Catalog 12-13.indd - McMurry University

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRECourses Taught in the Theatre Department:FA 2310Survey of Fine ArtsTheatreProfessors Craik, HukillAssociate Professor AinsworthMission and Goals:1. The successful student will be a theatre generalist with basic knowledge,practical skills, and problem-solving ability in all areas of theatreart. This student will embrace a liberal arts approach to theatretraining, even within the BFA degree. At some time during the courseof their education at McMurry, the successful student will participatein every aspect of play production, in addition to the required coursework.2. The student who excels will be prepared for a professional career intheatre, having had the experience of practical application of theoryand analysis to design and performance technique. As a result ofclassroom instruction in history and theory and the department’sproduction-oriented program, the successful student will engage in awide range of opportunities to learn experientially and will have built aresume/portfolio in preparation for post-graduate endeavors.3. The successful student will participate in the presentation of livetheatrical performances for the entertainment and cultural enrichmentof the McMurry community and the general public.4. Through hands-on directing, designing and performing, the successfulstudent will use the theatrical arts as a tool for representinghumankind’s search for meaning in life.Special Programs and Opportunities:Departmental Productions. McMurry theatre production auditions areopen to all McMurry students with casting preference given to majors andminors. There are at least three faculty directed productions during eachacademic year. In addition, two to four full-length plays are offered eachyear by advanced students as senior projects and a series of one-actplays are staged each Spring by the Directing I class.Summer Theatre. The summer theatre program attempts to produceone to three plays each summer in either conventional or dinner theatreformats. Guest directors, designers, and actors are regularly employed tooffer the students exposure to as many different approaches to solving theproblems of staging a play as possible.Original Play Production. The department is dedicated to producingnew plays written by McMurry students. Every other year, the departmentstages plays written by students of the Playwriting class of the previousyear.Out of a Trunk Theatre Company. The members of the companyprovide educational arts experiences in the public schools by presentingprograms and conducting workshops throughout the school year.Financial Aid. Students majoring or minoring in theatre may audition fortheatre internships. Auditions are held during student preview weekendsand by appointment.Departmental Honors. Please see the description of the Honors Programunder the Special Program section earlier in the catalog.THRE 1150THRE 1300THRE 2150THRE 2210THRE 2320THRE 2330THRE 2340THRE 2350THRE 3210THRE 3310THRE 3320THRE 3325THRE 3330THRE 3344THRE 3345THRE 3350THRE 3360THRE 3365THRE 3370THRE 4320THRE 4330THRE 4335THRE 4340THRE 4350THRE 4363THRE 4365THRE 4390THRE 4X95THRE 4X96*THRE XX99Dance: Tap or JazzIntroduction to TheatreMake-upProduction IImproving Voice and DictionActing IStagecraftCostume ConstructionProduction IIDigital Video Capture and EditingDirecting ITheatre and Fine Arts ManagementActing IIFundamentals of LIghting DesingFundamentals of Scenic DesignTheatre Hist & Drama. Lit: Greeks to 19th CenturyCreative DramaTheatre Hist & Drama. Lit: 19th Century to PresentPlaywritingAdvanced PlaywritingActing IIIMusical Theatre PracticumAdvanced Scenic DesignCostume Design and HistoryAmerican Musical TheatreTheatre Arts in the Secondary SchoolSenior Project in TheatreIndependent StudiesHonors TutorialSpecial Topics141