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• THA 312: Children's Theatre

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Production of children's theatre for stage and television. Course elements will include script analysis and production values, publicity, and tour preparation. Students enrolled in the course will create a complete production.
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• THA 313: Playwriting Workshop I

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Writing the play: possibilities and limitations of the stage. Attention to sets and costuming where relevant. Characterization by action and dialogue. Problems of establishing motivation. The play's totality in theme, character, and action. Informal readings of student work.
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• THA 315: Sound Design

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An in-depth study of sound and how it relates to theatrical production.
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• THA 316: Costume History/Design

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The history of European and American costume and its application to the period production. The process of designing costumes in various styles will be explored. Students are required to design costumes for periods studied. Prerequisite:    THA 316 requires prerequisites of THA 113 or permission of instructor
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• THA 318: Dialects for the Performer

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Dialects and regionalisms for the stage. Prerequisite:    THA 318 prerequisite requires THA 118
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• THA 319: Musical Theatre Repertoire

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will acquaint students with styles of composition and vocal presentation through various genres of musical theatre. Prerequisite:    THA 319 requires prerequisite THA 103, THA 203, VOI 181, THA 221 and DAN 130
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• THA 320: Staging Architecture and the Decorative Arts

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course aims to enhance the design students knowledge of architectural and decorative arts time periods culminating in their ability to adapt and modify them for the various types of historically known theatre staging. Focus is on the European, early American worlds 1500-1900's, the architecture, decorative arts, and the economic and social conditions out of which they sprang. Prerequisite:    THA 320 requires prerequisite of THA 113 or permission of instructor
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• THA 323: Physical Traditions in Performance

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines multicultural and historical non-storytelling traditions of performance that stem from actor-driven creation. Throughout theatrical history significant innovations and practices grew from creative work established not by playwrights and directors, but rather from actors themselves. This is non-text driven work relying on improvisational characterization within the structure of a historical tradition. This class studies these traditions in order to empower the actor as a part of the creative process and generate a sizeable skill set for use in all theatrical settings. Prerequisite:    THA 323 requires prerequisite DAN 130, THA 118, THA 203
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• THA 325: Scene Into Song

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to develop within the student actor a technique for approaching a total performance in musical theatre, integrating the spoken word with song toward a seamless presentation alongside a partner. Prerequisite:    THA 325 requires prerequisite: THA 103, THA 203 and THA 319
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• THA 342: History of Musical Theatre

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this course students will study the historical background of the true American art form, Musical Theatre. There will be an emphasis placed on the development of the genre throughout its time. In addition to studying the history of the genre's development, this course also studies the influential shows, artists and music that have provided major contributions to the growth of the art form.
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