THEA255

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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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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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