Advanced Play Direction
Prerequisite: THTR 375.
This intensive lecture-performance course will expand on principles and practices of play direction covered in THTR 375, with particular emphasis on staging, spatial dynamics, and collaboration with design artists.
Outcomes: Students acquire the skills to place current trends in Directing in historical and theoretical context; articulate a personal artistic mission in relation to the Directing craft; articulate and defend a concept for production; and translate conflict, story, and theme to practical application in ground-plans, staging, actor-coaching, and design choices.
This intensive lecture-performance course will expand on principles and practices of play direction covered in THTR 375, with particular emphasis on staging, spatial dynamics, and collaboration with design artists.
Outcomes: Students acquire the skills to place current trends in Directing in historical and theoretical context; articulate a personal artistic mission in relation to the Directing craft; articulate and defend a concept for production; and translate conflict, story, and theme to practical application in ground-plans, staging, actor-coaching, and design choices.