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Academic Year 2003/2004

A Playwright's Workshop--Great Experiments in Theater
THEA 299 SP
Crosslistings:
ENGL 174

This course may be repeated for credit.

While the course will cover the fundamentals of playwriting, the emphasis is on the students' own work. Published plays will be read and discussed to illustrate certain points, but the majority of the time will be spent doing writing exercises, reading each others' work aloud in class and responding to it, discussing specific concerns, interests or problems the students may be confronting in their writing, and experimenting with different directions and solutions. By the end of the course, each student will have written a play, which will be presented to the public as a rehearsed reading.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

The course will culminate in the writing of a play. Grading will be based on appropriate completion of weekly writing assignments, attendance, class participation and the final project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Writing sample: 5 pages of a play. Interview with course instructor.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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