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The following review procedure is designed to assist each student
to assess:
- Current preparation for the Theatre Laboratory
- Aptitude for Theatre Studies
- Seriousness for completion of the Theatre Major Program.
It is also the beginning of the student’s thinking about
the Senior Theatre Project.
The Review will be initiated and completed normally during the
first term of the sophomore year, but definitely before the Theatre
Faculty approve and sign the Admission to Major forms from Academic
Services (This normally takes place in the spring of the sophomore
year, or following the student’s successful completion of
15 credit hours.). The presentation of portfolios or
auditions will take place on Reading Day before final examinations.
Below, is defined the specific areas, in addition to requirements
that must be met by all students
FOR ALL STUDENTS
Five copies are to be submitted to the Director of Theatre
by the Monday before Reading Day before the final examinations.
- Submission of a statement describing the one aspect of Theatre
which the student would most like as a career emphasis (Acting,
Design, Dramaturgy, Directing, Playwriting, Administration, Stage
Management, etc.). This statement should include a self-assessment
of the student’s strengths and weaknesses in this area.
- Submission of a statement describing another aspect of Theatre
the student will have as a career support or secondary
interest. For example, would-be actors may be encouraged
and expected to select an area in Dramaturgy, Technology or Administration
as a companion area of interest. This statement should
include a self-assessment of the student’s strengths and
weaknesses in this area as well.
- Submission of a statement indicating the reading in Theatre
already accomplished. The student should use class reading
and the Reading List as a guide.
- Submission of a projected reading list based on the works cited
in the Reading List with the student will read before the first
term of his/her senior year. The Reading List should be
balanced between the main career interest and the career support
interest. The proposed reading list should be both ambitious
and realistic.
- Submission of a proposed course plan for the junior and senior
years, indicating the Theatre courses which are to be taken each
of the four terms, as well as which support courses from other
disciplines are to be taken each of the four terms. This
proposed course plan should also be given to your advisor upon
entrance into the Theatre major.
- Submission of a summer work plan, indicating desired theatre
employment possibilities for the sophomore summer and the junior
summer. The student will consider the possibility of off
campus internships and/or independent study during one or both
of these summers. A long-term proposal indicating the student’s
post-graduate plans should also be included, particularly if
the student is considering postgraduate studies.
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS
To take place on Reading Day before final examinations.
ACTORS will be required to present two contrasting 60-second monologues
and a scene, each suited to the student’s potential. Scene
partners are self selected and must be available during the review.
The entire audition is to take no longer than five (5) minutes. They
will be self-selected and rehearsed. A headshot and resume
listing previous experience and bibliography of readings which
have assisted the preparation of monologues should be submitted.
DIRECTORS will be required to present a short discussion of script
analysis and a production concept for a self-selected play with
a bibliography of readings which guided them in developing this
concept.
DRAMATURGS will be required to present a short discussion of dramaturgical
research for a self-selected play with a bibliography of readings
which guided them in developing this concept.
PLAYWRIGHTS will be required to present a sample of their writing
and a short discussion of script analysis for the play with a bibliography
of readings which guided them in developing this concept.
DESIGNERS AND TECHNICIANS will be required to present a portfolio
of designs from one area (scenery, lighting, costumes, etc.), focused
on one self-selected play, with a bibliography of research materials
supporting their choices.
THEATRE ADMINISTRATORS will be required to present a season of
plays, rationale, themes and ideas for promotion.
STAGE MANAGEMENT will be required to present a portfolio of forms,
schedules or articles relevant to their interest centered on a
self-selected play or from a production in which they served as
an assistant stage manager.
All students are required to consult with appropriate
faculty and/or staff to assist them with their statements and
presentations on or before mid-term examinations.
All students are required to take into consideration
the faculty/staff feedback submitted during the Sophomore Review
and be able to address any concerns and recommendations during
the Senior Theatre Project. Work submitted for the sophomore
review will remain in the office of the Director of Theatre
until the students have completed their Senior Theatre Project.
LIST OF FACULTY AND STAFF AND THEIR SPECIALIZATIONS:
Shan Ayers, MFA
Scenery,
Sound, Lighting, Makeup and Properties Design and technology; Playwriting;
Stage Management; History
John Bolin, Ph.D.
Dramaturgy,
Directing, Theatre Administration; Teaching of Theatre
Rodney Clark,
Ph.D.
Acting,
Directing, Playwriting; History
Deborah Martin, Ph.D.
Acting, Directing, Theatre Administration,
Dramaturgy
Mary Ann Shupe, BA
Costume
Design and technology
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