Uic theatre program

Contact the Webmaster. Academic Catalog. General Track 35 hours. Performance Track 44 hours. Authorship Track 41 hours. General Track hours. Performance Track hours. Authorship Track hours. THTR General and Performance Tracks—Select two courses from the following list. Authorship Track—Select four courses from the following list.

University of Illinois at Chicago. Print Options. Send Page to Printer. Rehearsal and performance techniques, including script analysis, characterization, voice, movement, directing, or design. Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 18 hours. Prerequisite s : Approval of the department and completion of a successful audition. Practicum in Theatre Administration. Planning and execution of specific projects in theatre administration and box office; publicity, budget, marketing, house management, and scheduling.

Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite s : Consent of the instructor. Practical experience in all aspects of construction and maintenance, including millinery, mask making, wig making, pattern drafting, and makeup application.

Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 15 hours. Practicum in Technical Theatre. Practical experience in various technical areas: scenery construction, set painting, stage lighting, sound, and properties construction.

Seminar on Play in Production. Research and development for play production using the current University production as an example. Special topics. Individual investigation of special problems.

Introduces, explores and applies movement specific to various time periods; including elements of period gesture, dance, and costume. Matches vocal and acting work explored in the same semester. Specialized instruction in the subjects of commedia, clowning and mask work. Introduction to 16th and 17th century style of Italian street theatre emphasizing stock characters. Advanced Acting: Shakespeare. Students learn techniques of performing monologues and scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

Focus on Magical Realism and techniques of performing in verse. Advanced Acting: Brecht, Beckett, Pinter. Techniques of performing styles in the theatre of alienation and the theatre of the absurd. Focus on interpreting characters from plays by Brecht, Beckett and Pinter.

Explores the history, methods, ethics, and aesthetics of adapting non-dramatic texts including fiction, non-fiction, personal narratives and found texts for theatrical performance.

No adaptation experience required. Students engage performance as a subject and method of study as they investigate the methods and ethics of conducting ethnographic research and creating performance in order to explore how people express, negotiate, and create identity and meaning. Previously listed as THTR Field work required. Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice. Exploration of conceptual planning and implementation skills for the stage director ranging from script interpretation to rehearsal and performance.

Performance projects required. Advanced course introduces students to specialized production techniques in the field of costume crafts, including alternative construction materials and safety procedures for these materials. Course Information: May be repeated. Students will have the opportunity to develop professional relationships. Advanced course introduces students to theories and techniques in technical direction for theatrical productions and covers topics in scenic construction, material selection, fabrication processes, and applied project management.

Intermediate to advanced course focuses on topics of theatrical production and personnel management. Advanced course builds upon visual and verbal communication, collaboration skills, using interpretive and practical techniques in conceptualization, creating 3-dimensional scenic design model, research, drafting, model making, paint elevation. Advanced course develops advanced visual and verbal design collaboration skills, and expands knowledge of the creative and implementation process.

Students create lighting design projects from a music or movement based source material. Techniques in various styles of classical and contemporary text, especially heightened language. Special Projects in Theatrical Design. Design for the contemporary stage and other performance spaces. Problems in conceptualization, realization, and execution.

Introduces students to history of arts in education, and provides hands-on training that prepares them to serve as teaching artists in elementary, high-school, and community settings. Course Information: Prerequisite s : Junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. Students must have satisfactorily completed at least one level practice-based course in the Departments of Theatre, Music, or Art. Provides students who have completed the teaching artist seminar course with an opportunity to develop expertise as teaching artists through 6-toweek internship placements with master teachers at Chicago organizations.

Special Projects in Performance Training. Training in varying advanced techniques of performance. Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours. Explores topics of contemporary performance history, theory or practice. Ensemble created physical theatre. Introduction to devised work. Advanced Acting: Ensemble. Students develop a performance as they learn techniques and models for working within an ensemble.

Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time s. Selection and performing of audition pieces from theatre, film and television.

Professional seminars and discussions with actors, directors, agents and casting directors. The development of scripts for stage performance.

Contemporary Performance Techniques. The relationship of contemporary theory and performance techniques with attention to both text and non-text based forms. Topics vary. Drama in Its Cultural Context I. Drama in its social and cultural context, through the seventeenth century. Drama in its social and cultural context, eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Prepares theatre students to navigate an ever-changing professional landscape as focused and well-rounded theatre artists.

Students work with a primary instructor and local professionals. Students create a personalized professional plan. Students in their final year will develop, perform in, direct or author a performance piece that will be presented as their capstone project in front of audience. Students learn portfolio production and presentation protocols and techniques-both aural and visual-and produce a professional portfolio of their design work.

Completion of DPT coursework through the level in one or more specific areas. Ensemble and individual experiences in various advanced voice and speech techniques. Study abroad within an approved foreign exchange program or departmentsponsored program. Course Information: May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite s : Approval of the department. Our programs develop practical knowledge, cultural sensitivity, intellectual resourcefulness, and imaginative daring in emerging artists and scholars.

We connect students to Chicago's abundant, vibrant theatre culture and to the city's dynamic jazz and classical music networks. Our programs develop practical knowledge, cultural sensitivity, intellectual resourcefuln ess, and imaginative daring in emerging artists and scholars. We create student and faculty work that engages evolving audiences, emphasizing the interconnectedness of art and humanity. We prepare theatre and music students for professional careers in the arts, for entry to highly competitive advanced degree programs, or for paths in other creative fields.

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