Thea 120 Acting Foundations I (3 credits) Section 001: TR 5:00-6:15 CAB409 Instructor: Staff
Beginning acting. Basic acting fundamentals including analytical and physical skills of the actor, personal work habits, and taking responsibility for the actor's craft with emphasis on textual material. $28 course fee.

Thea 121 Acting Foundations II (3 credits)
Section 001: MWF 12:30-1:50 CAB427 Instructor: Staff
Section 002: MWF 2:00-3:20 CAB409 Instructor: Staff
Section 003: MW 5:00-6:15 CAB409 Instructor: Staff
Section 654: MWF 12:30-1:50 CAB427 Instructor: Staff Restricted
Continuation of basic acting fundamentals including analytical and physical skills of the actor, personal work habits, and taking responsibility for the actor's craft with emphasis on textual material. $28 course fee.

Thea 122 Theatre Appreciation (3 credits) Section 001: TR 5:00-6:15 Room to be Announced Kathy Clawson
Open to non-majors. Issues of performance, spectatorship and criticism vis-a-vis theatre and other forms of performance including ((but not limited to) dance, ritual, sports and the performance of everyday life. Attendance at various performances required. $43 course fee.

Thea 192 Stagecraft I (3 credits)
Section 001: MWF 9:00-10:50 CA 1439
Section 002: MTR 9:00-10:50 CA 1439 Richard Hess
Basic stagecraft techniques, tools and materials for construction of stage scenery. Crew assignment on Theatre & Dance Fall season production is required. $43 course fee.

Thea 194 Introduction to Costuming (3 credits)
Section 001: MW 9:00-10:50 CA B429
Section 002: TR 9:30-11:20 CA B429 Kent Parker
Basics of costuming including hands-on learning as well as the theoretical discussions of the wide world of costuming. Lab activities produce costumes for the Theatre & Dance department's season productions. $43 course fee.

Thea 196 Introduction to Stage Lighting (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 9:00-10:50 CG 145 Section 002: TR 9:30-12:00 CG 145 William Liotta
Basic techniques of stage lighting. The purpose of this course is to give the student a clear idea about the Lighting Design process, specifically equipment and methodology. This course will deal with the physics of light as well as the practical applications and requirements of lighting design. In this course you will be introduced in detail to the technical aspects of lighting design (equipment details, control, and mounting positions). The student will also be expected to demonstrate drafting & rendering skills on basic levels. Crew assignment on a departmental production is required. $28 course fee.

Thea 200 Theatre Practicum (Rehearsal & Performance) (1 to 3 credits) Section 00]: As Arranged by Instructor CA B437 Susan Pearson-Davis
Participation in University theatre dance season in either a performance or production capacity. May not duplicate other course assignments. Offered on a Credit/No Credit basis only. $11 course fee.

Thea 221 Acting Skills II (3 credits) Section 00}: MWF 12:30-1:50 CAM 17 Denise Schulz
Continuation of Thea 220/Acting Skills I. $28.00 course fee.

Thea 223 Introduction to Script Analysis (3 credits) Section 001: TR 2:00-3:15 CA 2100 Jim Linnell
The nature of the staged dramatic work: analysis of plays with representative readings from the history of dramatic literature. Prerequisite: 122. $23.00 course fee.

Thea 224 Voice for Actors (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 11:00-12:20 CAB417 Staff
Introduction to basic techniques of voice production and movement for actors with a focus on relaxation, breathing and freeing the voice from the body. Emphasis is on effective projection. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. $28 course fee.

Thea 225 Movement for Actors (3 credits) Section 001: TR 12:30-13:45 CAB409 Eugene Douglas
Introduction to physical techniques, which aid in: flexibility, heightened physical awareness and stamina. Includes scene work, which focuses on how the body can be used with maximum clarity and effectiveness onstage. Prerequisite: 121. Course fee $28.

Thea 267 Acting for Non-Majors (3 credits) Section 001: MW 5:00-6:30 CA B427 Instructor: Staff
Learn the basic skills of acting technique, script analysis, character development, while conquering fears about performing and presenting oneself in public. This course is designed to facilitate non-majors with diverse backgrounds, from the seasoned amateur actor to the curious novice. Course fee $28.

Thea 293 Design Computer Skills (3 credits) Section 001: TR 11:00-12:15 CG 103 Gordon Kennedy
Practical as well as artistic utilization of computers for creating artistic visions. Course useful for theatrical designers/art directors, artists, architects, etc. Involves introduction to a variety of software/hardware. Course fee $53.

