Dramaturgy
“It is the dramaturgy which connects that work to its maker, its audience, and its cultural context. And it is the dramaturgy which connects all of those three to each other”.
-Catherine Sheehy-
Dramaturgy Courses
Dramatic & Theatrical Process
Deron S. Williams, PhD
This course is an introduction to the basic methods of analyzing and interpreting plays representative of the modern stage (from Ibsen to the present). It explores how text analysis is, for all theatre artists, a critical first step in transferring the printed play text to the stage.
Two Pieces of Bread Expressing the Sentiment of Love (1940) by Salvador Dali
Theatre History & Literature I
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Theatre History and Literature is a part of a four-course sequence that examines works of dramatic literature in their historical context. Theatre History and Literature I focuses on the development of theatre from Greek through Jacobean and Caroline periods. Learning They will also apply research to creative practice.
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Theatre History & Literature II
Kelly Howe, PhD
Theatre History and Literature is a four course sequence that examines works of dramatic literature in their historical context. Theatre History and Literature II focuses on the development of theatre from the 16th through 19th centuries. This class is Writing Intensive. Learning They will also apply research to creative practice.
Interior of a Kabuki theater, colored woodcut triptych by Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1800; in the British Museum.
Theatre History & Literature III
Mark E. Lococo, PhD
Theatre History and Literature is a part of a four-course sequence that examines works of dramatic literature in their historical context. Theatre History and Literature III focuses on the development of theatre from the 19th through mid-20th centuries. This class is writing intensive. Learning They will also apply research to creative practice.
Theatre History & Literature IV
Kelly Howe, PhD
Theatre History and Literature is a four-course sequence that examines works of dramatic literature in their historical context. Theatre History and Literature IV focuses on contemporary and post-modern theatre. Learning They will also apply research to creative practice.
Book Cover from Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches