Drama: Embodiment & Transformation
Course Code
TAPS 10100 10
Course Description
This course seeks to develop an appreciation and understanding of a variety of processes by which dramatic scripts are theatrically realized, with an emphasis on the text’s role in theatrical production rather than as literature.
Students will learn a range of theatrical concepts and techniques, including script analysis and its application to staging, design and acting exercises, and will be required to act, direct, and design.
Throughout the course we will investigate how theater – as a collaborative art form – tells stories.
Course Criteria
Attending the first session is mandatory; students cannot enroll after the course begins.
This course is primarily comprised of undergraduate students. A select number of places are reserved for advanced high school students.
The cost of this course for pre-college students is $4,980
Instructor(s)
Heidi Coleman
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