A practical workshop, centered on a collaborative project, in which designers, dramaturgs and directors create a performance from scratch. The objective is to develop a shared vocabulary and common experiences in the basic process of transforming text or idea into performed event. All members of the studio may be asked to adopt the perspective of actor, director, designer, playwright, or critic.

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This course introduces the basics of acting for students without theater training and for experienced performers. Games, exercises, and readings develop the skills necessary to present monologues and scene work.

Exercises in play construction involving characterization, dialogue, and plot development; and completion of a short playscript.

Devised Theater is a term for performance work created collectively by an ensemble and that often addresses social, political or humanitarian issues. Brown Paper Studio was developed in post-apartheid South Africa to express young people's vision for their newly democratic country. The process combines original and selected text, music, movement, visual media and improvisation in a creative style similar to sampling in hip-hop.

Continuation of THEATER 362. Costume design theory, conceptualization, and solution of related problems. Design projects, concept papers, journal, sketch book, and appropriate design work for department productions. Prerequisites: 300-level theater courses or equivalent, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Theatr majors.

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This course provides the most intensive collaborative opportunity for actors and directors to work together in our department. Directors and actors have an equal voice in the collaborative process, with the goals of: Understanding and experiencing one another's roles; Being able to communicate personal perspectives in a group; and Respecting and integrating the perspectives of collaborators.