The plays, theatres, and playwrights of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe. A leap from Buchner to Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Chekhov, Wedekind, and Gorky onwards to the widespread experimentation of the 1920s and earlier avant garde (e.g., Jarry, Artaud, Stein, Witkiewicz, Pirandello, Mayakovsky, Fleisser, early Brecht). Special attention to issues of gender, class, warfare, and other personal/political foci. Attendance may be required at selected performances.

Same description as above. There will be one general meeting Monday, January 26, 2009, at 4:10 p.m. in the Green Room, Theatre Building. Attendance is mandatory; attendance at weekly production meetings for some assignments may be required. Grading for this course is satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

A laboratory course based on the preparation and performance of department productions. Students in the first semester of enrollment are assigned to a production run crew. In subsequent semesters of enrollment students elect to fulfill course requirements from a wide array of production-related responsibilities. May be taken four times for credit, with a maximum of two credits per semester. There will be one general meeting in the Fall (September 10) and in the Spring, in the Green Room, Theatre Building.

This course will survey the history of theatre, drama, and performance from Ancient Greece to the 18th century. The main focus will be on the theatres of Europe and their relationship to their respective cultures. Non-western issues in regards to Asian theatres will also be discussed. Lectures and discussions will be complemented by video screenings of recent productions of some of the plays under consideration.

Introduction to physical, vocal and interpretative aspects of performance, with emphasis on creativity, concentration and depth of expression. Enrollment limited to 14. Introduction to physical, vocal and interpretative aspects of performance, with emphasis on creativity, concentration and depth of expression. Enrollment limited to 14.

Introduction to physical, vocal and interpretative aspects of performance, with emphasis on creativity, concentration and depth of expression. Enrollment limited to 14. A more focused approach to acting for those students with some acting experience and for those who intend to major in Theatre, encompassing foundational skills, developing a personal warm-up, and work on script analysis, character building, scoring the role and creating ensemble. We work on developing truthful responses to imaginary circumstances, and exploring the worlds of the text. Enrollment limited to 14.

For qualified juniors and seniors. Admission by permission of the instructor and director of the program. No more than 4 special studies credits may be taken in any academic year and no more than 8 special studies credits total may be applied toward the major.

This course will explore reproductive justice in the U.S. and the influence of U.S. policy globally, addressing issues of law, policy, theory and activism. Topics include historic and contemporary state control over women's reproduction, social movements to expand women's control over their reproductive lives, access to reproductive care, reproductive technologies, reproductive coercion and violence, religious fundamentalism's increasing influence over reproduction, and the discourses around women's bodies and pregnancy.

We begin this course by sifting the earth between our fingers as part of a community learning partnership with area farms in Holyoke, Hadley, and other neighboring towns. Using women's movements and feminisms across the globe as our lens, this course develops an understanding of current trends in globalization. This lens also allows us to map the history of transnational connections between people, ideas and movements from the mid-twentieth century to the present.

This course explores the legal status of women in the United States historically and today, focusing in the areas of employment, education, sexuality, reproduction, the family, and violence. We will study constitutional and statutory law as well as public policy. Some of the topics we will cover are sexual harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, and pregnancy discrimination. We will study feminist activism to reform the law and will examine how inequalities based on gender, race, class, and sexuality shape the law.