THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR A guide to the revised curriculum beginning with the Class of 2024 THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR OVERVIEW FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES

THR 105: THR 107: Hands-on courses focused on foundational Studio courses in Acting, Design, Directing, PERFORMANCE & SOCIETY: DRAMATIC TEXT IN ACTION: skills for -making Playwriting & Management. A course with lab introducing An introduction to reading and students to the critical and analyzing plays and other historical study of performance. texts the way theatre-makers Why do people make theatre? What do. How can a be a map at least 2 half-unit courses at least 3 courses in 2 areas does it mean to perform? How does for creating meaning in performance shape reality across three dimensions? THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVE COURSES different cultures, times and places? Seminar courses focused on reading, Deepen your practice or explore writing, and thinking about theatre & something new! performance.

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WHAT CAN I EXPECT IN MY FIRST YEAR? When you meet with your Summer Advisor, the two of you will discuss your theatre interests, experiences, and goals for the future. You’ll also talk a bit about first-year classes youwill take, and kinds of classes you might take — both in the Theatre Program and in the General Academic Requirements.

FOR SURE:

FALL — THR 105: SPRING — THR 107: ALSO FOR SURE: PERFORMANCE & SOCIETY DRAMATIC TEXT IN ACTION First-Year Seminar Foundations for Student Success A course with lab introducing An introduction to reading General Academic Requirements students to the critical and and analyzing plays and historical study of performance. other texts the way OTHER POSSIBILITIES: Why do people make theatre? What theatre-makers do. How A theatre class from the Practices category does it mean to perform? How does can a play be a map for Dance Technique classes performance shape reality across creating meaning in three Individual Singing lessons different cultures, times and places? dimensions? I A Design class (Spring) THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

Students can choose among many courses to fulfill their theatre major requirements, and may absolutely take more theatre courses than are required.

The following slides show you just some of the courses likely to be offered during your time at Muhlenberg, as well as how they fit in the major.

Additional courses not listed here will be offered in each of these four categories. Your advisor will discuss these with you every semester when you select courses.

PRACTICES ARTISTIC PROCESS THEATRE ELECTIVE COURSES COURSES SCHOLARSHIP COURSES Hands-on courses focused Studio courses in Acting, Seminar courses focused Deepen your practice or on foundational skills for Design, Directing, on reading, writing, and explore something new! theatre-making Playwriting & thinking about theatre & Stage Management. performance. THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

PRACTICES COURSES at least 2 of these ½-unit Hands-on courses focused on foundational skills for theatre-making courses

Course Offerings Include: • : Aesthetics & Lighting • Stagecraft: Scenic Techniques • Stagecraft: Techniques • Introduction to Stage Make-Up • Movement for the Actor The courses in this category are all ½-unit courses. • Voice & Speech for the Actor (Most of the other courses you’ll take in the theatre • Fundamentals of Performance major will be one-unit courses.) • Stage Combat At least one course you take in this category must • Accessibility & the Arts be one of the Stagecraft options. THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

at least ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES 3 courses Studio courses in Acting, Design, Directing, Playwriting & Stage Management. in 2 areas

Course Offerings Include: ACTING: DIRECTING PLAYWRITING • Acting Process • Directing: Process in Production • Introduction to Playwriting • Intermediate Acting: • Directing: Brecht & Company • Advanced Playwriting Workshop • Shakespeare & His Contemporaries • Directing: Composing Performance • Bringing Feminist Texts to Life • Directing: Directorial Leadership STAGE MANAGEMENT • Meisner Technique • Stage Management I & II • Stanislavski’s Psycho-Physical Technique DESIGN • Contemporary Scene Study • Creativity & Collaboration • Acting the Song • I • Lighting Design I … and more! • I See the Electives slide for advanced • I & II courses in Acting and Design. THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES at least Seminar courses focused on reading, writing, and thinking about theatre & performance. 3 courses

Students take at least one course that explores a performance form Just a sampling of the other courses students may take to of a historically underrepresented group. Some options include: complete this category include: • Race & Performance • History of the American Musical • Feminist Theories of Theatre • History of Western Costume & Fashion • Jewish • Performance Studies • Gay & Lesbian Theatre & Film • Staging the Restoration • History of Queer Performance • Renaissance Plays in Process • Post-Independence African Theatre • Shakespeare • African American Drama • Early Modern Spanish Drama • Cartographies of Theatre & Performance in the Americas • Contemporary Irish Drama • Philosophy & the Arts • French Theatre of Resistance • Latin American & Latino Drama • Opera • Collective Creation in the Americas • Sex & Death on the German Stage … and more! … and more! THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

ELECTIVE COURSES at least Deepen your practice or explore something new! 1 course

You can take any of the 1-credit courses listed on the previous slides, or if you have completed the prerequisites, take an advanced level Artistic Process course, including:

• Advanced Acting: • Costume Design II • On-Camera Acting • Lighting Design II • Advanced Shakespeare Workshop • Scenic Design II • Audition Workshop • Advanced Topics in Design • Solo Performance … and more! • Postrealism • Integrating Methods THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR CATEGORIES

THE CUE STUDIO 1 course, Culminating Undergraduate Experience taken as a senior

Your senior-year experience will include a semester-long, performance-based project, created with other seniors and led by a theatre professor. You will explore a theme or topic while practicing your artistic process, whether as a performer, director, designer, stage manager, dramaturg, playwright, technician, etc. THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS

On the following slides you will see examples of just a few of the many ways that you can complete the theatre major. You can follow one of these paths, or create a path of your own. The choice is yours!

