For qualified juniors and seniors. Admission by permission of the instructor and the chair of the department. Departmental permission forms required.

Intermediate and advanced script projects. Prerequisite: 361. L and P.

The means and methods of the writer for television and the cinema. Analysis of the structure and dialogue of a few selected films. Prerequisite: 261 or 262 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12. Writing sample required.

The integration of the design elements of line, texture, color, gesture, and movement into unified production styles. Further study of the history of clothing, movement in costume, construction techniques, and rendering. Production work may be required outside of the class meeting time. Prerequisites: 254 and P.

This course further explores the role light plays in artistic creations and the role lighting designers play in theatrical collaborations. Over the semester, we will examine the different approaches to designing for a diverse range of performing arts such as drama, dance, concert and opera. We will study advanced color theories, and learn to use or improve our skills in industry-standard computer software such as Vectorworks?. Students will design for the Spring Dance Concert in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. Permission of the instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12.

This course focuses upon interpretative approaches to performance pieces (texts, scores, improvisations, etc.) and how they may be realized and animated through characterization, composition, movement, rhythm, and style. Prerequisites: Acting I or FLS 280. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12.

To act, to perform is to speculate with your body. Theatre is a transformative experience that takes performer and audience on an extensive journey in the playground of the imagination beyond the mundane world. Theatre asks us to be other than ourselves. We can for a time inhabit someone else's skin, be shaped by another gender or ethnicity, become part of a past epoch or an alternative time and space similar to our own time but that has yet to come. As we enter this 'imagined' world we investigate the normative principles of our current world.