Theatre 312sp - Topics in Masters and Movements in Performance-Solo Performance for Actors, Directors and Writers

A study of solo performance in the late 20th and early 21st century, as a self- reflexive practice by theatre practitioners and performance and visual artists. Solo performance is examined as an aesthetic, political, and/or theatrical project, and as a vehicle for staging personal and social identities. Writing, directing and/or performing short solo works, to be presented as the culminating project for the semester. (E)