Theatre

Develop your singing technique using the repertoire of Broadway classics and contemporary musicals. Focuses on acting the song and vocal health. Culminates in an original musical theatre cabaret. NUpath: Creative Express/Innovation.

Led by Professor Dani Snyder-Young, this newly refreshed born-digital course examines the ways people use creative storytelling to forge human connection in digital environments in a historic and cultural moment marked by social distancing. This creative practice research course will include theoretical readings and critical analysis of digital performances alongside experiential projects in which students create and curate digital performance projects.

Explores significant dramatic texts that have shaped and expressed the changing nature of LGBTQ identity. Readings, viewings, lectures, and discussion focus on noteworthy queer plays as literature, history, cultural documents, and performance as seen through the lens of contemporary queer theories and knowledge. Analyzing these texts for their relevance to society, students evaluate and explore a range of topics including sexual and gender identity, religious and political views, and more.

Learn the art of Directing. Mine scripts for key ideas. Create physical compositions and dynamic pacing that build an atmosphere and tell a story. Collaborate with actors to translate your powerful ideas to the stage. The course wraps up with a festival of student-directed work for a public audience.

This upper level design course will focus on the four major visual disciplines of performance design: scenic and environment design, costume design and wearable art, projection and video design, and lighting design. Students will first explore the fundamentals of each of the disciplines through a series of introductory projects. The culmination of the course will be the creation of an innovative, immersive performance/event.