4. Student Theatre Handbook
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Sheridan College<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Studies <strong>Handbook</strong><br />
Music <strong>Theatre</strong>– Performance<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Arts– Technical Production<br />
Performing Arts–Preparation
<strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan<br />
Martin Zwicker, Production Manager<br />
Talented students come to Sheridan from across Canada<br />
to transform their theatrical aspirations into successful<br />
careers in music and dramatic theatre and technical<br />
production. These professional calibre shows on our<br />
mainstage and studio theatres form an integral part of<br />
program curriculum.<br />
Music <strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance<br />
Greg Peterson, Program Coordinator<br />
For more than 25 years Sheridan’s Music <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
– Performance Program has enjoyed the envious<br />
reputation of being the finest music theatre training<br />
program in Canada. Our graduates are well respected<br />
in the industry because of their thorough grounding in<br />
the disciplines of acting, singing and dancing – making<br />
them, in the jargon of this most exciting business,<br />
genuine “triple threats.” This three-year diploma<br />
program features intensive and highly personalized<br />
theatrical training, as well as practical audition<br />
techniques and commercial performance skills.<br />
Performing Arts - Preparation<br />
Mark Melymick, Program Coordinator<br />
This program is ideal for students who are interested in<br />
the performing arts, but who may benefit from additional<br />
preparation for admission to college and university<br />
theatre programs. <strong>Student</strong>s will develop introductory<br />
level knowledge and skills in the performance, business<br />
and production aspects of the performing arts.<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Arts -<br />
Technical Production<br />
Sarah Hirst, Program Coordinator<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Arts – Technical Production is an intensive<br />
two-year, hands-on, apprenticeship-style program. The<br />
courses focus on meeting the demands of the industry<br />
for competent, responsible technicians who have a<br />
positive attitude, and the stamina to work long hours<br />
in an independent manner. This program is designed<br />
to train entry-level professional technicians for the<br />
increasingly sophisticated theatre production industry.<br />
Graduates from this program work in the theatre, dance,<br />
special events, film and technical equipment industries.<br />
Contact Info<br />
Administration<br />
Michael Collins ext 2007<br />
Dean, School of Animation, Arts, and Design<br />
Ronni Rosenburg ext 2621<br />
Associate Dean, Visual and Performing Arts<br />
Pam Shaw<br />
ext ?<br />
Program Officer - <strong>Theatre</strong> Programs<br />
Martin Zwicker ext 2718<br />
Manager, <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan<br />
Workshops<br />
Carpentry<br />
Matt Horne ext 8758<br />
HB 17<br />
Sound Studios<br />
Nick Vuckovic ext 2721<br />
H 111<br />
Lighting<br />
Adam Stewart ext 2719<br />
Properties<br />
Bob Paquette ext 8622<br />
HB 23<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Spaces<br />
Scenic Painting<br />
Denise Lisson ext 2722<br />
DB 11<br />
Wardrobe<br />
David Juby ext 8620<br />
HB 13<br />
Rehearsal Studio Recording Studio<br />
GB 01 - 10 HB 04<br />
AutoCad Lab<br />
E 206<br />
Mainstage<br />
Erindale<br />
Midi Lab<br />
HB 08<br />
Dance Studios<br />
Ballet H 117<br />
Jazz H 121<br />
Tap H 133<br />
MacDonald Heaslip <strong>Theatre</strong> Studio<br />
G Wing, Lower Level<br />
Studio <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
University of Toronto<br />
Mississauga<br />
Important Contacts - Sheridan <strong>Student</strong> Services<br />
Service Ext Room<br />
Office of the Registrar<br />
D100<br />
Financial Services<br />
D100<br />
Health Services 2550 B129<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Advisement Centre<br />
Security Desk 4044<br />
ESL Services<br />
(905) 845-9430 (+ ext)<br />
Service Ext Room<br />
Athletics Centre 2081 See Map<br />
Career Centre 2533<br />
Community Employment 8044<br />
Cooperative Education 2649<br />
Library 2482 C-Wing<br />
Counselling/Disability 2521 B102<br />
4 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan Contact Info 5
General Information<br />
Getting Started<br />
Orientation<br />
Orientation is a one-day event prior to the start of<br />
classes designed to assist you in making a successful<br />
transition to life at Sheridan. It is an opportunity to<br />
explore the campus, connect with your faculty and<br />
peers, and learn about your academic program as well<br />
as the services that are available to support you.<br />
<strong>Student</strong> & Access Cards<br />
In order to get your student ID and access cards, you<br />
must bring one piece of government issued photo ID,<br />
your student number, and either your Fee Payment<br />
Receipt or Proof of Fee Deferral to Instructional<br />
Technology and Support Centre, Room C148. ITSC<br />
is open year-round from Monday to Friday, 7:30 am<br />
to 11:00 pm as well as weekends 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.<br />
During the first week of classes, a mobile unit is set up<br />
on the main level.<br />
Email Account<br />
To access your email account, log into AccessSheridan<br />
with your user name and password and click on the<br />
WebMail link.<br />
Sheridan faculty and staff communicate many<br />
important messages to students using the Sheridan<br />
e-mail network. Please make an effort to check this<br />
e-mail account regularly.<br />
Parking Permits<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s planning to park a motor vehicle at any<br />
Sheridan campus will need to buy a parking permit or<br />
daily ticket. Parking fees, including GST and PST, are<br />
as follows:<br />
• One term (i.e., Sept to Jan): $155.25<br />
• Two terms (i.e., Sept to May): $287.50<br />
• Three terms (i.e., Sept to Aug): $345<br />
Refunds are issued pursuant to a set prorated refund<br />
schedule, available at the counter in the Office of the<br />
Registrar. Refunds are calculated on the date the permit<br />
is returned to the counter in the Office of the Registrar.<br />
Financial Aid<br />
For students who require financial assistance to meet<br />
their education expenses, Sheridan administers a<br />
number of government financial assistance programs,<br />
as well as the Sheridan Awards Program and the<br />
Sheridan <strong>Student</strong> Assistance Program. Further details<br />
are also available on Sheridan’s Financial Aid and<br />
Awards website at:<br />
www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/students/prospective/fin-aid.cfm<br />
Academic Information<br />
Grading System<br />
Numeric GPA Numeric GPA<br />
A+ 90 - 100 <strong>4.</strong>0 C+ 65-69 2.5<br />
A 80 - 89 <strong>4.</strong>0 C 60-64 2.0<br />
B+ 75 - 79 3.5 D 50-59 1.0<br />
B 70 - 74 3.0<br />
Temporary Grades<br />
IP<br />
I<br />
SU<br />
Course in progress<br />
Incomplete, course requirements not met<br />
Eligible for supplemental Assessment<br />
Other Grade Designations<br />
Description<br />
GPA<br />
AG Aegrostat Standing; credit granted N/A<br />
AS Credit granted for advanced standing N/A<br />
NE Registered but did not submit work 0.0<br />
for evaluation and did not officially<br />
withdraw; credit not earned<br />
E/I Repeat designation; “I” included in N/A<br />
GPA, “E” excluded from GPA<br />
NG No grade assigned N/A<br />
TM Enrolment terminated on grounds of 0.0<br />
academic dishonesty<br />
W Withdrew from subject officially; no<br />
academic penalty<br />
N/A<br />
Note: Courses marked on your program map<br />
with an asterisk (*) are core subjects requiring a<br />
minimum grade of C.<br />
Incomplete Grades<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who have outstanding work at the end of an<br />
academic term may be awarded the designation “I”<br />
(Incomplete). <strong>Student</strong>s will be advised of the work<br />
that must be completed and the date by which it must<br />
be submitted to satisfy the subject requirements. The<br />
notation “I” will be changed to “F” if the assigned<br />
work is not completed by the designated date.<br />
Academic Probation<br />
Academic Probation is a warning that your academic<br />
performance must improve if you wish to continue<br />
your studies at Sheridan. You are encouraged to meet<br />
with your Program Coordinator/Academic Advisor<br />
to discuss your academic performance. If your GPA<br />
is between 1.2 and 1.5 you must see your Program<br />
Coordinator/Academic Advisor before you can register<br />
in the next semester.<br />
Please note: core courses in Music <strong>Theatre</strong>-<br />
Performance require a C in order to advance to the<br />
next semester.<br />
General Education Courses<br />
To select your General Education/Program Elective<br />
course log into AccessSheridan with your user name<br />
and password, and follow these links:<br />
> O.A.S.I.S. – Self Service<br />
> SA Self Service<br />
> Learner Services<br />
> Academics<br />
> (Choose an Elective)<br />
> (Choose the current term)<br />
> Swap Classes<br />
> Click the magnifying glass icon that appears next<br />
to your GENL ELECT (General Elective) and/or<br />
PRGM ELECT (Program Elective)<br />
> Search<br />
> Select a class (click the checkbox beside it)<br />
> Submit<br />
If your enrollment was successful, you will see the<br />
word “success” next to your course selection under the<br />
“Add Status” heading.<br />
If you require assistance selecting your General<br />
Education/Program Elective, please drop by the<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Advisement Centre, in B104 or email<br />
askanadvisor@sheridanc.on.ca<br />
Academic Honesty<br />
Sheridan recognizes the responsibility of all faculty<br />
members, staff, current and former students, and<br />
applicants to foster standards of academic honesty, and<br />
to be knowledgeable of, and act in accordance with<br />
such standards.<br />
It is a breach of academic honesty to falsely claim credit<br />
for the ideas, writing, projects, or creations of others<br />
either by presenting such works as their own or through<br />
impersonation. Similarly, it is a breach of academic<br />
honesty to cheat, attempt or actually alter, suppress,<br />
falsify or fabricate any research data or results, official<br />
academic record, application or document.<br />
All Sheridan faculty members, staff and students are<br />
expected to be vigilant regarding breaches of academic<br />
honesty and are responsible for taking appropriate<br />
action when it is believed that a breach of academic<br />
honesty has occurred. All suspected breaches of<br />
academic honesty will be investigated. A finding of<br />
guilt will lead to the imposition of a penalty from<br />
the range of sanctions. A lack of familiarity with the<br />
Policy and Guidelines on Academic Honesty on the<br />
part of any member of the Sheridan community does<br />
not constitute a defense against misconduct.<br />
Graduation<br />
In order to graduate from Sheridan, students must<br />
have successfully completed all published course<br />
requirements for their program of study in effect at the<br />
time of the request to graduate.<br />
Graduation requirements include any changes made<br />
to the program while the student was in progress but<br />
do not include any changes made to semesters that<br />
the student has already completed unless the student<br />
interrupts his/her studies for one year or more.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who interrupt their full-time studies for one<br />
year or more will be required to meet all program<br />
requirements in effect at the time of their return to<br />
Sheridan. Sheridan reserves the right to reassess<br />
previously granted credits more than five years old to<br />
ensure their relevancy at the time of graduation.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who interrupt their studies will not be eligible<br />
to graduate from a program that is no longer offered by<br />
the college unless written approval has been granted<br />
by the respective Dean. <strong>Student</strong>s must also have met<br />
the minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA)<br />
required for their respective credential and meet the<br />
Sheridan residency requirements.<br />
6 General Information General Information 7
Program Information<br />
Music <strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance<br />
Greg Peterson, Program Coordinator<br />
Vocal Discipline<br />
Barbara Barsky<br />
Andre Cloutier<br />
Louisa Burgess-Corbett<br />
Gregory Cross<br />
June Crowley<br />
Gail Hakala<br />
Acting Discipline<br />
Suzanne Bennett<br />
Ron Cameron-Lewis<br />
Scot Denton<br />
Laurence Follows<br />
Catherine Hayos<br />
Marcia Johnson<br />
Program Map<br />
Discipline<br />
Acting<br />
Vocal<br />
Dance<br />
Music<br />
Commericial<br />
Performance<br />
Interdisciplinary<br />
Studies<br />
General<br />
Education<br />
Term 1 Term 2<br />
Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
THET 12270 Acting 1 5.5 THET 11173 Acting 2* 5.0<br />
THET 15758 Introduction to Shakespeare 2.0 THET 11726 Scene Study 1 (Contemporary) 1.5<br />
THET 17944 Vocal Technique 1 1.5 THET 11138 Vocal Technique 2 1.5<br />
THET 12923 Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 1 5.0 THET 17955 Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 2 3.0<br />
THET 19398 Dance 1 <strong>4.</strong>5 THET 12740 Dance 2* <strong>4.</strong>5<br />
THET 16002 Dance Performance 1 3.0 THET 15893 Dance Performance 2 3.0<br />
THET 17745 Ear Training 1* 3.0 THET 18242 Ear Training 2* 5.0<br />
THET 19890 Music Theory 1 2.0 THET 13707 Music Theory 2 3.5<br />
THET 16969 Commercial Performance 1 (Technique) 1.5 THET 11409 Commercial Perfomance 2 (Solo) 3.0<br />
THET 18759 Stagecraft 1.0<br />
APPL 13693 Computer Skills 1.5<br />
APPL 14049 Music Technologies 1 1.5<br />
HIST 17575 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Classical) 3.0 HIST 10360 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Modern) or 3.0<br />
GNED General Education Elective<br />
Total Credits 33.5 3<strong>4.</strong>5<br />
* Courses marks with an asterisk (*) are Core Subjects requiring a minimum grade of C.<br />
Note: Courses subject to change<br />
Marie Baron, Head<br />
John Karr<br />
Christopher Mounteer<br />
Michael Mulrooney<br />
Tom Oliver<br />
Rebecca Poff<br />
Steve Thomas<br />
Mimi Mekler, Head<br />
Daniel Levinson<br />
Sue MIner<br />
Jane Moffat<br />
Denise Norman<br />
Diana Reis<br />
Terry Tweed<br />
Music Discipline<br />
Dafydd Hughes<br />
Jason Johnston<br />
Dance Discipline<br />
Ted Banfalvi<br />
Kari Bodrug<br />
Stephen Findlay<br />
Amber Harvie<br />
Commercial Performance<br />
Peter Kadar<br />
Lorrain Lawson<br />
History and Inderdisciplinary Studies<br />
Jim Betts<br />
Scot Denton<br />
Greg Andrews, Head<br />
Steve Thomas<br />
Gillian Saunders, Head<br />
Janet Kelley-Kloeble<br />
Glen Kerr<br />
Paula Skimin<br />
Alan Poaps<br />
Mary-Lu Zahalan<br />
Joel Freddman<br />
Ann Szeto<br />
Program Map (continued)<br />
Discipline<br />
Acting<br />
Vocal<br />
Dance<br />
Music<br />
Commericial<br />
Performance<br />
Interdisciplinary<br />
Studies<br />
General<br />
Education<br />
Term 3 Term 4<br />
Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
THET 29898 Acting 3* 5.5 THET 24475 Acting 4* 1.5<br />
THET 21047 Scene Study 2 (Classical) 1.5 THET 25308 Scene Study 3 (Modern) 1.5<br />
THET 24797 Vocal Technique 3 1.5 THET 22280 Vocal Technique 4 1.5<br />
THET 24235 Music <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 3 6.0 THET 23378 Music <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 4 1.5<br />
THET 22071 Dance 3* <strong>4.</strong>5 THET 20732 Dance 4* <strong>4.</strong>5<br />
THET 24224 Dance Performance 3 <strong>4.</strong>0 THET 22009 Dance Performance 4 1.5<br />
THET 24867 Ear Training 3* 3.0 THET 23549 Ear Training 4* <strong>4.</strong>0<br />
THET 28990 Music Theory 3 2.0 THET 29499 Music Theory 4 1.0<br />
THET 24504 Commercial Performance 3<br />
(Ensemble)<br />
3.0 THET 22853 Commercial Performance 4<br />
(Critique Prep)<br />
APPL 24178 Music Technologies 2 1.5 APPL 29798 Music Technologies 3 2.0<br />
HIST 24646 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Early Music <strong>Theatre</strong>) 3.0 THET 29020 Production 1* 6.0<br />
GNED General Education Elective 3.0<br />
1.5<br />
THET 24502 Professional Practice 1 <strong>4.</strong>0<br />
HIST 21756 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey<br />
(Contemporary Music <strong>Theatre</strong>)<br />
Total Credits 36.5 32.5<br />
Term 5 Term 6<br />
Discipline Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
Acting THET 34802 Acting 5* 3.0 THET 33876 Acting 6 3.0<br />
Vocal<br />
THET 36933 Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 5 <strong>4.</strong>0 THET 39039 Vocal Technique 6 1.5<br />
THET 38823 Vocal Technique 5 1.5<br />
Dance THET 34219 Dance 5* <strong>4.</strong>5 THET 30122 Dance 6 <strong>4.</strong>5<br />
Commericial<br />
Performance<br />
Interdisciplinary<br />
Studies<br />
Music APPL 30000 Music Technologies 4 1.5<br />
THET 34274 Commercial Performance 5<br />
(Critique)<br />
6.0 THET 32485 Commercial Performance 6<br />
(Audio & Video)<br />
GNED General Education Elective 3.0 THET 31546 Production 3* 12.0<br />
THET 38102 Production 2* 6.0 THET 30884 Professional Practice 3 <strong>4.</strong>0<br />
THET 35355 Professional Practice 2 <strong>4.</strong>0<br />
Total Credits 33.5 27<br />
3.0<br />
2.0<br />
8 Program Information Program Information 9
Performing Arts - Preparation<br />
Mark Melymick, Program Coordinator<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Arts - Technical Production<br />
Sarah Hirst, Program Coordinator<br />
Faculty<br />
Sara Jane Burton<br />
Louisa Burgess-Corbett<br />
Stephanie Graham<br />
Steve Lucas<br />
Michael Mulrooney<br />
Lubomir Mykytiuk<br />
Magi Oman<br />
Helen Zdriluk<br />
Faculty<br />
Tracey Beach<br />
Scot Denton<br />
Matthew Horne<br />
David Juby<br />
Denise Lisson<br />
Jane McLeod<br />
Debra McKay<br />
Andrew Mestern<br />
Robert Paquette<br />
Adam P. Stewart<br />
Nick Vuckovic<br />
Martin Zwicker<br />
Program Map<br />
Program Map<br />
Term 1 Term 2<br />
Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
THET 10001 Professional Productions 1 3.0 THET 10007 Professional Productions 2 3.0<br />
THET 10002 Voice and Music 1 3.0 THET 10008 Voice and Music 2 3.0<br />
THET 10003 Movement and Dance 1 3.0 THET 10009 Movement and Dance 2 3.0<br />
THET 10004 Intro to Acting 3.0 THET 10010 Acting: Audition Preparation 3.0<br />
THET 10005 Performing Arts - Technical and Design Careers 3.0 THET 10011 Performing Arts Technical Production Studios 3.0<br />
THET 10006 Collaborative Practices 3.0 THET 10012 Collaborative Projects 3.0<br />
INFO 13063 Electronic Communications 3.0 GNED General Education Elective 3.0<br />
Total Credits 21 21<br />
Note: Courses subject to change<br />
Term 1 Term 2<br />
Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
THET 19600 Scenic Construction 1 3.0 THET 14049 Scenic Construction 2 3.0<br />
THET 19342 Scenic Art Skills 1 3.0 THET 17028 Scenic Art Skills 2 3.0<br />
THET 16920 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 1 3.0 THET 10146 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 2 3.0<br />
THET 17309 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 1 3.0 THET 15142 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 2 3.0<br />
THET 18768 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 1 3.0 THET 10065 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 2 3.0<br />
THET 19736 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 1 3.0 THET 10172 Theare Sound 2 3.0<br />
THET 11302 Stage Management 1 3.0 THET 14717 Stage Management 2 3.0<br />
THET 12376 Drafting 1.0 THET 17488 Technical Production Practicum 2 3.0<br />
THET 12736 Technical Production Practicum 1 3.0 THET 17900 Professional Production Practices 2 3.0<br />
THET 15738 Professional Production Practices 1 3.0 HIST 10360 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey 2 (Modern) 3.0<br />
HIST 17575 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey 1 (Classical) 3.0<br />
Total Credits 31 30<br />
Term 3 Term 4<br />
Code Title Credits Code Title Credits<br />
THET 22059 Technical Production Practicum 3 5.0 THET 25723 Technical Production Practicum 4 5.0<br />
CADD 13433 Computer Assisted Drafting 2.0 GNED General Education Elective 3.0<br />
GNED General Education Elective 3.0<br />
Select 3 Courses from the following:<br />
THET 24315 Scenic Construction 3 3.0<br />
THET 26175 Scenic Art Skills 3 3.0<br />
THET 20100 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 3 3.0<br />
THET 27320 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 3 3.0<br />
THET 20234 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 3 3.0<br />
THET 20906 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 3 3.0<br />
THET 22965 Technical Management 1 3.0<br />
Select 2 Courses from the following:<br />
THET 15759 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 - Sets 1.0<br />
THET 16489 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 - Technology 1.0<br />
THET 11156 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 - Costume 1.0<br />
Select 3 Courses from the following:<br />
THET 20049 Scenic Construction 4 3.0<br />
THET 23551 Scenic Art Skills 4 3.0<br />
THET 24178 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 4 3.0<br />
THET 23431 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 4 3.0<br />
THET 25586 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 4 3.0<br />
THET 26529 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 4 3.0<br />
THET 28823 Technical Management 2 3.0<br />
Select 2 Courses from the following:<br />
THET 28460 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 - Sets 1.0<br />
THET 26837 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 - Technology 1.0<br />
THET 27011 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 - Costume 1.0<br />
Total Credits 21 19<br />
Note: Courses subject to change<br />
10 Program Information Program Information 11
Course Descriptions<br />
Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance<br />
APPL 13693 Computer Skills<br />
Independent self-employed performance artists need<br />
the technology skills to help sustain and promote<br />
themselves in the commercial market and aid them in<br />
their professional life. This course is intended to give<br />
an overview of the types of basic computer application<br />
skills needed to help them succeed. <strong>Student</strong>s explore<br />
the basic computer skills necessary for independent<br />
performance artists, including word processing, mail<br />
merge, list maintenance, Internet browsing, e-mail,<br />
