THR 116 04 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE BW 217 Dr M Orlowski TR 1 00 2 27 PM REQUIRED TEXT Brockett Oscar G and Robert J Ball The Essential Theatre Thomson Wadsworth tenth edition COURSE DESCRIPTION from Catalog and complete with prerequisites A survey of Western theatre and drama Appreciation of theatre through understanding of historical development and societal function Theatre architecture production costuming and acting styles and the artists who create it COURSE OBJECTIVES 1 To built positive responses to theatre 2 To gain insight into the work of actors directors and designers 3 To understand the difference between reading a play and seeing a performance 4 To learn how to evaluate a performance 5 To learn how theatre from other times shaped the theatre of today The Board of Trustees has determined that all JCC graduates should develop or enhance certain essential skills while enrolled in the college Several of these Associate Degree Outcomes are addressed in this class including Demonstrating critical thinking through questioning interpreting analyzing evaluating inferring from and synthesizing information to solve problems in a variety of settings ASSIGNMENTS Readings 1 From the textbook as indicated in the schedule 2 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller COME TO CLASS PREPARED FOR A QUIZ BASED ON THE ASSIGNED READINGS Written Assignments Two pages typed double spaced 1 A paper based on the play Death of a Salesman DUE January 25 2 A review of a performance DUE March 17 INSTRUCTOR S GRADING POLICY Regular attendance and participation is expected Failure to attend every day will seriously affect your grade QUIZZES may be made up EXAMS may NOT be made up The grade for the class will be determined as follows 25 of the grade will be based on class participation 50 papers tests and projects 25 final exam Schedule January 11 Theatre games Getting to know each other Read Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller January 13 Death of a Salesman Discussion of the play Read Chapter 1 The Nature of Theatre AND Chapter 2 Performance Audience Critic January 18 Film Death of a Salesman continued Read Chapter 3 The Playscript January 20 Death of a Salesman Discussion of the production Read Chapter 4 Festival Theatre Greek Roman and Medieval Theatre Experiences P 57 72 January 25 Lecture The Theatre of Dionysus Read Chapter 4 Festival Theatre Greek Roman and Medieval Theatre Experiences P 72 79 PAPER DUE January 27 Lecture The Roman Theatre Read Chapter 4 Festival Theatre Greek Roman and Medieval Theatre Experiences p 79 93 February 1 Lecture The Medieval Theatre Theatre Games Use your Mask use your Imagination Read Chapter 5 Creating a Professional Theatre Elizabethan England Italian Commedia dell Arte and SeventeenthCentury France P 94 107 February 3 Lecture Shakespeare and Elizabethan England Film Hamlet Read Chapter 5 Creating a Professional Theatre Elizabethan England Italian Commedia dell Arte and SeventeenthCentury France P 107 111 February 8 Lecture Renaissance Theatre Film Hamlet continued Read Chapter 5 Creating a Professional Theatre Elizabethan England Italian Commedia dell Arte and Seventeenth Century France p 111 119 February 10 Hamlet Discussion Theatre Game Commedia dell Arte Bring your masks Improvise Read Chapter 5 Creating a Professional Theatre Elizabethan England Italian Commedia dell Arte and Seventeenth Century France p 119 130 February 15 Lecture Romanticism Read Chapter 6 From Romanticism to Realism p 133 144 February 17 Lecture Realism Theatre Games From Page to Stage Read Chapter 6 p 144 159 February22 Review Chapters 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 February 24 EXAM CHAPTERS 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 Read chapter 7 The Modernist Temperament 1885 1940 p 160 168 March 1 3 No Classes Mid Semester Break March 8 Review of the exam Read chapter 7 The Modernist Temperament 1885 1940 P 168 185 March 10 Theatre Games What s my Style Read Chapter 8 Reevaluation Decentralization and Subsidization p 186 193 March 15 FIELD TRIP March 17 Film The Streetcar Named Desire Read Chapter 8 Reevaluation Decentralization and Subsidization P 193 212 PAPER DUE March 22 Film The Streetcar Named Desire continued Read chapter 8 Reevaluation Decentralization and Subsidization P 212 217 March 24 The Streetcar Named Desire Discussion Read 9 Contemporary Theatre and Its Diversity March 29 Theatre games Use your space use your imagination Read chapter 11 Theatrical Space and Production Design March 31 Theatre Game You are the Playwright Read chapter 12 Playwriting and Dramaturgy April 5 Theatre Game You are the Director Read 13 Directing and Producing April 7 An Acting Class Read Chapter 14 Acting April 12 Film Sweeney Todd Read Chapter 15 Scene Design April 14 Film Sweeney Todd Discussion Read chapter 16 Costume Design and Makeup April 19 Lecture The Acting Company Read chapter 17 Lighting and Sound Design April 21 REVIEW CHAPTERS 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 and 17 April 26 FINAL EXAM CHAPTERS 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 and 17 April 28 Review of the exam