experimental Theatre

Chapter 4 & 5 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Oct 7  

On-line Discussion:Chapter 6
Acting


Mon Oct 10

Theatre Production

Guest Presentation: Christine Gradl Seitz, Duluth Playhouse &
Katie Helbacka, Renegade Theatre

Wed Oct 12 Acting

Guest Speaker: Kelly Grussendorf, Acting

Chapter 6 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Oct 14   On-line Discussion: Chapter 7
Directing & Producing

Mon Oct 17 Directing

Guest Speaker: Michael Perreca, Directing

Wed Oct 19 Theatrical Design:
Costumes

Guest Speaker: Patricia Dennis, Costume Designer for Target Behavior

Chapters 7 Moodle Assignment Due

The Foreigner Opens October 20
Marshall Performing Arts Center

Fri Oct 21   On-line Discussion: Chapter 8
Theatre Spaces

Mon Oct 24 Theatrical Design:
Scenery

Guest Speaker: Topaz Cooks, Scenic Designer for Target Behavior
Curtis Phillips, Scenic Designer for The Foreigner

Meet in Marshall Performing Arts Center Main Theatre

Wed Oct 26

Tour Marshall Performing
Arts Center

Meet in Marshall Performing Arts Center Main Theatre

Chapter 8 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Oct 28   On-line Discussion: Chapters 9
Scenery and Costumes

Mon Oct 31

Theatrical Design:
Lighitng

Guest Speaker: Paul Blakely, Lighting Designer for The Foreigner and
Kelly Lasley, Lighting Designer for Target Behavior

Wed Nov 2 Theatrical Design:
Sound

Guest Speakers: Guest Speakers: Dylan Lee, Sound Designer for Target Behavior,
and Nick Gosen, Sound Designer for The Foreigner.

Chapters 9 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Nov 4   On-line Discussion: Chapter 10
Lighting & Sound for the Theatre

Mon Nov 7 Midterm Review  
Wed Nov 9 Midterm Exam

Midterm Exam

Chapter 10 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Nov 11   On-line Discussion: Chapter 11
Greek, Roman and Medieval Theatre

Mon Nov 14 Puppetry in the Theatre

Guest Speaker: Jenelle Bartelt, Theatre Puppetry.

Wed Nov 16

GreekTheatre

Eastern Theatre

Video: Antigone
More about Sophocles

Video: Julie Taymor
More about Julie Taymor

Chapter 11Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Nov 18   On-line Discussion: Chapter 12
Asian Theatre

Mon Nov 21 Shakespeare

Video: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
More about William Shakespeare


Wed Nov 23

Satirical Comedy

 

Video: Tartuffe
More about Moliere

Chapter 12 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Nov 25 No Class
Thanksgiving Holiday
On-line Discussion: Chapter 13 & 14
Renaissance Theatre

Mon Nov 28

Comedy of Manners

Video: The Importance of Being Earnest
More about Oscar Wilde

Wed Nov 30 Realism

Video: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
More about Anton Chekov

Video: Miss Julie
More about August Strindberg

Video: A Doll's House
More about Henrik Ibsen

Target Behavior
7:30 PM
December 1-10
Dudley Experimental Theatre

Chapter 13 & 14 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Dec 2   On-line Discussion: Chapters 15
Restoration through Early Modern Theatre

Mon Dec 5 Modern Tragedy

Video: Death of a Salesman
More about Arthur Miller

Video: The Glass Menagerie
More about Tennessee Williams


Wed Dec 7

Non-realism

 

Video: Between Beckett and Brecht
More about Samuel Beckett
More about Bertholdt Brecht

Course Evaluation

Chapters 15 Moodle Assignment Due

Fri Dec 9  

On-line Discussion: Chapters 16 & 17
Theatrical Diversity and Contemporary Trends


Mon Dec 12

Theatrical Diversity


Video: Raisin in the Sun
More about Lorraine Hansberry

Video: Top Girls
More about Caryl Churchill

Video: Angels in America
More about Tony Kushner

Testmonial Theatre: Anna Deavere Smith

Testimonial Theatre: Sarah Jones

Wed Dec 14

Final Review

Chapters 16 & 17 Moodle Assignment Due

Final Exam: Monday, December 19
10:00-11:55 AM

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