'This course is open to directors, choreographers, designers, and visual artists. Each week students present a short piece using specific performance elements such as: use of architectural detail, foreground/background relationships, sound environment, manipulation of text, lighting, site specific or 'found' spaces, etc. Readings from major performance theorists including Aristotle. Brecht, Shklovsky, Artaud, Bert States, Grotowski, and Joseph Chaikin.

'Rehearsal and performance of Machiavelli's 'Mandragola', directed by Roger Babb, November 2013'

'A study of some of Shakespeare's plays emphasizing the poetic and dramatic aspects of his art, with attention to the historical context and close, careful reading of the language. Eight or nine plays.'

'This course is an introduction to the essentials of drafting scenic and lighting plans for theatrical productions. Students will be taught the drafting conventions that are specific to the theatre industry. Projects will include the drafting of ground plans, centerline sections, front elevations, and light plots. Students are expected to already have a basic knowledge of theatre vocabulary and an understanding of the design process and technical needs of creating and building a set or lighting design for a theatre production.

'This course will explore areas of costuming that do not include clothing. Millinery, armor making, masks, fabric painting and dyeing, as well as body sculpting. This is part research, and a lot of hands-on work. We will explore the materials used for these types of projects and the safe handling of these materials. Students will create a project in each area covered.'

'After completing a series of exercises to free the body and voice of excess tension, the student will explore exercises and projects designed to develop vocal strength, projection, flexibility, and clarity. This course will train the actor using Linklater (voice) and Laban (movement) techniques.'

'An highly interactive course, focusing on scene work, using the Stanislavsky approach to acting. Classes include preparation exercises leading to the relaxation, concentration and imagination of the actor. Practical tools explored in the course are designed to offer the student greater vocal, physical and imaginative freedom and clarity as well as text analysis skills. Course includes characterization work and introduces the unique nature of the monologue.'

'This course will examine the materials and techniques used in building and operating theatrical scenery. It will include prop building, rigging, and welding for the theatre. Students will learn the skills to work in the scene shop interpreting scenic designs for department productions.'

'An introduction to the art and work of the set designer in the performing arts. Students will learn how a designer approaches a script, how this work impacts a production, and what means are used in the execution of the process. They will learn how to develop their own visual imaginations and how to create visual concepts through discussions, renderings, models and some hand drafting. No previous experience in theatre, performance, or the visual arts is required.'

'Taught by the Theatre Department's faculty and staff, this course offers the student a study and practice of theatre as a collaborative art. Course includes the analysis of the dramatic text in terms of the actor, the director, the scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers and the technicians. Close analytical readings of play texts and critical/theoretical essays will be supplemented by attending theatre productions both on and off campus and by staging students' own theatrical projects.'