Lecture: 3 hours per week
Workshop/studio: 12 hours per week
Script development
- The Cold Reading
- The Role of the Dramaturge
- Rewriting
- The Staged Reading
Directing
- Pre-production Text Analysis
- Casting Issues
- Rehearsal Tools and Techniques
Leadership
- Building a Collective Vision
- Building a Committed Team
Teamwork
- Understanding Roles
- Interpersonal communication
Acting
- The Actor’s Role in Creating New Characters
- Workshop Protocol.
- Advanced Practice in Working as an Ensemble
Designing a Production
- Approaching a new script.
- Visual storytelling
- Creative Process for Design Elements
Stage Management
- Organizational Skills
- Aspects of Production Management
The Business of Production
- Grant writing
- Fund raising through private sources
- Budgeting
- Advertising and Promotion
- Legal issues
Front of House
- Box office, ticket sales
- Concession
- Programs
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- be able to discuss new scripts in an informed and constructive manner;
- (the student writer will) recognize contributions from other members of the artistic team and be able to move scripts forward by rewriting;
- (the student designers will) be able to create an elementary design for a new play;
- be able to work together in multiple capacities as a collective with a common goal;
- understand the artistic, financial and administrative aspects of developing and producing a new play; and
- be able to mount a festival consisting of new plays.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøÆØÒ»Çø¶þÇø Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student's record of attendance as part of the student's graded performance. This will be clearly defined in the course outline.
An example grading scheme is as follows:
| Weekly research assignments on topics such as dramaturgy, directing, design, budgeting and promotion | 40% |
| Class participation | 20% |
| Written assessments of scripts at the cold reading and staged reading phases | 10% |
| Final projects (including final written analysis of the various aspects of production | 30% |
- Scriptwork, A Director’s Approach to New Play Development, David Kahn and Donna Breed, Southern Illinois University Press
- Working on a New Play, Edward M. Cohen, Limelight Editions (Prentice Hall)
- Produce Your Play Without A Producer, Mark Hillenbrand, A Smith and Kraus Book
Lab fees of $100 for the Production Budget
Diploma in Theatre or Stagecraft, or Associate of Arts Degree in Creative Writing, or equivalent education and/or experience. Student acceptance determined by the Performing Arts Coordinator.
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