THTR 103 - Theater Arts Workshop

3 Credit(s)

This introductory course immerses students in the work of the three principle aesthetics of theater: playwriting, directing, and acting. Beginning with a review of theater history (from Greek tragedy to the Broadway musical), this class examines how theater has evolved through aesthetic innovations in genre, style, and theory. By analyzing a range of historically significant plays and performances (e.g., Oedipus Rex, Hamlet , Faust , Hedda Gabler), students explore how these artists have individually and collaboratively influenced the nature of theatrical production. Throughout the course, students examine texts from the perspective of theater aesthetics, following production from its inception to its performance.
This course satisfies the humanities distribution requirement for aesthetics/philosophy.