Week 1 (Aug. 14 - 18)
What is theatre?
Week 2 (Aug. 21 - 25)
Elements of Theatre and Audience and Theatre
Week 3 (Aug. 28 - Sept. 1)
The Theatre Environment
Holiday [Labor Day] - NO SCHOOL - Sept. 4th
Week 4 (Sept. 5 - 8)
The Play and the Theatre
Week 5 (Sept. 11 - 15)
The Playwright and the Play
Critique One DUE (September 12th, 2023)
Week 6 (Sept. 18 - 22)
The Actor and the Theatre
Week 7 (Sept. 25 - 29)
The Director and the Theatre
Critique Two DUE (September 26th, 2023)
Week 8 (Oct. 2 - 6)
The Designers and the Theatre
NO SCHOOL OCT. 9th, 2023
Week 9 (Oct. 10 - 13)
Greek and Roman Theatre
MIDTERM (October 13th, 2023)
Week 10 (Oct. 16 - 20)
Medieval, Chinese, and Japanese Theatre
Week 11 (Oct. 23 - Nov. 3)
The Renaissance and Spanish Theatre During the Renaissance
Critique Three DUE (October 31st, 2023)
Week 12 (Nov. 6 - 9)
Elizabethan Theatre and Shakespeare
NO SCHOOL - Holiday - Nov. 10 - Veterans Day
Week 13 (Nov. 13 - 17)
The Rise of Realism and Twentieth-Century Realism
NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING BREAK (Nov. 20 - 24)
Week 14 (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1)
Modern Drama: Romanticism, Melodramas, Expressionism and Absurdism
Critique Four DUE (November 28th, 2023)
Week 15 (Dec. 4 - 8)
20th Century Theatre: Musical Theatre
Week 16 (Dec. 11 - 15)
Finals
Critique Five DUE (December 12th, 2023)
FINAL EXAM (December 14th, 2023)
What is theatre?
- Why study theatre?
- How did theatre originate?
- What is theatre?
Week 2 (Aug. 21 - 25)
Elements of Theatre and Audience and Theatre
- How is theatre an art form?
- What is the nature of theatre as performance?
- What are the essential qualities of theatre?
- How and in what ways do audiences respond to theatre?
- Start Reading Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
- Year Two Students - Start Reading Wilder’s Our Town
Week 3 (Aug. 28 - Sept. 1)
The Theatre Environment
- The History of the Playwright
- The Elements of Plot
- Aristotle's Six Parts of a Tragedy and how they relate to the drama today
- Elements of Character and Characterization
- Discussing the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
- Year Two Students - Discussing the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Holiday [Labor Day] - NO SCHOOL - Sept. 4th
Week 4 (Sept. 5 - 8)
The Play and the Theatre
- Various types of drama and the influence that type can have on the overall effect of a play
- Analyzing different styles of drama
- Start reading Marsha Norman’s ‘Night, Mother
- Year Two Students - Start reading Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire
Week 5 (Sept. 11 - 15)
The Playwright and the Play
Critique One DUE (September 12th, 2023)
- How does theatre impact its audiences?
- Discussing the play ‘Night, Mother by Marsha Norman
- Year Two Students - Discussing the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Week 6 (Sept. 18 - 22)
The Actor and the Theatre
- Elements of Acting
- The Acting Process
- Konstantin Stanislavsky
- Lee Strasberg
- Method vs. Technique
- Representational vs. Presentational
- Character Actor vs. Presentational Actor
Week 7 (Sept. 25 - 29)
The Director and the Theatre
Critique Two DUE (September 26th, 2023)
- History of Directing
- The Modern Theatre Director
- Artistic Functions:
- Script Selection
- Analysis/Interpretation of the Script
- Coordinate the Production Design
- Coaching the Actors
- Staging the Play
- Artistic Functions:
- The Stage Manager
- The Dramaturg
- Artistic Director
- The Producer
Week 8 (Oct. 2 - 6)
The Designers and the Theatre
- History of Technical Theatre and Designers
- The Set Designer
- The Costume Designer
- The Lighting Designer
- The Sound Designer
- Start Reading Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Year Two Students - Start Reading Hackett, Albert and Goodrich, Frances – The Diary of Anne Frank
- Year Two Students - Start Reading Hackett, Albert and Goodrich, Frances – The Diary of Anne Frank
NO SCHOOL OCT. 9th, 2023
Week 9 (Oct. 10 - 13)
Greek and Roman Theatre
- Four Qualities of Greek Drama
- The Greek Tragedy
- The Satyr Play
- The Greek Comedy
- Roman History
- Roman Theatre
- Roman Festivals
- Forms of Roman Theatre:
- Roman Comedy
- Roman Tragedy
- Roman Theatre Design
- Roman Actors
- Theatre at the End of the Empire
- Discussing the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
- Year Two Students - Discussing the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich
MIDTERM (October 13th, 2023)
Week 10 (Oct. 16 - 20)
Medieval, Chinese, and Japanese Theatre
- Medieval History
- Drama Outside the Church
- Medieval Staging
- Medieval Drama - Plays
- The Decline of Medieval Theatre
- Chinese Theatre History
- Japanese Theatre History
- Kabuki Theatre
Week 11 (Oct. 23 - Nov. 3)
The Renaissance and Spanish Theatre During the Renaissance
Critique Three DUE (October 31st, 2023)
- The Renaissance
- Neoclassicism
- Italianate Staging:
- The Chariot-and-Pole System
- Commedia dell' Arte
- The Golden Age of Spanish Theatre
- Start Reading Sam Shepard’s Buried Child
- Year Two Students - Start Reading Wilson’s Fences
Week 12 (Nov. 6 - 9)
Elizabethan Theatre and Shakespeare
- Influences on Elizabethan Drama
- Forces Shaping English Drama
- Elizabethan Acting Style
- Shakespeare
- Discussing the play Buried Child by Sam Shepard
- Year Two Students - Discussing the play Fences by August Wilson
NO SCHOOL - Holiday - Nov. 10 - Veterans Day
Week 13 (Nov. 13 - 17)
The Rise of Realism and Twentieth-Century Realism
- Restoration Theatre in England
- Rationalism
- Sentimentalism
- Serious Drama in the 18th Century and other 18th Century Forms
- Staging in the 18th Century
NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING BREAK (Nov. 20 - 24)
Week 14 (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1)
Modern Drama: Romanticism, Melodramas, Expressionism and Absurdism
Critique Four DUE (November 28th, 2023)
- Romanticism and the Major Characteristics
- Melodramas
- Expressionism
- Absurdism
- Start Reading David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole
- Year Two Students - Start Reading Auburn’s Proof
Week 15 (Dec. 4 - 8)
20th Century Theatre: Musical Theatre
- Realism
- Naturalism
- Musical Theatre a brief history
- Discussing the play Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
- Year Two Students - Discussing the play Proof by David Auburn
Week 16 (Dec. 11 - 15)
Finals
Critique Five DUE (December 12th, 2023)
FINAL EXAM (December 14th, 2023)