THEA255
Playwriting
Theatre Arts & Dance
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
THEA
Course Number
255
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BART: GenEd-Breadth/Arts, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, MTHE: Major-Theatre Arts, WRMJ: GenEd-Writing in the Major, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, ENMT: Minor-Musical Theatre Elective, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications, NMUT: Minor-Musical Theatre, NTHE: Minor-Theatre Arts
Course Short Title
Playwriting
Course Long Title
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Course Description
Writing the one-act play from rough draft through polished revision. Exercises in characterization, plot, setting, dialogue, theme, metaphor and dramatic structure. Course focuses on developing material based on observation, adaptation, and imagination through the use of journals, newspapers and improvisation. Class meetings focus on the reading and discussion of student work and selected published plays.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Equivalent Course(s)
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