Earn credit for learning to act, write plays, or learn about performance forms ranging from realism and anti-lynching dramas to postmodern dance and drag.

THDN 205-01 Intermediate Acting

1.00 credit

TR 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Performance Lab, Trinity Commons 152

Prof. Terrell Sledge

With the confidence, technique and facility of the well-rounded actor as our destination, intermediate acting students will explore, engage and define their personal performance practices through project-based work. From text to performance, students will work on a range of texts and storytelling situations allowing a variety of opportunities for learning and applying explored theories and techniques for acting.

 

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THDN 254-01 Modern & Postmodern Theater

1.00 credit

MW 10:00 – 11:15 AM

AAC 231

Prof. Theresa Incampo

Do you know the entire soundtrack to Spring Awakening by heart? Tune into every new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race? Many of our favorite contemporary pop culture staples have roots in theatre and performance history! Sign up for Modern & Postmodern Theater to explore the origins of your favorite plays and musicalsread works by our most influential playwrights (Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Lynn Nottage), and experience performance forms ranging from realism and anti-lynching dramas to postmodern dance and drag.

 

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THDN 393-01 Playwrights Workshop

1.00 credit

TR 1:30-3:30 PM

Studio 2 / Trinity Commons 156

Prof. Terrell Sledge

Drawing on works of renowned playwrights and practices, both old and new, Playwrights Workshop will be a writer’s playground. As we examine the form, content, and expression of a variety of works, students will be called to uncover the stories they want to tell and explore the interconnectivity between the “what” and the “how” of storytelling through theatrical writing.