January
15 Syllabus then Define Theatre-
20-22 View "12th Night" on video-
27 Chapter 2 and 3 : What is Theatre and what is an Audience
29 Chapter 4: The Audience is the critic (Goethe's three Questions)
February
3 Chapter 5: Stage Spaces (start reading "Getting Out")
5 Chapter 6 and 7 : Acting
10 Chapter 8 Acting and Directing
12 Directing (Theatre going behavior)
17 Chapter 9 World of the play View "Getting Out" at Bridges-Larson Theatre 7:30 PM
19 Chapter 10 Dramatic Structure
24-26 Compose critique. Due 2/27/09
March
3 Chapter 12: Text: Tragedy
5 Chapter 13 Text: Comedy
10-12 View "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (review due March 7)
17-19 Chapter 14: History of the Physical Stage
24-26 Spring Break
31 Chapter 15: Costume Design
April
2 -7 Chapter 16: Lighting and Sound
9 View "Starmites" on April 8th at Reynolds’s Performance Hall 7:30 PM
14 Chapter 17 and 19 Contemporary Theatre Practice
16 The Business of Theatre (Handout Work sheet for finding Theatre in Arkansas and elsewhere
21-23 View Our Town in class
28-30 Where Can you find Theatre? How much does it cost?
May 5 8-10:00AM Final Test ("Our Town" critique due 12/10 4:00PM )
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