THEATRE 5520      Individual Performance Studies
(A,B,C) Private instruction for the advanced student. Prerequisite: Permission of the faculty member with whom the student will be studying.
Credits: 1-2 hours
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THEATRE 5520L      Individual Performance Studies
Credits: 1-2 hours
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THEATRE 5521A      Professional Sound Design
Professional Sound Design is a series of four courses constructed to develop the designer's skills from research and initial sound collection, into interpretation, collaboration and idea development, concluding with the production of finished designs for the MFA productions. Each section deals with problems of increasing complexity beginning with ""found"" design material for early production and leading to indigenous designs created and layered for complex production support. The course may be taken once or twice for non-sound designers with the full cycle being required for the sound design emphasis.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5521B      Professional Sound Design
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5521C      Professional Sound Design
Professional Sound Design is a series of four courses constructed to develop the designer's skills from research and initial sound collection, into interpretation, collaboration and idea development, concluding with the production of finished designs for the MFA productions. Each section deals with problems of increasing complexity beginning with ""found"" design material for early production and leading to indigenous designs created and layered for complex production support. The course may be taken once or twice for non-sound designers with the full cycle being required for the sound design emphasis.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5521D      Professional Sound Design
Professional Sound Design is a series of four courses constructed to develop the designer's skills from research and initial sound collection, into interpretation, collaboration and idea development, concluding with the production of finished designs for the MFA productions. Each section deals with problems of increasing complexity beginning with ""found"" design material for early production and leading to indigenous designs created and layered for complex production support. The course may be taken once or twice for non-sound designers with the full cycle being required for the sound design emphasis.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5530      Drafting for The Theatre
Practical laboratory course in drafting for the theatre encompassing floor plans, sections, designer's evaluations, front and rear elevations, working drawings, and problems in communicating design ideas. Fall semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5531R      Rendering Techniques for the Theatre Designer II
Continuation of Rendering Techniques with the introduction of color, pastels, watercolor and goauche. Skills are applied in developing projects for design in the theatre.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5532      Professional Costume Design
( A, B, C, D ) The courses in Professional Costume Design are intended to develop the costume designer's skills in research, rendering and drawing. Each section will deal with specific problems of design, such as period, line, silhouette, color and texture. Specific problems in design from realistic to stylized productions will be worked on by the students. The course may be taken once or twice by non-costume designers with the full cycle being required for costume emphasis.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5534      Costume Construction I
(A,B,C) Research and methodology into one or more of the following areas of costume construction for the stage: period pattern and tailoring adaptation, work with non-woven materials, and the cutting and finishing of costumes for the stage. May be repeated up to six hours with content change and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5535      Technical Studies In Costuming And Makeup
(A,B,C) Concentration in one or more of the arts and crafts necessary to costume design. Areas to be chosen from include: fabric dyeing and painting, millinery, wig design and construction, latex prosthetic, and decorative accessories for the stage. May be repeated up to six hours with content change and permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5536      Professional Scene Design
(A,B,C,D) Professional Scene Design is a series of courses constructed to develop the designer's skills from research and initial sketches to finished renderings, models and working drawings. Each successive section deals with problems of increasing complexity beginning with one-set realistic productions through unit-settings, stylization and multiple setting problems. The course may be taken once or twice for non-set designers with the full cycle being required for the scene design emphasis.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5538      Scene Painting
A practicum course in scene painting techniques and execution. Introduction to painting equipment and supplies, priming and preparation of surfaces and materials, standard techniques for painting ornament.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5539      Scene Painting II
A practicum course in scene painting techniques with emphasis on painting interior drops, exterior landscapes and three-dimensional pieces.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5540      Pattern Drafting And Cutting
Theory and laboratory study of the techniques and methods employed in drafting patterns for the professional stage.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5545      Professional Acting Techniques I
Theatre games, exercises, mask work, and some scene study to develop the first year acting/directing class into a training ensemble, instill a clear and uniform vocabulary, heighten awareness, and begin concentrated skill work. The semester will culminate in a class project.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5546      Professional Acting Techniques II
Continuation of THEATER 5545 with emphasis on the application of the first semester's work through scene study of contemporary plays and monologues.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5547      Professional Acting Techniques III
Concentration on non-naturalistic styles. Work on scenes from Shakespeare and other classical playwrights.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5548      Professional Acting Techniques Iv
Work on audition material and further scene work dealing with specific individual acting problems.
Credits: 3 hours
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THEATRE 5549      Master Class In Acting
(A,B,C,D) Class in advanced studies in acting. May be repeated for credit up to eight hours as content and guest artist change. Permission of instructor or head of area required. Required for third year graduate acting students in the fall semester and may be repeated subsequently as elective.
Credits: 2 hours
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