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Course Info for THDN - 304 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 3164 Title: Directing Department: Theater and Dance
Career: Undergraduate Component: Studio Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 1
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, AAC - GH Instructor(s): Hendrick, Michelle
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in THDN 103 or 107, or Permission of the Instructor
Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement
Note: Seat Reservations: 4 seniors, 4 juniors, 2 sophomores, 2 first-years
Course Description:
This course explores some of the fundamentals of modern stage directing. Students will read a diverse body of texts by and about theater directors. In addition, students will direct scenes and monologues while focusing on and integrating various directing skills. These skills will include understanding stage time and space, movement, and composition, and lastly, the analysis of text. The class will culminate in a presentation of one-act and ten-minute plays directed by the students.