scanning, basic photo-editing, downloading JPEG and<br />
MP3 files, and rudimentary web page creation.<br />
APPL 14049 Music Technologies 1<br />
This course will introduce the student to the basic<br />
concepts of computer-assisted music notation using<br />
the Finale software package. Through hands-on<br />
lessons, students will learn how to input and edit<br />
notes and rests, time and key signatures, clefs, lyrics,<br />
chord symbols, articulations, expressions and staves.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will then master shortcuts to speed up music<br />
entry, score layout, part copying and more. By the end<br />
of the course, students will have mastered many of<br />
the basic and advanced functions of Finale and will be<br />
able to create professional lead sheets, choral music<br />
and piano-vocal scores.<br />
APPL 24178 Music Technologies 2<br />
This course will introduce the student to the basic<br />
concepts of computer-assisted music notation using<br />
the Finale software package. Through hands-on<br />
lessons, students will learn how to input and edit<br />
notes and rests, time and key signatures, clefs, lyrics,<br />
chord symbols, articulations, expressions and staves.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will then master shortcuts to speed up music<br />
entry, score layout, part copying and more. By the end<br />
of the course, students will have mastered many of<br />
the basic and advanced functions of Finale and will be<br />
able to create professional lead sheets, choral music<br />
and piano-vocal scores.<br />
APPL 29798 Music Technologies 3<br />
This course will further develop many of the skills and<br />
concepts first introduced in Music Technologies II,<br />
using the music sequencing application, Garageband.<br />
It will focus on importing and working with MIDI,<br />
creating background tracks, and ultimately composing<br />
and recording an original song. <strong>Student</strong>s will review<br />
the music notation program Finale and will then be<br />
introduced to advanced tips on using MIDI to help<br />
create lead sheets. This course will briefly look at two<br />
other computer based music programs including Pro<br />
Tools and Reason.<br />
APPL 30000 Music Technologies 4<br />
This course builds on previous years’ experience<br />
in Music Technologies, introducing students to<br />
professional-level music recording and sequencing<br />
software. Mirroring the processes used in the music<br />
industry, students will gain hands-on experience in<br />
recording and editing audio, sequencing and editing<br />
using MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface),<br />
mixing and mastering. Using Cubase SE and Reason<br />
music production software, students will have the<br />
option of producing several pieces of music, including<br />
recorded demos and backup tracks for professional use.<br />
HIST 10360 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Modern)<br />
This course is designed to provide students with<br />
a basic overview of the development of Western<br />
drama and theatre practice through the nineteenth<br />
and twentieth centuries to the present, highlighting<br />
the influences that are most significant to the current<br />
Canadian theatre industry. <strong>Student</strong>s then are able to<br />
place modern plays in Western culture in a stylistic<br />
and/or historical perspective.<br />
HIST 17575 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Classical)<br />
This course provides the student with a basic overview<br />
of the development of Western drama and theatre<br />
practice, from classical Greek to the eighteenth<br />
century. Periods that are most significant to the current<br />
Canadian theatre industry are highlighted. The course<br />
will enable the student to place plays in a stylistic or<br />
historical perspective, and to recognize the influence<br />
of classical theatre traditions in work from a variety of<br />
periods and genres.<br />
HIST 21756 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey<br />
(Contemporary Music <strong>Theatre</strong>)<br />
This course provides a basic overview of the<br />
development of music theatre and its practice in<br />
Western culture from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s<br />
Oklahoma! to the present day. The focus is on the<br />
Broadway musical, but it makes reference to important<br />
European influences and highlights those composers,<br />
lyricists, book-writers, directors, choreographers and<br />
designers who contributed most significantly to the<br />
‘Golden Age’ of musical theatre through to the present<br />
day. <strong>Student</strong>s then are able to place contemporary<br />
musical entertainments in Western culture in a stylistic<br />
and/or historical perspective.<br />
HIST 24646 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey 3<br />
(Early Music <strong>Theatre</strong>)<br />
Both the performer and the technician working in the<br />
musical theatre industry require a basic understanding<br />
of the background and evolution of musical theatre<br />
in order to practice it with insight and perspective.<br />
Historical research is a constant requirement in the<br />
working lives of all theatre professionals. The theatre<br />
of today draws constantly on the past -- both for its<br />
repertoire, and for inspiration in developing presentday<br />
production concepts and confronting theatre<br />
design challenges.<br />
THET 11138 Vocal Technique 2<br />
Vocal Technique 2 consists of a vocal technique<br />
class and a private vocal tutorial which focus on the<br />
principles of sound vocal production. It provides<br />
the first year Music <strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance Program<br />
student with an analysis of physical vocal skills,<br />
guidance in choice of materials on which to work,<br />
and preparation and rehearsal of material, assigned<br />
and chosen. Included in this course is the study of<br />
Division #1 scales and vocal studies which are based<br />
on the Royal Conservatory, Grade 7/8 requirements<br />
in those categories and a classical Italian Aria. Private<br />
tutorials ensure that the performer’s individual vocal<br />
needs are met on an on-going basis. Evaluation is based<br />
upon individual vocal progress, the ability to integrate<br />
technique into repertoire, and successful execution<br />
of prescribed technical exercises and song material<br />
culminating in the performance of a Vocal Jury. Guidance<br />
is provided in the selection, preparation and rehearsal of<br />
material chosen for the vocal juries. The technique class<br />
also consolidates work from the private vocal tutorials.<br />
THET 11173 Acting 2<br />
This course is intended to provide first-year Music<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance Program students with<br />
further theoretical and practical experiences aimed<br />
at freeing them from ingrained patterns and giving<br />
them techniques for acquiring the skills they need.<br />
Its purpose is to give the student access to the “open”<br />
or “neutral” state necessary for creativity in acting,<br />
as well as an introduction to techniques for working<br />
with others and developing skills in the discipline. It<br />
consists of exercises and activities designed to provide<br />
the student with direct experience of the actor’s<br />
process, including mask, voice, improvisation, and<br />
monologue work. Minimum grade of ‘C’ is required<br />
for promotion into next semester.<br />
THET 11409 Commercial Performance 2 (Solo)<br />
This course builds upon the comfort level attained<br />
in THET 16969 and the students ease with the use<br />
of sound equipment. Performances are followed by<br />
directorial suggestions. Subjectivity and objectivity<br />
in songs are discussed and applied. Classes include<br />
rehearsal time with an accompanist and various<br />
presentations of selected, contrasting material. Peer<br />
evaluation is introduced and discussed. <strong>Student</strong>s are<br />
expected to offer constructive critiques on the material<br />
presented. Each student must be prepared to work with<br />
the accompanist and present at least two contrasting<br />
and challenging pieces over the course of the term.<br />
THET 11726 Scene Study 1 (Contemporary)<br />
Acting students need to analyze a script in a practical<br />
manner that serves him/her as an actor. This ability<br />
entails a basic technique for character development,<br />
an understanding of the action of a play and a<br />
process by which this understanding can be realized<br />
in performance. The preparation and exploration<br />
of scenes is a practical way in which students may<br />
develop the necessary tools. This course provides<br />
the Music <strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance student with<br />
basic techniques for working with script, through<br />
workshops, discussions, independent rehearsal on<br />
individual scenes, and scene presentations.<br />
THET 12270 Acting 1<br />
This course is intended to provide first-year Music<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance Program students with the<br />
theoretical and practical experiences aimed at freeing<br />
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Naturalism and Storytelling. The second part of Acting<br />
6 is tutorials which focus on preparing monologues<br />
for audition purposes. At the end of the term, students<br />
will present monologues to a panel of Acting Faculty.<br />
Therefore, students in this course will have hands-on<br />
experience in the audition of live theatre.<br />
THET 34219 Dance 5<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will perform dance sequences in each of the<br />
disciplines at an advanced level of complexity and<br />
style. The student will build upon terminology and<br />
knowledge required in each of the disciplines to obtain<br />
an advanced level expected in the Dance profession.<br />
They will be given increasingly complex repertoire<br />
and styles used in Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> today. Coaching<br />
is also provided on Choreography required in <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Sheridan Productions.<br />
THET 34274 Commercial Performance 5<br />
(Critique)<br />
This course is designed to give students a practical<br />
experience in the production of a viable commercial<br />
performance. In consultation with faculty they will<br />
select songs to create a 12-15 minute nightclub or<br />
concert act. They will write their own scripts, provide<br />
their own musical charts for the band, recruit peer<br />
back-up support, rehearse independently and meet all<br />
deadlines posted by the technical faculty. (<strong>Student</strong>s<br />
may forfeit their right to perform if they do not meet<br />
all deadlines and conform to all stipulations set forth<br />
by the <strong>Theatre</strong> Arts-Technical Production Program).<br />
At the end of the term they will perform in front of<br />
an invited audience and a critique panel consisting of<br />
faculty and industry professionals.<br />
THET 34802 Acting 5<br />
Acting 5* - Mandatory Course Core Subject.<br />
Professional actors must constantly practice their<br />
craft in order to progress and evolve. This course is<br />
designed to enable third-year performance students to<br />
consolidate their skills as they become progressively<br />
more independent actors. This will involve working<br />
on a series of monologues in individual coaching<br />
