Theatre Arts 285 - Directing

This course is open to directors, choreographers, designers, and visual artists. Each week students present a short piece using specific performance elements such as: use of architectural detail, foreground/background relationships, sound environment, manipulation of text, lighting, site specific or found spaces, etc. Readings from major performance theorists including Aristotle. Brecht, Shklovsky, Artaud, Bert States, Grotowski, and Joseph Chaikin. The last third of the semester will concentrate on script work and will culminate in the casting and presentation of a short scene.