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Academic Year 2003/2004

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

TWILIGHT, Anna Devere Smith
EXECUTION OF JUSTICE, Emily Mann
GHETTO, Joshua Sobol

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Ethnographic fieldwork and oral history collection. Final performance based on documentary sources.

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) Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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