sessions; and creating original pieces working<br />
independently (in Creative Writing) and collectively<br />
(in Improvisation).<br />
THET 35355 Professional Practice 2<br />
This course builds on the knowledge and skills<br />
acquired in Professional Practice 1, THET24502.<br />
Focus continues to be placed on performing<br />
monologues and songs with technical freedom and<br />
the communication of text with truth, understanding<br />
and commitment. In this course, the students’ audition<br />
presentations are commented on constructively by<br />
the instructor, other students and invited professional<br />
artists from the theatre industry. Guidance is provided<br />
in the selection of material to expand the students’<br />
audition portfolio. Particular attention is given this<br />
semester to the choice of material for the <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Ontario Showcase. Guest artists from the theatre and<br />
related industries are invited to share their knowledge<br />
and expertise with the students.<br />
THET 36933 Music <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance 5<br />
This course continues to build on the knowledge and<br />
skills acquired in Music <strong>Theatre</strong> Vocal Performance<br />
4, THET 23378. <strong>Student</strong>s will rehearse and perform<br />
music theatre songs, scenes and/or monologues and<br />
vocal ensembles. The music theatre material may be<br />
chosen from established or original works. Emphasis<br />
is placed on in-depth analysis and interpretation of text<br />
and music leading to physical performance. Direction<br />
is provided by the instructors to ensure a detailed,<br />
cohesive performance. This course will culminate with<br />
a public Presentation.<br />
THET 38102 Production 2<br />
PERF4016 - Production 2* - Mandatory Course -<br />
*Core Subject -- minimum grade of “C” required<br />
for promotion into next semester. This course is<br />
an integral part of the Performance curriculum.<br />
Production deals with participation in one <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Sheridan production during the semester. Rehearsal<br />
work, professional etiquette, and achievement in<br />
public performances all figure prominently. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will be auditioned for various roles in <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Sheridan productions according to eligibility lists.<br />
After casting, students should demonstrate an ability<br />
to take direction -- acting, vocal or choreographic<br />
in nature -- from the artistic team. Work will vary<br />
in its demands depending on the nature of the role.<br />
The experience within <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan rehearsals<br />
is designed to approximate the high-pressured<br />
environment and lifestyle of professional theatre<br />
performers. <strong>Student</strong>s should demonstrate development<br />
of human relations and professional skills necessary<br />
to participate in a team environment. Instruction for<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan productions is provided through<br />
rehearsals, demonstrations, discussions, and repetition.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are required to participate fully throughout<br />
rehearsals and to co-operate with the artistic team,<br />
fellow performers, technical production students and<br />
all design and technical production faculty and staff.<br />
Positive attitudes and professional discipline are<br />
stressed. Deadlines are assigned for memorization of<br />
lines, music, blocking and choreography. Each stage<br />
of the rehearsal process is clearly identified at the<br />
beginning of the rehearsal process, and individual<br />
assistance is available on request throughout the<br />
process of rehearsing and presenting the work. The<br />
artistic team will endeavor to balance the needs of the<br />
student with the needs of the production. Productions<br />
are an extension of classroom work under the guidance<br />
of faculty.<br />
THET 38823 Vocal Technique 5<br />
This course, consisting of a vocal technique class<br />
and a private vocal tutorial, continues to build on the<br />
knowledge and skills acquired in Vocal Technique<br />
4, THET 22280. It provides the third year Music<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> - Performance Program student with an<br />
analysis of physical vocal skills, guidance in choice<br />
of materials on which to work, and preparation and<br />
rehearsal of material, assigned and chosen. Assistance<br />
is provided for effective execution of vocal material<br />
to be performed in <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan productions and<br />
the commercial performance critiques. Included in<br />
this course is the study of Division 3 scales and vocal<br />
studies which are based on the Royal Conservatory,<br />
Grade 9/10 requirements in those categories. Private<br />
tutorials ensure that the student’s individual vocal<br />
needs are met on an on-going basis. Evaluation is<br />
based upon individual vocal progress, the ability to<br />
integrate technique into repertoire, and successful<br />
execution of prescribed technical exercises and song<br />
material. The technique class continues to consolidate<br />
work from the private vocal tutorials.<br />
THET 39093 Vocal Technique 6<br />
This course, consisting of a vocal technique class<br />
and a private vocal tutorial, continues to build on the<br />
knowledge and skills acquired in Vocal Technique 5,<br />
THET 38823. It provides the third year Music <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
- Performance Program student with an analysis of<br />
physical vocal skills, guidance in choice of materials<br />
on which to work, and preparation and rehearsal of<br />
material, assigned and chosen. Assistance is provided<br />
for effective execution of vocal material assigned<br />
in <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan productions. Included in this<br />
course is a continuation into the final elements of the<br />
study of Division 3 vocal studies which are based on<br />
the Royal Conservatory, Grade 9/10 requirements.<br />
Private tutorials ensure that the student’s individual<br />
vocal needs are met on an on-going basis. Evaluation<br />
is based upon individual vocal progress, the ability<br />
to integrate technique into repertoire, and successful<br />
execution of prescribed technical exercises and song<br />
material culminating in the performance of a final<br />
vocal jury.<br />
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Performing Arts - Preparation<br />
INFO 13063 Electronic Communications<br />
Electronic Communications is a first year course with<br />
six distinct aims: to ensure that students can effectively<br />
access and navigate WebCT courses; to ensure that<br />
students can effectively manage their computer files in<br />
Windows 2000; to develop students’ ability to use MS<br />
Word2000 to design attractive, well laid-out, readable<br />
copy for specific audiences; to develop students’<br />
ability to use MS PowerPoint 2000 to create attractive,<br />
well-structured presentations for specific audiences;<br />
to ensure that students can use email in a professional<br />
manner (using Netscape Messenger); to ensure that<br />
students can effectively search the Net and find URLs<br />
to ensure that students can create a well designed Web<br />
page using Netscape Composer.<br />
THET 10001 Professional Productions 1<br />
Through field trips to a selection of professional<br />
productions, facility tours, guest speakers and lectures,<br />
students learn about the variety of different types of<br />
professional performing arts, including classical and<br />
contemporary theatre, dance, opera, and music theatre.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be introduced to a variety of business<br />
roles and activities within the performing arts industry,<br />
and examine specific performing arts companies<br />
as models for business structures, job descriptions,<br />
funding activities and creative processes.<br />
THET 10002 Voice and Music 1<br />
The objectives of this course will be met through<br />
a series of progressive practical exercises,<br />
discussions, and rehearsals culminating in an<br />
ensemble performance. Voice and Music 1 serves<br />
as an introduction to vocal production and music<br />
skills at a fundamental level. It is aimed at giving<br />
students practical experience exploring the voice<br />
using exercises that deal with the body/breath/voice<br />
connection. Course content will include introductory<br />
information on music rudiments, vocal hygiene<br />
and physiology. <strong>Student</strong>s will participate in a vocal<br />
ensemble, giving them the opportunity to apply the<br />
knowledge and skills in a performance environment.<br />
THET 10003 Movemend and Dance 1<br />
This required studio course covers fundamental<br />
approaches to movement and ballet. Through<br />
repetition and building complexity of movement<br />
sequences, students learn how to execute a basic<br />
ballet class, consisting of practical exercises that<br />
build strength, flexibility, stamina and coordination.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s experience the importance of good dynamic<br />
alignment and enhanced expression using imagery<br />
and a variety of effort qualities. Work with live<br />
musical accompaniment encourages the development<br />
of musicality through coordination of movement<br />
with elements such as tempo, rhythm, and phrasing.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are also introduced to the benefits of this<br />
training for related performing arts professions such<br />
as acting, singing, and choreographing as well as for<br />
dancing in a variety of styles.<br />
THET 10004 Introduction to Acting<br />
This course introduces the student to exercises and<br />
approaches to acting using text and improvisation as a<br />
focus. The course consists of improvisational activities<br />
and exercises which are designed to define and free<br />
the actor’s instrument. Scripts are analyzed from an<br />
actor’s perspective. Through these activities, students<br />
will learn how to analyze a text and improvise using a<br />
variety of acting techniques. The course is designed to<br />
provide an understanding of the challenges and rewards<br />
available to the actor for further study and work.<br />
THET 10005 Performing Arts -<br />
Technical and Design Careers<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are introduced to aspects of performing arts<br />
technical production. <strong>Student</strong>s learn how to interpret<br />
and analyze the technical production requirements<br />
of a variety of types of live performances. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will learn about the operations of <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan’s<br />
production studios by attending labs in each of the<br />
following studios; paint, props, wardrobe, carpentry,<br />
lighting, sound. Through guest speakers, lectures<br />
and off site studio tours, students also learn about<br />
studio operations and the management hierarchy<br />
involved in production, and will gain knowledge of the<br />
employment opportunities in technical production.<br />
THET 10006 Collaborative Practices<br />
In this course methods of communication, conflict<br />
resolution, brainstorming and lateral thinking, and<br />
