Graduate Courses

A graduate-level study of the historical development of theater from its ancient antecedents through the postmodern era. Emphasis will be on teaching strategies for conveying the sociopolitical momentum of western civilization as reflected in (and sometimes caused by) theater production and literature.

This course is the capstone production for the graduate directing student application of the full directing process from conceptualization to finished produced production.

Graduate directing students will work under an advisor in the creation of a thesis that documents the research and directing process for their produced Thesis Production. Students will defend the conclusions arrived at in the thesis in front of the entire theater faculty. (IP grade allowed.)

Registration for any graduate student who has received the grade of IP in Thesis 599 is required while the thesis is in progress. Fee: $50.