You may find that one of these paths is quite similar to the one that’s right for you. You may start out on a path similar to one of these, and then find that your interests have changed or broadened. You may already know that none of these paths is exactly the one for you. All of this is all right!

Don’t worry: your major academic advisor will be a theatre professor, and they’ll be there to help you figure it all out! THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested in pursuing Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Acting Process a professional career in acting Voice & Speech for the Actor Intermediate Acting: Shakespeare & His Contemporaries Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one! Directing: Brecht & Company

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action Race & Performance Advanced Acting: Staging the Restoration Audition Workshop Sex & Death on the German Stage One Elective Course is required to complete the major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Dance Technique courses Intermediate Acting: Contemporary THE CUE: Scene Study CULMINATING Movement for the Actor STUDIO Stage Combat Advanced Acting: On-Camera Acting THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Costume Techniques Acting Process in pursuing musical theatre Fundamentals of Musical Intermediate Acting: Theatre Performance Contemporary Scene Study Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one! Stage Management

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action History of the American Musical Intermediate Acting: Opera Acting the Song Philosophy & the Arts One Elective Course is required to complete the major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Dance Technique courses and Movement for the Actor THE CUE: CULMINATING Individual Singing lessons African Dances & Cultures STUDIO (most semesters) The Musical on Film THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Stagecraft & Lighting Acting Process in pursuing graduate study in acting Movement for the Actor Intermediate Acting: Meisner Technique Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one! Creativity & Collaboration

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action History of Queer Performance Advanced Acting: Postrealism Shakespeare Philosophy & the Arts One Elective Course is required to complete the major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Multiple Dance Technique courses Intermediate Acting: Bringing THE CUE: CULMINATING Voice & Speech for the Actor Feminist Texts to Life STUDIO Stage Combat Advanced Acting: Integrating Methods THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Acting: Process in directing Stage Combat Directing: Process in Production

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Directing: Composing of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one! Performance

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action Theories & Practices Phenomenology of the Avant Garde Post-Independence African Theatre One Elective Course is required to complete the Italian Theatre major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Creativity & Directing: Directorial Leadership THE CUE: CULMINATING Collaboration Sound Design I STUDIO Stage Management I Intro to Playwriting THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Stage Management I in stage management Stagecraft: Scenic Techniques Stage Management II

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Sound Design I of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one!

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action Latin American & Latino Drama Sound Design II Feminist Theories of the Theatre Renaissance Plays in Process One Elective Course is required to complete the major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Accessibility & the Arts Lighting Design I THE CUE: CULMINATING Creativity & Collaboration Co-Art: Interdisciplinary STUDIO Arts Administration Collaboration THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Scenic Techniques Creativity & Collaboration in scenic design Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Scenic Design I

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Stage Management I of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one!

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action History of Western Scenic Design II Costume & Fashion Gay & Lesbian Theatre & Film One Elective Course is required to complete the Dramaturgy & Play Analysis major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Symmetry & Shape Lighting Design I THE CUE: CULMINATING Introduction to Art History I & II History of Modern STUDIO Stagecraft: Costume Techniques Architecture THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Costume Techniques Creativity & Collaboration in costume design Introduction to Stage Makeup Costume Design I

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Directing: Composing of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one! Performance

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action History of Western Costume Design II Costume & Fashion Early Modern Spanish Drama One Elective Course is required to complete the Opera major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Drawing I Lighting Design I THE CUE: CULMINATING Stagecraft: Aesthetics Figure Studio STUDIO & Lighting Introduction to Art History I & II THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Creativity & Collaboration in lighting design Accessibility & the Arts Lighting Design I

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Introduction to Playwriting of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one!

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action Jewish Drama Lighting Design II Staging the Restoration French Theatre of Resistance One Elective Course is required to complete the major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Light, Color & Electric Stagecraft: Scenic Techniques THE CUE: CULMINATING Circuits Introduction to Art History I & II STUDIO Scenic Design I Co-Art: Interdisciplinary Collaboration THROUGH PATHS MUHLENBERG’S NEWTHEATRE MAJOR SAMPLE PATHS Sample Path for… PRACTICES COURSES ARTISTIC PROCESS COURSES A student who is interested Stagecraft: Aesthetics & Lighting Introduction to Playwriting in playwriting Accessibility & the Arts Advanced Playwriting Workshop

Remember that there are many ways to fulfill the requirements Acting Process of the Theatre Major and explore your interests. This is just one!

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP COURSES ELECTIVES COURSES THR 105: Performance & Society THR 107: Dramatic Text in Action Dramaturgy & Play Analysis The Tragic Action Theatre & Creative Writing in Ireland One Elective Course is required to complete the Gay & Lesbian Theatre & Film major; however, most students will take more courses than they need.

Along the way, this student might also take the following… Directing: Process in Production Intermediate Acting: THE CUE: Contemporary Scene Study CULMINATING Creativity & Collaboration STUDIO Intro to Screenwriting Advanced Screenwriting Workshop QUESTIONS?

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