leadership skills are examined through case studies,<br />
discussions and practical scenarios. By drawing on<br />
knowledge and skills learned in other areas of the<br />
program, students will apply these collaboration skills<br />
to typical performing arts situations.<br />
THET 10007 Professional Productions 2<br />
Through field trips, live performances, guest lecturers,<br />
research projects and group discussions, students<br />
further their exposure to the performing arts industry<br />
and the educational opportunites that will enable<br />
the student to achieve his/her career goals. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
investigate the training, educational and apprenticeship<br />
opportunities available, develop a career path and plan<br />
further study, prepare a resume and cover letter and<br />
practice interview skills.<br />
THET 10008 Voice and Music 2<br />
The objectives of this course will be met through a<br />
series of progressive practical exercises, discussions,<br />
and rehearsals culminating in an ensemble<br />
performance. Voice and Music 2 further examines<br />
vocal production and music skills at a fundamental<br />
level. It is aimed at giving students practical<br />
experience exploring the voice using exercises that<br />
deal with the body/breath/voice connection. Course<br />
content will include further introductory information<br />
on music rudiments. <strong>Student</strong>s will participate in a vocal<br />
ensemble with opportunities for solo performance.<br />
THET 10009 Movement and Dance 2<br />
Through practical exercises this studio course is an<br />
exploration of fundamental approaches to tap and jazz.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be taught jazz styles through a series of<br />
warm-up exercizes, building upon difficulty each week<br />
to accomplish a combination of steps incorporated into<br />
a routine. They will also aquire basic tap knowledge,<br />
again building upon each week to eventually link up<br />
the steps into a combination.<br />
THET 10010 Acting: Audition Preparation<br />
This course builds on the experiences and<br />
understanding gained in Introduction to Acting,<br />
THET1000<strong>4.</strong> Using monologues as a focus, students<br />
will further their investigation into the challenges<br />
of performance. Monologues are studied, chosen,<br />
prepared and performed in class. Through presentation<br />
of their monologue and feedback from the instructor,<br />
students will further develop their ability to audition<br />
effectively and present themselves well.<br />
THET 10011 Performing Arts Technical<br />
Production Studios<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s focus on three areas of performing arts<br />
production to produce three works assigned by the<br />
instructor, suitable for their portfolio. As well as these<br />
three projects the students will learn how to present<br />
their work in a portfolio suitable for educational<br />
applications. <strong>Student</strong>s will also practice presenting<br />
their portfolio in an interview process.<br />
THET 10012 Collaborative Projects<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are assigned roles, ie. director, designer,<br />
performer, etc. to work within a group, to create a short<br />
performance presentation to the class. The groups will<br />
be guided through the entire production process from<br />
conception, publicity, design presentations, rehearsal<br />
processes, production meetings, etc. with the focus<br />
on process and communication methods. Throughout<br />
the process, each group will have feedback from the<br />
instructor and the rest of the class.<br />
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<strong>Theatre</strong> Arts - Technical Production<br />
CADD 13433 Computer Assisted Drafting<br />
This course provides students with grounding in<br />
aspects of computer assisted drafting, and the basic<br />
drafting techniques appropriate to theatre in a project<br />
oriented atmosphere. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
specific tools and methods using AutoCAD. Building<br />
on drafting skills, students will experiment with more<br />
complex applications.<br />
HIST 10360 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Modern)<br />
This course is designed to provide students with<br />
a basic overview of the development of Western<br />
drama and theatre practice through the nineteenth<br />
and twentieth centuries to the present, highlighting<br />
the influences that are most significant to the current<br />
Canadian theatre industry. <strong>Student</strong>s then are able to<br />
place modern plays in Western culture in a stylistic and/<br />
or historical perspective.<br />
HIST 17575 <strong>Theatre</strong> Survey (Classical)<br />
This course provides the student with a basic overview<br />
of the development of Western drama and theatre<br />
practice, from classical Greek to the eighteenth<br />
century. Periods that are most significant to the current<br />
Canadian theatre industry are highlighted. The course<br />
will enable the student to place plays in a stylistic or<br />
historical perspective, and to recognize the influence<br />
of classical theatre traditions in work from a variety of<br />
periods and genres.<br />
THET 10065 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 2<br />
This course builds on the introduction to stage lighting<br />
theory and practices covered in <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 1.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will continue to investigate how theatrical<br />
lighting equipment works and how it is used to light the<br />
stage. Using stage lighting and electrical power theory<br />
students will safely prepare a basic theatrical lighting<br />
installation with related paperwork, and apply this<br />
discipline throughout their assigned production period.<br />
THET 10146 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 2<br />
This course will expand on costume construction<br />
techniques and safe and appropriate use of sewing<br />
machines covered in Wardrobe Skills 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will<br />
produce a costume piece with opportunity to follow more<br />
complex construction plans and expand on sewing skills.<br />
Emphasis will be on wardrobe shop safe practices. The<br />
objectives of this course will be met through a series of<br />
lectures and demonstrations, combined with practical<br />
projects and a production practicum.<br />
THET 10172 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 2<br />
This course will focus on the fundamentals of sound<br />
design in live theatre. The student will be exposed to<br />
a variety of functioning sound design techniques with<br />
the aid of visuals, lectures and practical opportunities.<br />
Emphasis will be on related paperwork the sound<br />
designer must create in order to fulfill a successful<br />
design. The student will then incorporate this<br />
discipline through an assigned production period.<br />
THET 11156 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 -<br />
Costume<br />
This course will focus on the fundamentals of sound<br />
design in live theatre. The student will be exposed to<br />
a variety of functioning sound design techniques with<br />
the aid of visuals, lectures and practical opportunities.<br />
Emphasis will be on related paperwork the sound<br />
designer must create in order to fulfill a successful<br />
design. The student will then incorporate this<br />
discipline through an assigned production period.<br />
THET 11302 Stage Management 1<br />
This course provides an introduction to the procedures<br />
and processes involved in stage management. The<br />
student will learn basic organizational skills and an<br />
awareness of the artistic and technical needs of a<br />
production. It will provide an opportunity to explore<br />
the roles and responsibilities of stage management<br />
within a company. The objectives of this course will<br />
be met through a series of lectures combined with<br />
practical projects and a production practicum.<br />
THET 12376 Drafting<br />
This course provides the first year student with<br />
grounding in aspects of theatrical drafting. It provides<br />
the student with basic drafting techniques appropriate<br />
to the theatre in a hands-on, project oriented<br />
atmosphere. The projects will incorporate orthographic<br />
projection, layouts, scale, working drawings, floor<br />
plans, and elevations.<br />
THET 12736 Technical Production Practicum 1<br />
This course will provide first term students with<br />
the opportunity to experience a theatre production<br />
environment. <strong>Student</strong>s will demonstrate the skills<br />
acquired through classroom instruction as crew<br />
members, while interacting with all components of a<br />
theatrical setting. The primary source for this practical<br />
experience will be through <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan and<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Erindale throughout the second half of the term.<br />
THET 14049 Scenic Construction 2<br />
This course will expand on construction techniques<br />
and safe and appropriate use of tools covered in Scenic<br />
Construction 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will produce a carpentry<br />
element with the opportunity to follow more complex<br />
construction plans and expand on manufacturing<br />
skills. <strong>Student</strong>s will be introduced to larger machinery<br />
and will be given the opportunity to advance their<br />
equipment skills and techniques. The objectives of<br />
this course will be met through a series of lectures and<br />
demonstrations, combined with practical projects and a<br />
production practicum.<br />
THET 14717 Stage Management 2<br />
This course will expand on procedures and processes<br />
covered in Stage Management 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will be<br />
introduced to the documentation required for stage<br />
management. <strong>Student</strong>s will create the relevant lists<br />
and notes required for a prompt book. <strong>Student</strong>s will<br />
have the opportunity to experience problem solving<br />
techniques through case scenarios. The objectives of<br />
this course will be met through a series of lectures and<br />
demonstrations, combined with practical projects and a<br />
production practicum.<br />
THET 15142 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 2<br />
This course will expand on prop making techniques<br />
covered in <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will execute<br />
a design concept and produce a prop element using<br />
upholstery and forming techniques. <strong>Student</strong>s will be<br />
introduced to new prop making techniques using tools<br />
and machinery and then incorporate this discipline<br />
through their assigned production period.<br />
THET 15738 Professional Production Practices 1<br />
This course focuses on communication and time<br />
management skills required for both academic and<br />
professional success. <strong>Student</strong>s will demonstrate written<br />
and oral communication skills through increasing<br />
levels of complexity of course work and presentations.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will address conflict resolution and team<br />
dynamics and how they relate to employment in the<br />
professional theatre industry. Essential stagecraft<br />
practices will provide learning experiences required to<br />
