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THA*E299*76
THA*E499*77
eatre Performance Ensemble:
Noises Off
Alan Litsey, MatthewMielke
Prerequisites:
None
Open To:
All Students
Grading System: Letter
Max. Enrollment: 28
Meeting Times:
M Tu W F Sat 9:30am-5:30pm, and as required,
40+ days/hours/week and additional
December meetings
is project is designed to provide an ensemble of students the opportunity
to produce the comedy
Noises Off!
e company will include approximately
28 students, serving as actors and production staff. Cast members, who
will also do technical work, are admitted by audition/interviews. Production
staff members are also admitted by permission of the instructors through
audition/interviews. Production opportunities include stage management,
costume construction, properties, lighting, and set construction. December
2016 Commitments: one meeting for the entire company and additional
meetings for the cast. e company members will need to work at least 40
hours per week during January 2017 AND AS NEEDED. Public performances
of
Noises Off
will take place January 26-29. Evaluation will be based on
attendance and promptness to all calls and meetings, attitude, work ethic
and demeanor, outside preparation, and performance quality. For senior
credit, students will be assigned significant production responsibilities and will
produce a substantial paper evaluating the experience.
URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
UES*E299*78
Back to the Land: e BSC Community Garden Redevelopment
William Holt
Prerequisites:
None
Open To:
All Students
Grading System: S/U
Max. Enrollment: 15
Meeting Times:
Tu W 10:00am-1:00pm
Community gardens provide many environmental and social benefits. is
class will develop a master plan for the BSC Community Garden. e process
includes visits with local gardens and experts. Working in teams, students
will create a sustainable plan for garden redevelopment, management, and
maintenance as their project. Students are responsible for developing a
written master plan with a presentation to the campus community at term’s
end.
SN*E299*74
Exploration Term in Ecuador
Barbara Domcekova and Laura Stultz
Prerequisites:
None
Open To:
All Students
Grading System: S/U
Max. Enrollment: 20
Meeting Times:
On campus meetings Jan 3-6, Travel Jan 7-26
is project is a three-week immersion in Spanish language and Ecuadorian
culture, based in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is open to all students. Participants in the
project will engage in the intensive study of Spanish at the CEDEI Foundation.
Upon arrival, students will be placed in class according to their language
proficiency, from beginner’s level to advanced, and will spend four hours
each morning in Spanish classes taught by Ecuadorian professors. Afternoons
and evenings will be dedicated to a series of cultural activities, such as a city
tour, cooking classes, and museum and monument visits. Students will be
staying with Ecuadorian families to further explore the local way of life. is
E-Termwill also include weekend excursions such as visiting Saraguro (an
indigenous village), Parque Nacional El Cajas, and Ingapirca Inca ruins. At the
end of the program there will be an excursion to Quito, including a visit to the
Mitad del Mundo park at the equator.
Estimated Student Fees: $4500
THEATRE
THA*E299*75
Audition!
Michael Flowers
Prerequisites:
THA 120
Open To:
All Students
Grading System: Letter
Max. Enrollment: 15
Meeting Times:
M Tu W 1:00pm-4:00pm
Audition!
is intended to give serious acting students the opportunity to add to
or supplement their “book” of audition monologues and songs while studying
Joanna Merlin’s book
Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide
. Class work will
consist of discussions of the text, presentation of monologues and songs,
response from the class, the instructor, and guest respondents, and cold
readings of audition material. e goal for each student will be to find her/
his “type” and how that type can be enhanced through appropriate material
selection. Students will work with the instructor to select monologues and
songs. Outside of class, students will be expected to spend at least 120 hours
learning their material and rehearsing it in such a way that in-class work
is not about memorization and the most basic preparation. Students are
expected to be familiar with the GOTE method of acting taught in THA 120,
Beginning Acting. e end of the termwill culminate in a presentation of
some of the work from the month. Evaluation will be based on attendance,
out-of-class preparation, in-class presentations, and individual growth.