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THET 290 Production Seminar

This course combines the theoretical and practical aspects of theater by challenging students to take on leadership roles in a production as well as in the seminar class. Students have a production responsibility for the semester which may include performance, assisting members of the production team, or dramaturgy. In addition, all students will participate in a weekly seminar class through which the production work is synthesized with the liberal arts, specifically with theatrical, literary, philosophical, social, political, and economic aspects of the play and its themes.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

THET 102 or THET 103, and the consent of the Chair of the Theatre and Dance department

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Analyze the text of the play chosen for the production.
  2. 2. Apply this knowledge to the research of the history of the play and playwright.
  3. 3. Interpret and develop questions about the themes of the play.
  4. 4. Assess personal strengths and areas of interest in theatrical production.
  5. 5. Distinguish between the responsibilities of actors and the technical staff.
  6. 6. Contribute to a theatrical production as a member of a collaborative team.
  7. 7. Evaluate the performances and technical work in the production.
  8. 8. Synthesize this information to reflect on personal growth in the production and the class.
  9. 9. Interpret and develop questions about ideas and information.
  10. 10. Distinguish between factual evidence, opinion, and value judgments.
  11. 11. Evaluate ideas and evidentiary claims from sources of information for reliability, validity, accuracy,
    assumptions, contradictions, and biases.
  12. 12. Analyze the structure and logic of arguments, data, text, and perspectives from a variety of sources.
  13. 13. Synthesize information.
  14. 14. Reflect on their personal thinking process or product.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Analyze the text of the play chosen for the production.
  2. 2. Apply this knowledge to the research of the history of the play and playwright.
  3. 3. Interpret and develop questions about the themes of the play.
  4. 4. Assess personal strengths and areas of interest in theatrical production.
  5. 5. Distinguish between the responsibilities of actors and the technical staff.
  6. 6. Contribute to a theatrical production as a member of a collaborative team.
  7. 7. Evaluate the performances and technical work in the production.
  8. 8. Synthesize this information to reflect on personal growth in the production and the class.
  9. 9. Interpret and develop questions about ideas and information.
  10. 10. Distinguish between factual evidence, opinion, and value judgments.
  11. 11. Evaluate ideas and evidentiary claims from sources of information for reliability, validity, accuracy,
    assumptions, contradictions, and biases.
  12. 12. Analyze the structure and logic of arguments, data, text, and perspectives from a variety of sources.
  13. 13. Synthesize information.
  14. 14. Reflect on their personal thinking process or product.