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W.O.U. Theatre Program Student & Production Handbook Revised Fall 2015 Revised 2015 Table of Contents Theatre Program Mission and Goals ............................................................................. 2 Program Description ....................................................................................................... 2 Theatre Faculty ................................................................................................................ 3 Performance Opportunities ............................................................................................ 4 Guidelines & Procedures for Theatre Majors & Minors ............................................. 5 Theatre Curriculum ......................................................................................................... 6 Theatre Degrees ............................................................................................................. 15 B.A./B.S. .............................................................................................................. 15 B.A./B.S. Musical Theatre Emaphasis…………………………………………..16 B.F.A. Core Curriculum....................................................................................... 17 B.F.A. Actor Training .......................................................................................... 17 B.F.A. Production Training ................................................................................. 18 Minor in Theatre .................................................................................................. 19 Special Requirements for the B.F.A. Degree ............................................................... 20 Acting Audition Preparation ................................................................................ 20 Costume, Light, Set Design, Stage Management, Technical Theatre Prep. ........ 21 About the B.F.A. in Theatre ................................................................................. 21 Senior Capstone Project ................................................................................................ 22 Student Directed Projects .............................................................................................. 22 W.O.U. Theatre Production Responsibilities .............................................................. 23 General Production Guidelines ............................................................................ 23 Stage Manager ..................................................................................................... 24 Assistant Stage Manager ...................................................................................... 24 Assistant Director ................................................................................................. 25 Dramaturg ............................................................................................................ 25 Master Electrician ................................................................................................ 26 Light Board Operator ........................................................................................... 27 Sound Board Operator ......................................................................................... 27 Wardrobe Crew .................................................................................................... 28 Make-up/Hair Crew ............................................................................................. 29 Prop Master/Mistress ........................................................................................... 29 Backstage Crew ................................................................................................... 29 Student Documents: Sample Performance Resume..…………………………………………………..30 Sample Technical Resume……………………………………………………….31 Play Selection Process………………………………………………………………32-33 Revised 2015 Handbook - 1 THE THEATRE PROGRAM MISSION & GOALS The Theatre Program offers a B.A./B.S. and a B.F.A., with a curriculum that includes historical, practical, technical, and creative aspects of the art, providing a solid base in acting, directing, technical theatre and design, performance, history, literature, and theory. The program’s theatrical productions exhibit artistic standards to which students can aspire. Students will be prepared for post-graduate opportunities including: graduate programs, teacher licensor programs, internships, professional theatre, and participation in the arts in their communities. Program Objectives – Graduating students from the Theatre Program will: • Understand processes involved in creating theatre, from script analysis through public performance. • Demonstrate competency in various production processes (B.F.A. students achieve significant mastery in one area of study). • Understand the historical, literary, theoretical, stylistic, and cultural dimensions of theatre, and how theatrical works exist within societal contexts. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Our programs create theatre artists who recognize and appreciate the importance of American and world theatre as a dynamic part of our social, political and cultural lives. Our programs cultivate in theatre students a high standard of ethics and personal and professional responsibility as they prepare students in all aspects of theatre. Those with specific interest in theatre education will find theatre classes as a part of their elementary program, and those interested in middle or high school teaching will find that the school of education offers a masters of arts in teaching degree which, when added to the B.A., B.S., or B.F.A. in theatre, will provide a licensure for teaching drama in the state of Oregon. Our graduates have acted in and designed for such theatres as the Oregon and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, the Houston Alley Theatre, the South Coast Repertory Theatre, the Santa Fe Opera, the Salem Repertory Theatre, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Seattle’s ACT, Portland Center Stage and off-off Broadway. Our graduates have also contributed their talents to playwriting, directing, designing and stage management around the state. Other graduates have gone on to careers in television, film, arts administration, and teaching in public schools, colleges and universities. Western Oregon University provides opportunity for students’ participation in national and regional activities of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The theatre program provides opportunities for student participation in three to four mainstage productions per year and up to three studio productions, often directed by students. Every other winter, WOU produces a musical and we do at least one mainstage production every summer. Productions are performed in Rice Auditorium on campus. It seats 619 in the mainstage auditorium and 52 in the studio theatre. The Gerald and Selma Leinwand Outdoor Festival stage is available for summer events. Rice Auditorium also houses a scene shop and lighting, sound, costuming and make-up areas. Revised 2015 Handbook - 2 THEATRE FACULTY TED DECHATELET, Non-Tenure Assistant Professor (RA 102, 838-8879, [email protected]): Ted is a professional actor who has worked extensively both in New York and in Regional Theatres around the country, including: Classic Stage Company, The Culture Project NYC, A Contemporary Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Buffalo Studio Arena, and the Shakespeare Festivals of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, and North Carolina. He currently teaches Acting, Stage Combat, and Theatre Education. SCOTT GRIM, Professor (RA 106, 838-8417, [email protected]): Scott is the resident Scenic Designer and teaches an array of technical theatre classes, including Scenic Design, Digital Imagery for Theatre, Stage Management, and Scenic Painting. He holds an M.F.A. in Theatre (Scenic Design emphasis) from the University of Georgia. Scott has designed numerous theatrical productions around the country, including productions at Leach Theatre in Missouri, Highlands Playhouse of North Carolina, and Pentacle Theatre in Salem, Oregon. A number of his designs have been included in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology International Design Showcase. He has served as Technical Director at various institutions for over 14 years, including the Jekylle Island Musical Comedy Festival on Jekylle Island, Georgia. Some of the over 50 productions he has designed include Playboy of the Western World, God’s Country, Fuddy Meers, Into the Woods, Macbeth, Noises Off and You Can’t Take it With You. SANDRA HEDGEPETH, Associate Professor (RA 107, 838-8739, [email protected]): Sandy received her M.F.A. in Costume Design from Florida State University. She has worked as a professional costume designer all over the United States, including Tygres Hart Theatre, Northwest Children’s Theatre, and the Portland Opera in Portland, Oregon, as well as the Utah Shakespeare Festival and the Barter Theatre. She has also worked extensively with Michael Curry Design Studios. DAVID JANOVIAK, Professor (RA 105, 838-8310, [email protected]): David is a professional actor, director, and teacher. He has performed at regional and professional theatres across the country and abroad, including The Northern Stage Company, Theatre Hebertot, Actor’s Repertory Theatre, the Dallas Shakespeare Festival, and seven seasons with the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He has also directed over forty productions. He has served as artistic director of the Spotlight Theatre Company for five