Theater

Study performance techniques to incorporate movement, voice, character development and improvisation. Educators, activities professionals, and counselors can learn creative resources and strategies. Follow the development of cinema and film as an art form, an industry and a system of communication.

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Theater Acting Program

THR 131: Acting I (3 credits)

Introduction to performance techniques with emphasis on movement and voice skills. Incorporates creative movement, pantomime, character analysis and improvisation.

THR 132 Acting II (3 credits)

Study of performance techniques with emphasis on character development and analysis. Introduction to directing and technical theater as they influence development of acting skills.

Theater History Courses

THR 135 Introduction to the Theatre (3 credits)

Development of theatre in Europe and America from Ancient Greece to present. Integrated approach to theatre including playwriting, architecture, acting, production and criticism in particular historical settings.

THR 242 American Cinema (3 credits)

Survey of American film as an art form, an industry, and a system of representation and communication. How American films work technically, aesthetically, and culturally to reinforce and challenge America's national self-image.

THR 243 Development of the Film (3 credits)

Historical and critical survey of the development of film from its earliest beginnings to present day. Film viewed as an emerging art form, and as a medium of mass communication of data from various time periods. Class discussion, slides, and the world's great films used as learning tools.