13 courses with the subject THT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Through warmups, games, exercises, and text, students develop their physical, vocal, and emotional creativity. Students build on vocal and physical fundamentals through performance of contemporary texts. They are introduced to modern drama, develop skills for character analysis, acquire basic vocabulary, and evaluate professional performances.
This survey course is an introduction to the elements of technical theatre, including scenery, properties, costumes, lighting, sound, and stage management. Through this course, students will be exposed to hands-on training in a variety of areas. Student projects for this course may be used in various productions. Additional Fee(s):
This course is an introduction to conceptualization and creation of theatrical productions. Theory and analysis of structure, elements, and styles of drama from the written script are coupled with practical techniques to realize a unified vision on stage. Concepts integral to directing, dramaturgy, design, character development, and playwriting are explored.
This course examines texts and modalities outside of traditional modern drama. Students focus on physicalized practices, exploratory vocal technique, and textual investigation and development. They analyze professional productions within the given framework. The class culminates in a theatre piece created and performed by the students in collaboration with Directing students.
Students study the trajectory of drama throughout time and across the world. They explore the historical contexts of seminal texts, playwrights, theatre practitioners, and theatrical movements. Students will also put texts into action as actors, directors, and dramaturgs, conceptualize productions, and analyze professional work.
Women’s and Gender Studies Minor The minor in women’s and gender studies offers students the opportunity for the interdisciplinary study of women’s contributions to society and women’s experience in diverse cultures, polities, and historical periods. Students seek to understand the new scholarship on women and the new intellectual frameworks, methodologies, and feminist theories that examine gender as a social construct. They analyze critically the representations and voices of women in literature, arts, and religious and philosophical traditions, in social and political theory and practice, and in the sciences, and they are encouraged to enunciate their own approaches to reshaping society.
This course is a practicum for producing Chatham’s undergraduate drama productions. Production processes addressed: Preproduction, auditions, the rehearsal process, show production, and post production. In this course students gain experience and knowledge of the creative, technical, and professional aspects of working on a theatrical show.
This is a process class that will include intensive work in front of the camera. This course will cover the following: Film/TV/Stage acting differences; camera acting techniques; types of camera shots, studio and location disciplines; and the challenge of continuity.
Students will develop skills in script analysis, dramaturgical research, the creation of stage imagery, and the practical considerations of casting, rehearsing and communicating within the process of creating a show. The course culminates in students directing a publicly performed one-act play.
WGS: WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
Source: Chatham University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