bridge students from the classroom to the realities of<br />
live performance.<br />
THET 15759 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 - Sets<br />
This course will examine the design process from the<br />
view of a set designer, including text analysis, research<br />
and execution of the design. It will provide students<br />
with an overview of the challenges the set designer<br />
faces. Through research and practical projects,<br />
students will develop model building, drawing, and<br />
painting skills used to execute designs for the stage.<br />
THET 16489 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 1 -<br />
Technology<br />
This course will examine the design process from the<br />
view of a set designer, including text analysis, research<br />
and execution of the design. It will provide students<br />
with an overview of the challenges the set designer<br />
faces. Through research and practical projects,<br />
students will develop model building, drawing, and<br />
painting skills used to execute designs for the stage.<br />
THET 16920 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 1<br />
The student will create basic theatrical costume<br />
elements while using sewing techniques and machine<br />
skills. A wide range of techniques will be presented<br />
through in class demonstrations. The student will learn<br />
safe practices to perform competently in a wardrobe<br />
shop. The student will then incorporate this discipline<br />
through their assigned production period.<br />
THET 17028 Scenic Art Skill 2<br />
This course will expand on paint techniques and<br />
processes covered in This course will expand on paint<br />
techniques and processes covered in Scenic Art Skills 1.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be introduced to art and interior design<br />
of the Victorian era and stenciling techniques. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will simulate Victorian wallpaper through research<br />
and design, use colour theory, maintain a journal<br />
and apply this discipline throughout their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
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THET 17309 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 1<br />
This course provides an introduction to the procedures<br />
and processes involved in prop making. The student<br />
will learn basic applications and terminology related to<br />
tools, materials, techniques and workshop safety used<br />
in prop making. The student will learn to identify and<br />
compare characteristics of prop making materials. The<br />
student will then incorporate this discipline through<br />
their assigned production period.<br />
THET 17488 Technical Production Practicum 2<br />
This course is the Semester 2 continuation of<br />
THEA2012, Technical Production 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will<br />
be assigned crew positions on <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan<br />
productions. Core subject: minimum passing grade “C”.<br />
THET 17900 Professional Production Practices 2<br />
This course focuses on communication and<br />
professional etiquette skills required for both academic<br />
and professional success. <strong>Student</strong>s will demonstrate<br />
written and oral communication skills through<br />
increasing levels of complexity of course work and<br />
presentations. <strong>Student</strong>s will address interview skills,<br />
resumes and cover letters and how they relate to<br />
employment in the professional theatre industry.<br />
Essential stagecraft practices will provide learning<br />
experiences required to bridge students from the<br />
classroom to the realities of live performance.<br />
THET 18768 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 1<br />
This course will provide the student with an<br />
introduction to equipment and processes used<br />
in theatrical lighting, as well as incorporate the<br />
fundamentals of electrical power theories. The student<br />
will examine stage lighting techniques and safety<br />
practices used when lighting the stage, and apply this<br />
discipline throughout their assigned production period.<br />
THET 19342 Scenic Art Skills 1<br />
This course will cover scenic surface preparation and<br />
examine a number of scenic art techniques used to<br />
create simulated texture on stage scenery. The course<br />
will provide the student with the basic scenic art<br />
skills required to perform competently in a scenic art<br />
shop. The student will complete a series of scenic art<br />
projects, maintain a journal and comprehend basic<br />
colour theory and apply this discipline throughout their<br />
assigned production period.<br />
THET 19600 Scenic Construction 1<br />
This course provides an introduction to the procedures<br />
and processes involved in theatrical scenery<br />
construction. The student will learn basic applications<br />
of tools, materials, hardware and workshop safety. The<br />
objectives of this course will be met through a series of<br />
lectures and demonstrations, combined with practical<br />
projects and a production practicum.<br />
THET 19736 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 1<br />
This course will prepare the student with a basic<br />
understanding of theatrical audio systems. The student<br />
will gain a broader understanding of the fundamentals<br />
of acoustic and psycho acoustic theory and how they<br />
relate to music. In addition, the student will learn<br />
how hearing loss occurs, how to prevent it, and be<br />
familiar with some of the unique terminology that<br />
is used in the theatrical sound field. The student will<br />
then incorporate this discipline through an assigned<br />
production period.<br />
THET 20049 Scenic Construction 4<br />
This course will expand on construction techniques<br />
and safe and appropriate use of tools covered in<br />
Scenic Construction 3. <strong>Student</strong>s will produce a scenic<br />
element with the opportunity to follow more complex<br />
construction plans and expand on manufacturing skills.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be introduced to advanced equipment<br />
skills and techniques and apply this discipline through<br />
practical projects and their assigned production period.<br />
THET 20100 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 3<br />
This course is a continuation of wardrobe skills at<br />
an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
specific areas of theatrical clothing construction using<br />
flat patterns. Building on skills and techniques using<br />
construction processes, students will experiment with<br />
more problematic fabrics and applications. <strong>Student</strong>s will<br />
complete weekly drafting and sewing samples and apply<br />
this discipline through their assigned production period.<br />
THET 20234 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 3<br />
This course is a continuation of theatre lighting at<br />
an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
creating a plot, sections and layouts. Building on<br />
skills, students will experiment with applications<br />
of theatre lighting whilst focusing on the role of the<br />
designer and the responsibilities associated with the<br />
execution of a lighting design for the stage. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will apply this discipline through practical presentation<br />
of projects and their assigned production period.<br />
THET 20906 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 3<br />
This course is a continuation of theatre sound at<br />
an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
specific areas of theatre sound reproduction and<br />
reinforcement. Building on skills using sound effects<br />
and digital audio recording, students will experiment<br />
with more complex applications including midi and<br />
its terminology. <strong>Student</strong>s will focus on live mixing,<br />
mic-ing musicians and performers, and apply this<br />
discipline through practical projects and their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
THET 22059 Technical Production Practicum 3<br />
This course will provide students with the opportunity<br />
to experience a theatre production environment at<br />
an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will demonstrate the<br />
skills acquired through classroom instruction as crew<br />
members, while interacting with all components of a<br />
theatrical setting. The primary source for this practical<br />
experience will be through <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan and<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Erindale throughout the second half of the term.<br />
THET 22965 Technical Management 1<br />
This course is a continuation of theatre management<br />
at an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
specific areas of technical direction and production<br />
management focusing on key duties. Topics covered<br />
will include budgeting and scheduling. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will apply this discipline through projects and their<br />
assigned production period.<br />
THET 23431 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 4<br />
This course will expand on prop making techniques<br />
and safe and appropriate use of tools covered in<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 3. <strong>Student</strong>s will re-produce a<br />
theatrical puppet with related research and paperwork.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be introduced to advanced equipment<br />
skills and techniques and apply this discipline through<br />
practical projects and their assigned production period.<br />
THET 23551 Scenic Art Skills 4<br />
This course will expand on scenic art techniques and<br />
processes covered in Scenic Art Skills 3. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will cover architecture and using advanced techniques<br />
re-produce a Canaletto painting. <strong>Student</strong>s will be<br />
introduced to soft goods used in scenic art and apply<br />
this discipline through practical projects and their<br />
assigned production period.<br />
THET 24178 <strong>Theatre</strong> Wardrobe Skills 4<br />
This course will expand on costume construction<br />
techniques covered in Wardrobe Skills 3. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will be exposed to more advanced areas of theatrical<br />
clothing construction by recreating a costume piece<br />
from a motion picture. <strong>Student</strong>s will experiment with<br />
more problematic fabrics and applications and apply<br />
this discipline through practical projects and their<br />
assigned production period.<br />
THET 24315 Scenic Construction 3<br />
This course is a continuation of scenic construction<br />
at an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed<br />
to specific areas of constructing scenery. Building<br />
on skills using construction processes, students<br />
will experiment with more complex techniques and<br />
applications. <strong>Student</strong>s will build scenic elements<br />
using a variety of construction methods and apply this<br />
discipline through practical projects and their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
THET 25586 <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 4<br />
This course will expand on lighting techniques and<br />
processes covered in <strong>Theatre</strong> Lighting 3. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will develop research skills and focus on the different<br />
