Course Overview

A workshop production is a type of theatrical performance, in which a play is presented, either in selected parts or as a whole, as a performance that does not include some aspects of a fully-staged production, such as set and costumes. As part of the Theatre and Dance program’s transformation of its production practices, this course provides students interested in a play to be produced by the Theatre and Dance program the following semester the opportunity to explore, experiment, and participate in a series of workshopped scenes from the play. These scenes will serve as a preview and promotion for the play’s fully-staged production the following semester, and students currently enrolled in this course will be prioritized if they choose to stay with their roles accordingly. A play’s Fall Semester workshop will lead to its Spring Semester production, and a play’s Spring Semester workshop will lead to its Fall Semester production.

The course is structured to entail continuous hands-on physical activity related to preparatory, rehearsal, performance, and production work within and outside class hours, with reasonable accommodations being made for students with any physical limitations.

This course may be taken as an elective by Theatre Arts majors and minors who have fulfilled the minimum 6-credit Practicum requirement; may be taken as a free elective by students who are not Theatre majors or minors; may be repeated without limit.

This semester, [insert playwright and play] is being workshopped, and students will have opportunities to contribute to the creative conceptualization of the play ahead of its full staging.

Faculty

Contact

• THE-280 Theatre Performance Workshop