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Academic Year 2002/2003

Documentary Performance--Advanced Acting Techniques
THEA 312 SP

This course will introduce advanced acting students to the research methods and performance techniques of documentary theater. Student fieldwork will involve the collection and performance of oral histories in the style made popular by Anna Devere Smith. Letters, diaries, and memoirs will also be used as sources for performances. The final project will be a group performance based on documents related to a specific historic event.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Performance

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA THEA    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: (THEA145 AND THEA285) OR (THEA245 AND THEA288)

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Jenkins,Ronald S.   

Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: TST114

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 12)

SR. major: 3   Jr. major: 3

SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 3   SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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