roles and responsibilities when executing a lighting<br />
design for the stage. <strong>Student</strong>s will produce and present<br />
a lighting design and apply this discipline through<br />
practical projects and their assigned production period.<br />
THET 25723 Technical Production Practicum 4<br />
This course will provide students with the opportunity<br />
to experience a theatre production environment at<br />
an advanced level. <strong>Student</strong>s will demonstrate the<br />
skills acquired through classroom instruction as crew<br />
members, while interacting with all components of a<br />
theatrical setting. The primary source for this practical<br />
experience will be through <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan and<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Erindale throughout the second half of the term.<br />
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THET 26175 Scenic Art Skills 3<br />
This course will cover surface preparation and<br />
examine scenic art techniques used to create simulated<br />
texture on stage scenery. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
the processes necessary to scale, cartoon, and lay-in<br />
scenic soft goods. Emphasis will be on faux finishes<br />
and trompes l’oeil. <strong>Student</strong>s will learn to render<br />
using various cartooning methods and apply this<br />
discipline through practical projects and their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
THET 26529 <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 4<br />
This course will expand on processes and techniques<br />
covered in <strong>Theatre</strong> Sound 3. This course will focus<br />
on recorded soundscapes and sound effects creation.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to a variety of digital audio<br />
software as well as editing techniques. They will create<br />
a recorded soundscape with related documentation<br />
then apply this discipline through practical projects<br />
and their assigned production period.<br />
THET 26837 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 -<br />
Technology<br />
The second year Technical Production student will<br />
learn a selection of concepts and ideas important to<br />
theatrical design through the examination of elements of<br />
cultural history and a variety of performance mediums.<br />
THET 27011 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 -<br />
Costume<br />
The second year Technical Production student will<br />
expand on those concepts and ideas important to<br />
theatrical design through the creation of a full design<br />
package for a predetermined theatrical piece.<br />
THET 27320 <strong>Theatre</strong> Properties 3<br />
This course is a continuation of theatre properties at<br />
an intermediate level. <strong>Student</strong>s will be exposed to<br />
specific areas of building props and sourcing. Building<br />
on skills using construction processes, students<br />
will experiment with more complex techniques and<br />
applications. <strong>Student</strong>s will build key theatrical props<br />
using a variety of construction methods and apply this<br />
discipline through practical projects and their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
THET 28460 Concepts <strong>Theatre</strong> Design 2 - Sets<br />
The second year Technical Production student will<br />
learn a selection of concepts and ideas important to<br />
theatrical design through the examination of elements of<br />
cultural history and a variety of performance mediums.<br />
THET 28823 Technical Management 2<br />
This course will expand on management skills covered<br />
in Technical Management 1. <strong>Student</strong>s will prepare<br />
and plan a proposal for a special event. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
will develop research skills in event management<br />
and emphasis will be on associated documentation<br />
to support the proposal. <strong>Student</strong>s will apply this<br />
discipline through projects and their assigned<br />
production period.<br />
Faculty Biographies<br />
Greg Andrews<br />
Head of Music Discipline<br />
Ted Banfalvi<br />
Dance Discipline<br />
Marie Baron<br />
Head of Vocal Discipline<br />
Greg Andrews has a Diploma in Music Performance from Humber College, a<br />
BMus from McMaster University, a Dip FA from the University of Calgary and<br />
a MusM from the University of Toronto. For the last fifteen years, he has been a<br />
faculty member in the Music <strong>Theatre</strong>-Performance Program at Sheridan Institute<br />
in Oakville, Ontario where he has adapted the Kodaly Method into Ear Training,<br />
Music Theory and Vocal Ensemble courses. Outside of his teaching duties, Greg<br />
maintains an active role as a freelance musician.<br />
While performing in the Tony Award winning musical Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out<br />
(Broadway and National Tour) as the lead role Eddie, Ted Banfalvi was approached<br />
to be the Associate Choreographer on the long-awaited revival of Bob Fosse’s<br />
Sweet Charity, starring Christina Applegate. Sweet Charity received numerous<br />
nominations including: Tony Awards/Best Choreography and Best Revival, Outer<br />
Critics’ Circle Awards/Best Choreography, Best Direction, Best Musical, and<br />
Drama Desk Awards/Best Musical. Ted was the Assistant Choreographer to Tony<br />
Award winning choreographer Wayne Cilento on the U.S. tour of Copacabana, a<br />
musical with original scoring by Barry Manilow. Ted’s Canadian choreography<br />
debut was Kiss Me Kate at the Sunshine Festival in Orillia. In Japan, Ted<br />
choreographed a national commercial and two national concert tours for that<br />
country’s biggest popstar Seiko Matsuda. Ted received a Gemini Award nomination<br />
for his performance of Ben in the dance film Year Of The Lion. Feature film credits<br />
include Academy Award winning film Chicago with Richard Gere and Catherine<br />
Zeta-Jones, Hairspray with John Travolta, and Blues Brothers 2000 starring Dan<br />
Akroyd and John Goodman. Ted has choreographed and performed in numerous<br />
commercials and live industrials for such companies as Molson’s, Trident, Labatt’s,<br />
Radio Shack, Visa, General Motors, and the Ontario Gaming Corporation where he<br />
was the spokesman for the ‘Millionaire’s Month’ Lotto Game. Ted has returned to<br />
Canada to work on the CBC special Triple Sensation as a guest choreographer and<br />
master class instructor.<br />
After training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the University<br />
of Toronto’s Opera Department, Marie Baron began her stage career performing<br />
with the Canadian Opera Company. For the next 30 years, she went on to perform<br />
in nightclubs, cabarets and theatres across Canada, the United States and in<br />
London, England. Marie has played leading roles in both musicals and plays. Her<br />
dramatic roles include Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Grand <strong>Theatre</strong>,<br />
London),Celia in As You Like It (Stratford Festival), and Janet in the original<br />
production of Waiting For the Parade (Alberta <strong>Theatre</strong> Projects). Some of her<br />
favourite musical roles include Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Stratford Festival), Amalia<br />
in She Loves Me (Grand <strong>Theatre</strong>, London), Lady Audley in Lady Audley’s Secret<br />
(Shaw Festival) and Jenny in Company (CanStage, Toronto). The successful meeting<br />
of Marie and Gilbert and Sullivan began at the Stratford Festival with leading roles<br />
in The Mikado, The Gondoliers and Iolanthe. These productions were filmed and<br />
televised on C.B.C. and HBO. She reprised her role as Yum-Yum in The Mikado on<br />
tour in Canada, the United States, The Old Vic in London, England and on Broadway.<br />
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Barbara Barsky<br />
Vocal Discipline<br />
Tracy Beach<br />
Wardrobe Assistant<br />
Suzanne Bennett<br />
Acting Discipline<br />
Jim Betts<br />
Interdisciplinary<br />
Barbara Barsky’s work has garnered six consecutive Dora Mavor Moore Award<br />
nominations for the enigmatic Miss Byrd, Closer Than Ever (Canadian Premiere),<br />
the dangerous Sara Jane Moore, Assassins (Canadian Premiere), Chutzpah A<br />
Go Go, Forbidden Broadway and Snappy Tales. She co-starred as Mrs. Lovett,<br />
Sweeney Todd, and Trina, Falsettos (Canadian Premiere) with her husband<br />
composer/arranger Marek Norman. She made her Broadway debut in Anne Of<br />
Green Gables, played opposite Yvonne de Carlo in Dames At Sea, appeared in<br />
the Off-Broadway hit Corkscrews and was a cast member of the Second City<br />
mainstage production, The Wizard Of Ossington with Martin Short and Catherine<br />
O’Hara. Television and film credits include: ABC daytime soap Loving, hosting the<br />
multi-award winning TVO series Mathmakers (13 episodes), Street Legal, Forever<br />
Knight, Eerie Indiana, and four CBC SuperSpecials culminating in an Actra Award<br />
nomination for best variety performance as Punks in Clowns. Barbara became<br />
Canada’s own Norma Desmond when she was chosen by Trevor Nunn to star in<br />
the Livent production of Sunset Boulevard. Her most recent credits include: Golde<br />
in the Stratford Festival production of Fiddler On The Roof and Charlotte in the<br />
World Premiere of Larry’s Party, a musical based on Carol Shield’s best-selling<br />
novel, at CanStage, MTC and the National Arts Centre.<br />
Tracy is a graduate of Sheridan College and has pursued many aspects of her<br />
career before returning to assist in Sheridan’s wardrobe department. Early on,<br />
Tracy worked as Wardrobe Assistant and Head of Wardrobe for Muskoka Festival,<br />
Limelight Dinner <strong>Theatre</strong>, Ontario Place and Leah Posluns <strong>Theatre</strong>. Later, Tracy<br />
obtained her Equity Card and worked as a Stage Manager for plays including A<br />
Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Mother’s Day, Noises Off,<br />
Guys and Dolls, A Letter From Wingfield Farm, The Growing Season and as<br />
seasonal Stage Manager at Leah Poslun’s <strong>Theatre</strong>. Tracy has worked for Asterix<br />
Productions stage managing shows for Shaklee Canada and Weekenders, this lead<br />
to a short career producing industrial shows for Matrix Canada. She also obtained a<br />
wig making certificate from the Heads-Up wig school in Niagara-on-the-Lake.<br />
Suzanne Bennett has over twenty years experience as an actor in theatres all<br />
across Canada, including the Stratford Festival, The National Arts Centre and the<br />
Charlottetown Festival. She has originated roles for many new musical works and<br />
has been involved in play development for several regional theatres. She is a Dora<br />
Award nominee for her performance in Une Soiree avec Jacques Brel at Théâtre<br />
Français de Toronto. Her teaching experience includes The Randolph Academy and<br />
The Labrador Arts Festival.<br />
Jim Betts is a writer, director and teacher. He is a Chalmers and Dora Mavor Moore<br />
Award winner, and his plays and musicals – including Colours In The Storm,<br />
Thin Ice, Reading The Signs, The Mystery Of The Oak Island Treasure, and Jacob<br />
Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang – have been performed both across Canada<br />
and internationally. His musical version of Little Women, co-written with Nancy<br />
Early, will have its Toronto premiere in the fall of 2007; and his latest musical,<br />
