Theater 725 - Special Topics/Dramaturgy

Fall
2025
01
3.00
Harley Erdman

W 12:20PM 2:15PM

UMass Amherst
67605
Bromery Center for Arts Rm 465
harley@theater.umass.edu
This graduate seminar in dramaturgy each semester goes in depth into a special topic. Topics to include: Multicultural Theater Practice, Performance Theory, Avant-Garde Theater, Production Dramaturgy, Translation, Adaptation, and Dramaturgical Writing. Please check at enrollment time to see what Special Topic is being offered for the coming semester.

Open to Graduate students only. SPECIAL TOPIC: Theatrical Space

This seminar combines theory and practice to look at all different types of theatrical space, from proscenium theater to site specific, immersive theater and everything in between. The curriculum features a series of hands-on projects that experiment with space and place. One project will focus on YouCube, a special outdoor performance installation.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.