Table of Contents - Hartwick College

advisor. May be taken twice, but only one credit will count toward the
Physical Education requirement.
120 Introduction to Theatre Arts (3 credits) An introduction to
playwriting, script analysis, production and performance designed for
students interested in gaining more from reading and watching plays as
well as for those beginning a serious study of theatre. In addition to
reading several short plays and discussing the creative steps required to
mount them, students will work in small groups writing and producing
their own play, will see and critique a number of local productions and
may work on a Hartwick production. (CPA)
140 Fundamentals of Acting (3 credits) A practical investigation of
the basic theories of acting as a fine art. Emphasis will be on training the
actor in the use of physical and mental abilities as effective tools of
dramatic expression. (CPA)
205 Theatre in New York City (3 credits) Based in part on campus
and in part in New York City. This course will allow students to see a wide
variety of theatrical productions and to study the history of Broadway and
off-Broadway production since 1910. In New York students will see
productions, meet professionals and tour theatres. Prerequisite:
permission of the instructor. Offered in January. Fee involved. (CPA)
212 Ballet II (1 credit) Concentration on classical ballet technique, barre,
center work and movement through space. Prerequisite: Ballet I or
permission of the instructor.
220 Play Production (4 credits) Each student in this course will select,
analyze, design, cast, rehearse, promote and present a short one-act
play—gaining experiential knowledge of the roles of the producer, director
and designer. Class discussion and exercises will focus on such matters as
selecting the play, budgeting, advertising, organizing the production team
and calendar, developing a production concept, casting, blocking, working
with actors, creating a prompt book, making a model of the set, planning
costumes, props, makeup, lights and sound, setting cues and polishing the
performance. Prerequisite: Thea 120. (CPA)
231 Fundamentals of Theatrical Design (4 credits) An introduction
to the processes and methods of designing the visual and aural worlds of
staged performance based on thematic elements and creative
collaboration. Topics include scenery systems, light, costume, sound
design, stagecrafts, graphic methods and production organization. (CPA)
237 Reconstructing Shakespeare’s Company (4 credits) A
simulation of the workings of Shakespeare’s theatrical company as it
prepares to produce one of his comedies for the Elizabethan public
theatre. Students take on roles both as characters in the comedy, to be
produced in a workshop performance at the end of the course, and as
members of the acting company. Activities include script analysis,
discussions of Elizabethan culture and theatrical practice, and
improvisations based on research into the period. Laboratory sessions are
devoted to rehearsal. Counts in the theatre major as a course in theatre
history. (Cross-listed as Engl 237) (CPA)
240 Advanced Acting (4 credits) Advanced acting projects such as
study of period styles, physical acting, and ensemble development.
Prerequisite: Thea 140 and Thea 110, 111, or 112.
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