Minerva, is scheduled to debut in the spring of 2008. He recently directed the<br />
World Premieres of Joey Miller’s Playground, Scott Hurst’s Laughton Common,<br />
the new workshop production of Cathy Elliot’s Fireweeds and The Sheridan<br />
Kari Bodrug<br />
Dance Discipline<br />
Louisa Burgess-Corbett<br />
Vocal Discipline<br />
Sara Jane Burton<br />
Movement and Ballet<br />
College Bold Strokes premiere of John Connolly’s Marathon Of Hope. He is<br />
currently the Artistic Director of ScriptLab, a Toronto not-for-profit company<br />
committed to the development and showcasing of Canadian Musical <strong>Theatre</strong>; he<br />
recently produced ScriptLab’s first ever Canadian Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival, teaches<br />
ScriptLab’s course in The Craft Of Writing For The Musical <strong>Theatre</strong>, and works<br />
with ScriptLab writers and composers as both director and dramaturge. He was<br />
the Founding Artistic Director of <strong>Theatre</strong> Orangeville, produced and directed the<br />
Toronto and Charlottetown Festival premieres of Stan Rogers - A Matter Of Heart,<br />
and is currently the Publisher of Field Of Stars, an ongoing series of sheet music<br />
collections of Songs of the Canadian Musical <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
Kari Bodrug is a graduate of the York University Dance Program and a member of<br />
the Canadian Dance Teacher’s Association. Kari has performed in such musicals as<br />
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Dance Captain), South Pacific<br />
(Dance Captain), and Brigadoon. Her film credits include Five By Ten, Blues<br />
Brothers 2000, and Superstar where she performed alongside the cast of Saturday<br />
Night Live. Kari was thrilled to be a featured choreographer and performer in both<br />
Just Jazz concerts, the first concert jazz dance series in Toronto in over a decade.<br />
Kari continues to work as a choreographer across the GTA for professional theatre<br />
companies, recording artists, and television commercials. Favorite choreography<br />
credits include Made In Canada, The Judy Garland Story, Mr. Midnight, and<br />
Honey Bun for the Smile <strong>Theatre</strong> Company. As a teacher, Kari has been a faculty<br />
member of Metro Movement Dance Studios of Toronto, Arts York, Inside Out<br />
Productions, and Quinte Ballet School. She also enjoys teaching master classes and<br />
adjudicating competitions across Canada and the USA. Kari is a current faculty<br />
member for the New York based Dance America/ Olympus, recently completing<br />
her 4th National Summer Tour.<br />
Louisa Burgess-Corbett has been teaching voice in the Music <strong>Theatre</strong>-Performance<br />
Program at Sheridan for eight years. Her work as a singer/dancer/actor includes<br />
roles in Closer Than Ever, Side By Side By Sondheim, The Secret Garden, Me And<br />
My Girl and Company. She starred in the Bravo film In Her Mother’s Eyes, which<br />
won the Sir Tim Rice Award, and sang the title role in Joan for the Disney Live –<br />
New Work’s project. Her studio work includes voice demos, back-up singing and<br />
the recurring role of Aunt Chloe in Nelvana’s animated series Ned’s Newt.<br />
Sara Jane Burton moves easily from ballet to bump, from plays to playful. She<br />
received a Dora Award nomination for “Outstanding Choreography in a Play”<br />
for Ladies Night and recently directed Mozart’s The Magic Flute for the Guelph<br />
Symphony. She turned from performing in David Earle’s revival of Court of<br />
Miracles to coach actors on weightlessness in space for the television series,<br />
Odyssey 5. Her award-winning direction and choreography have appeared in<br />
over 50 productions, including operas, musicals, plays and independent dance<br />
productions, for the Canadian Opera Company, Harbourfront Dance Series, CBC<br />
television specials, fFIDA, and theatres across Ontario, in upstate N.Y., France and<br />
West Africa. Known for her creativity, she has also choreographed and performed<br />
in site-specific pieces for R. Murray Schafer, museums, art galleries and festivals in<br />
Ontario and New York.<br />
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commercials and has done countless voice-overs and jingles. She starred in the<br />
Dora award winning PumpBoys And Dinettes and then went on to headline a tour of<br />
the Middle East for the Canadian Armed Forces. She is very proud to have created<br />
the Commercial Performance Discipline within the Music <strong>Theatre</strong>-Performance<br />
Program at Sheridan and very proud to be an alumni as well.<br />
Helen Zdriluk<br />
Vocal and Collaborative Production<br />
In addition to teaching in Sheridan’s Performing Arts Preparation program, Helen<br />
teaches several courses in Brock University’s Dramatic Arts Department, where<br />
she is director of the theatre touring company Connections. She is also director of<br />
S.A. Burlington’s School of Drama, where she teaches drama and musical theatre,<br />
and artistic director for Centre Stage Productions. In addition to their 12 years<br />
of summer shows, Centre Stage has performed in fringe festivals, for Casseopeia<br />
dinner theatre, and for the Halton Social Justice Coalition, and has represented<br />
Canada at the Liverpool International <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival. Helen directed The Diary,<br />
a play commissioned by the Community Child Abuse Council of Canada. She is a<br />
regular workshop leader for the Sears Festival and for the Council on Drama and<br />
Dance in Education.<br />
Helen was a member of <strong>Theatre</strong> Ontario’s provincial board of directors and chair<br />
of their education committee for 6 years. She has been a provincial playwriting<br />
judge for the Sears Drama Festival for 12 years, co-ordinator of the Halton District<br />
Festival for 16 years, a voice coach in the community, and she has served as a stage<br />
manager at Hamilton Place and at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre. Helen was<br />
the first Advocacy Chair on the Council of Drama and Dance in Education, she was<br />
a member of the first provincial review committee on the new Ontario curriculum<br />
for Dramatic Arts, and she wrote the prior learning and assessment guide for drama<br />
for the Ministry of Education. Helen is a co-author of the Sears Festival Technical<br />
Manual and the author of the Halton Drama Review, and she has adjudicated for<br />
the Sears Festival, Hamilton <strong>Theatre</strong> Inc., and a variety of other festivals. She<br />
was a member of the Ontario Arts Educators delegation to Cuba and she is the<br />
producer of the Playing Our Part festival - combining high school, university and<br />
community theatre youth groups.<br />
Martin Zwicker<br />
Production Manager,<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan<br />
Martin Zwicker joined <strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan as Production Manager in the summer of<br />
2003. He spent two years as a freelance production manager in Toronto, where he<br />
managed, in addition to several theatrical productions, trade shows, fundraising<br />
events, and even some large weddings. Prior to that, he worked as Project Manager<br />
at F&D Scene Changes Ltd (Calgary), the largest scene shop in Canada producing<br />
scenery for Stage, Film, Theme Entertainment, Display & Exhibits. Earlier in his<br />
career, Martin was Production Manager at Young Peoples <strong>Theatre</strong>, (now Lorraine<br />
Kimsa <strong>Theatre</strong> for Young People) and Tarragon <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
Martin hails from Nova Scotia, and moved to Ontario to attend Niagara College’s<br />
now-defunct <strong>Theatre</strong> Arts Program, graduating with a 3-year Diploma in 1985.<br />
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Recent Shows<br />
110 IN THE SHADE SHE LOVES ME CANDIDE<br />
Based on the play The Rainmaker by N.<br />
Richard Nash<br />
Music by Harvey Schmidt<br />
Lyrics by Tom Jones<br />
Book by N. Richard Nash<br />
November 27 - December 8, 2007<br />
Director: Greg Peterson<br />
Musical Director: John Karr<br />
Choreographer: Neesa Kenemy<br />
Set Designer: Dennis Horn<br />
Costume Designer: Kelly Wolf<br />
Lighting Designer: Bonnie Beecher<br />
Based on the play Parfumerie by Miklos<br />
Laszlo<br />
Music by Jerry Bock<br />
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick<br />
Book by Joe Masteroff<br />
November 28 - December 9, 2006<br />
Director: Scot Denton<br />
Musical Director: Patrick Burwell<br />
Choreographer: Stephanie Graham<br />
Set and Costume Designer:<br />
John Pennoyer<br />
Lighting Designer: Steve Lucas<br />
Based of the novel by Voltaire<br />
Music by Leonard Bernstein<br />
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur<br />
Additional Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim &<br />
John Latouche<br />
Book by Hugh Wheeler<br />
November 30 - December 9, 2005<br />
Director: Greg Peterson<br />
Musical Director: David Warrack<br />
Set and Costume Designer:<br />
David Juby<br />
Lighting Designer: Paul Major<br />
AS YOU LIKE IT<br />
By William Shakespeare<br />
April 19 - 28, 2007<br />
Director: Leslie O’Dell<br />
Set Designer: Denise Lisson<br />
Costume Designer: David Juby<br />
Lighting Designer: Sandra Marcroft<br />
5 WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS GYPSY<br />
By Alan Ball<br />
Based on the memoirs of Gyspy Rose Lee<br />
November 29 - December 8, 2007<br />
Music by Jule Styne<br />
Director: Sue Miner<br />
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim<br />
Set Designer: Denise Lisson<br />
Book by Arthur Laurents<br />
Costume Designer: David Juby<br />
February 12 – 23, 2008<br />
Lighting Designer: Adam Stewart<br />
Director and Choreographer: David Connoly<br />
Musical Director: Lona Davis<br />
Set Designer:<br />
Costume Designer: David Juby<br />
Lighting Designer: Steve Hawkins<br />
URINETOWN<br />
Music by Mark Hollman<br />
Lyrics by Mark Hollman &<br />
Greg Kotis<br />
Book by Greg Kotis<br />
April 8 - 19, 2008<br />
Director: Marek Norman<br />
Musical Director: Michael Barber<br />
Choreographer: Candice Jennings<br />
Set Designer: Michael Greves<br />
Costume Designer: Nina Okens<br />
Lighting Designer: Sandra Marcroft<br />
CATCH A RISING STAR!<br />
This highly-anticipated annual all-singing,<br />
all-dancing revue proudly showcases<br />
the extraordinary talents of our dynamic<br />
students. Catch them here before they<br />
become famous!<br />
April 17 - 28, 2007<br />
Director and Choreographer: Noah Henne<br />
Lighting Designer: Aaron Kelly<br />
WEST SIDE STORY<br />
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins<br />
Music by Leonard Bernstein<br />
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim<br />
Book by Arthur Laurents<br />
February 13 – 24, 2007<br />
Director: Marc Richard<br />
Musical Director: Michael Jones<br />
Choreographer: Stephen Findlay<br />
Set Designer: James Cameron<br />
Costume Designer: Nina Okens<br />
Lighting Designer: Sandra Marcroft<br />
MARATHON OF HOPE<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Sheridan proudly presents the<br />
workshop productions of three new studentwritten<br />
mini-musicals in this year’s annual<br />
innovative Bold Strokes series.<br />
Playwright: John Connoly<br />
February 15 - 24, 2007<br />
Director: Jim Betts<br />
Musical Director: Michael Mulrooney<br />
Set Designer: Denise Lisson<br />
Costume Designer: Jackie Chau<br />
Lighting Designer: Magi Oman
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