3 Hours
Designed to introduce students to the basic elements of technical production and design. Emphasis upon the areas of scenery, lighting, costume, and make-up.
3 Hours
Introduces student actors to contemporary approaches to stage performance though the principles and techniques of Sanford Meisner. Emphasis on physical preparation, conceptual framework, and actor’s vocabulary, characterization, role development and the actor’s development of his/her personal approach to the craft of acting. The course will culminate in the presentation of a monologue.
3 Hours
Prerequisites: TDR 2800 The Theatre Experience
Introduction to the study and practice of directing plays. This course will focus upon the rehearsal process and the staging of scenes.
3 Hours
Prerequisites: TDR 2800 The Theatre Experience or TDR 2000 The Film Experience
Introduction to the process of script development through writing exercises. The course will concentrate on the standard script form for theatrical and film production and will also include an introduction to important dramatic form and theory.
3 Hours
Prerequisites: TDR 2800 The Theatre Experience
The study of theatre history and dramatic theory from Ancient Greece through Restoration drama.
3 Hours
Prerequisites: TDR 3510 Theatre and Drama History I
A study of theatre history and dramatic theory from the eighteenth century through the present.
3 Hours
The study of significant dramatic theory and literature from Ancient Greece through the present.
3 Hours
A study of the methods of analyzing dramatic scripts.
1 Hour
Open to all students of the university and sponsored by the Belmont Little Theatre, this lab produces a season of shows open to the campus and Nashville community while serving as the performance-production studio for theatre majors and minors. Theatre majors must enroll in the lab 8 semesters. Minors must enroll a minimum of 3 semesters.
1 Hour
Open to all students of the university and sponsored by the Belmont Little Theatre, this lab produces a season of shows open to the campus and Nashville community while serving as the performance-production studio for theatre majors and minors. Theatre majors must enroll in the lab 8 semesters. Minors must enroll a minimum of 3 semesters.
