Theatre 312 - PERFORMANCE- I SING EARTH

Topics Course: Using choreopoem acting and ensemble techniques, students in this course (actors, writers, designers, musicians) will develop a site-specific music-theatre piece at the Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station. Over the course of the semester, students will work on performance techniques and do research at the Center for Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability (CEEDS) to develop the text and music framework. We will use performance to explore the local/global/historical impact of human communities on the environments they inhabit, focusing specifically on our local Western Massachusetts environment. The semester will culminate in public performances of I Sing Earth at the Field Station. The production will also be designed to “travel” indoors to a theatre space. The indoor production will be tasked with bringing the spirit of the Field Station to the audience with the magic of lights, costumes, and music. Limited enrollment and Permission of the instructor after inte