Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Courses
THEA
49 courses with the subject THEA, 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.
None Restriction: None Description: Explores the who, what, when, where, and why of theatre. Analyzes historical and contemporary works of drama through reading the dramatic literature and viewing live and recorded performances. Introduces key elements of theatre through examining the roles and functions of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. Cross-Listed: No
THEA 486 Description: Explores the material, methods, and procedures utilized in creating scenery for live performance and sound stage production. Covers the basics of scenery construction through instruction and practical applications. Develops competencies with the basic materials, equipment and creative methods used in a scenery studio and as a stage hand, running performances. Requires practice of competencies through
THEA 486 Description: Provides instruction and practical experience in the process of building costumes for live and recorded performance, and operating wardrobe support. Includes competencies of cutting, sewing, and fabric modification. Develops capability in wardrobe operation, costume stock, and material identification and selection. Requires practice of competencies by
None Restriction: None Description: Explores major conceptual, philosophical, and aesthetic underpinnings of theatre arts. Includes the analysis of major historical and contemporary works of drama through dramatic literature and live and mediated performance. Introduces key elements of theatre through examining the roles and functions of acting, playwriting, directing, and design. Builds skills in teamwork through implementation of theatrical practice, analysis of interpersonal communication, and development of collaboration within a team project. Cross-Listed: No
None. Restriction: None. Description: Surveys various eras of theatre grouped into major topics including but not limited to: Tragedy and Women, Gender, and Identity. Examines and analyzes how the plays reflect the social and historical contexts of these topics, especially how perceptions of tragedy have changed, and how issues regarding women, gender, and identity have evolved throughout the centuries. Demonstrates how playwrights, designers, directors, and other theatre-makers have presented and staged these issues, and how audiences have received them. Cross-Listed: No
None. Restriction: None. Description: Surveys various eras of theatre grouped into major topics including Comedy and Sex, Comedy and Identity, and Comedy and Race. Examines and analyzes how the plays reflect the social and historical contexts of these topics, especially how perceptions of comedy have changed, and how issues regarding comedy’s relationship with race, gender, and identity inclusion have evolved throughout the centuries. Includes how playwrights, designers, directors, and other theatre-makers have presented and staged these issues, and how audiences have received them.
THEA 486 Description: lntroduces concepts and develops skills to apply lighting technology to various stage, video and photographed performances. Acquire skills in instrument selection, system set up, and console programming. Develop beginning level practices of lighting composition, lighting color theory, and cueing. Practice of competencies required by
THEA 111 or instructor permission Description: A practical survey of stage management as it pertains to theater, dance, and opera productions. Covers the role of the stage manager from pre-production to post-production as well as the techniques, communication methodology, practices, and standard theater terminology.
THEA 132 (B or better) or THEA 140 Description: Explores the primary elements of the Stanislavski system of character development. Examines text analysis and the development of physical action through a character’s subtext, as well as motivational and improvisational techniques.
As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
None. Description: Asseses career goals in theatre, performance, and complementary fields. Identifies professional opportunities specific to these fields through critical self-assessment and connections with relevant organizations, internships, and study abroad programs. Aligns coursework and extracurricular activities with individual professional goals to create a personalized plan.
Junior or senior theater major status or permission Description: Gives students of theater an opportunity to use what they have learned in the areas of theater (acting, directing, design, and playwriting) toward the critical process of responding to theater productions. Examines differences between theater criticism and theater reviews while learning to write critical responses to live performances both on and off campus.
THEA 240 Description: A continuation of the study of Stanislavski system, focusing on his primary texts, toward a development of individual student techniques. Emphasizes scene study through applying techniques to scene rehearsal and role problems and exploring the relationships between psychological states, physical action, and truth in acting.
THEA 240 Description: Prepares students to perform in Shakespeare’s play through an advanced acting studio. Explores a background overview of the Elizabethan period in addition to various methods toward approaching the movement, language, and verse forms from an actor’s point of view.
None. Restriction: None. Description: Explores the craft and process of playwriting. Focuses primarily on the practical, “hands-on” experiences approximating the “developmental process” currently in use in the American theater. Develops synopsis, outline, and a working draft of a script in the context of completing an original one-act play and a staged reading of the project.
THEA 240 Description: Analyzes diverse scripts from a director’s perspective with attention to dramatic structure, character analysis and staging. Applies script analysis to casting, floor plans and rehearsal procedures. Directs short scenes for class presentation.
none Restriction: none Description: Applies performance methods for developing enhanced interpersonal and empathetic communication. Utilizes an interactive and experiential learning approach to build skills in empathetic response, verbal and nonverbal communication, and active listening. Engages in performative role-playing to explore collaborative problem-solving, practice de-escalation techniques, and navigate challenging situations across disciplines.
THEA 240 or instructor permission Description: Introduces the study of audition techniques for musical theater, music, scene, and lyric analysis, and characterizations addressed. Enhances and improves audition and performance skills as well as the ability to find and choose appropriate audition material.
THEA 240 or instructor permission Description: An intensive text and score analysis in relation to the process of characterization for the actor, singer, dancer in musical theater focused through musical scene work into song performance. In addition, basic insights and strategies for a professional career in theater are presented.
THTR 111; THTR 486 Description: Capstone course for majors. Students complete work on their senior thesis project and examine career options. Students develop résumés, portfolios, and other materials particular to their education as a theatre or dance artist and their aspirations for a career or postgraduate studies in a creative field. Previously Offered As: Offered fall semester only.
As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
THEA 350 or instructor permission. Written application to the instructor is required. Description: An opportunity for students to direct scene work, one-act plays, or larger projects, according to individual levels of experience, preparation, and readiness, as well as program resources. The focus is on practical application of directing principles to specific issues. Student projects are performed in public, open-class recitals. Repeated: May be repeated.
THEA 486Practicum: Performance, Production, Dramaturgy, or Applied Theatre0-3
Minimum of THEA 240 or instructor permission. Written application to the instructor may be required when necessary. Description: An advanced studio course offering scene practice with faculty direction, coaching, and criticism. Specific focus of scene work varies from semester to semester, including improvisation techniques, stage dialects, audition techniques, stage combat, physical theater, and acting for the camera as alternating semester options. Repeated: May be repeated with a different focus each time.
THEA 480 Description: Develops and presents a culminating capstone experience through Individualized Instruction. Synthesizes prior learning and experiences into a project proposal that is uniquely suited to their post-graduation plan. Applies professional practices and methods to document research, preparation and production/performance. Project culminates in a form of public presentation.
Source: Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