Thea 296 Lighting Methods & Equipment (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 2:00-2:50 CG 145 John Malolepsy
Theory and practice of lighting for the stage. Crew assignment on a departmental production is required. Prerequisite: 196. Course fee $33.

Thea 297 Sound for Performance (3 credits) Section: 001 MW 12:30-1:45 CG 145 William Liotta
Introduction to the equipment and techniques of sound for performance. Hands on experience with microphones, mixers, processors, digital recording, CD's and computer programs for sound production. Course fee $38.

Thea 320 Acting Characterization (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 12:30-1:50 CAB409 Susan Pearson-Davis
Methods for developing a wide range of characters with an emphasis on developing physical, vocal, emotional skills that allow the actor to stretch away from type. Prerequisite: Thea 221. $28 course fee.

Thea 328 Musical Theatre (3 credits)
Section 001: TR 9:30-10:45 CAB409 Instructor: Kathy Clawson
Section 002: MW 5:00-6:30 CAB4I7 Instructor: Staff
Training in the singing and acting styles required for performing in musical theatre. Prerequisite: Thea 121. $48.00 course fee.

Thea 355 Fundamentals of Playwriting (3 credits) Section 001: TR 12:30-1:45 Room to be Announced Instructor: Staff
Introduction to writing for the stage. Practice and study of the elements of dramatic form: dialogue. Character, and plot Submission of an original one-act play required. $28 course fee.

Thea 366 Stage Management (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 4:00-4:50 HUM 226 Christine Bial
The role, functions, and duties of the stage manager in production, rehearsal, and performance. $55.00 course fee.

Thea 387 Design History and Styles (3 credits) Section 001: TR 2:00-3:15 CG 145 John Malolepsy
A multimedia introduction to the craft, history and styles of costume, lighting, scenery and theatre space design for performance. A study of the influence of seminal figures in design from the renaissance to the present. $23 Course fee.

Thea 403 Principles of Directing (3 credits) Section 001: TR 12:30-1:45 CAB4I7 Denise Schulz
Methods and techniques for the director in script-analysis and director-actor communication through visual and oral skills. Prerequisites: Thea 120 and Thea 223. $38 course fee.

Thea 404 or 504.001 Topics in Directing (3 credits) Section 001: Wednesday 3:30-6:00 Room to be Announced Denise Schulz
Advanced study of the special problems in directing required by specific styles and stagings. Directing of one-act script is required. Prerequisites: 403. $38 course fee.

Thea 419 or Thea 519.001 Children's Theatre (3 credits) Section 001: TR 5:00-6:15 CAB4I7 Susan Pearson-Davis
Children's Theatre includes theatre acted by adult actors for young audiences and theatre performed by children and young people. The emphasis will be on: 1) Examining the history and current "state of the art" of children's theatre/theatre for young audiences, 2) participating in a wide variety of theatre-related activities that can be done by and for children and young people such as choral reading, reader's theatre story dramatization, story theatre, puppetry, masks, etc.. 3) exploring narrative matenal suitable for dramatization by and/or for children and a variety of approaches for adapting narrative form into dramatic form 4) reading some of the best published scripts to be performed for and/or by young people, and 5) being involved in performing and/or directing short story theatre pieces and scripted scenes for an audience of young people. There will be individual and small group performances, reading a selection of scripts and stories lectures discussions, improvisational games and exercises, viewing of theatre and several written assignments.

There is a take-home midterm and performances at the midterm and final periods. Permission of the instructor is required. $33.00 course fee.

Thea 421, Entering the Profession (3 credits) Section 001: MWF 2:00-3:30 CAB4I7 Eugene Douglas

Preparation for a career as a performer, with focus on theatrical and film auditions callbacks and interviews. Includes practical information on professional etiquette, marketing and creating a strong career plan Prerequisite: 221. $68 course fee.

Thea 426, Performance Art (3 credits) Section 001: TR 9:30-10:45 CAB427 Kristen Loree

An experimental class designed to explore themes of the participants choosing, apply those themes to an agreed form and present the result. Artists of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend. Restricted course- permission of the instructor is required. $28 course fee.

Thea 428, T/Musical Theatre (3 credits) Section 014: TR 11:00-12:15 CAB409 Kathy Clawson

Course material vanes, including: training in audition preparation, ensemble performance repertoire musical theatre movement and cabaret performance. Prerequisites: 328; permission of instructor. $48 course fee.

Thea 438, T/Japanese Performance (3 credits) Section 001: TR 11:00-12:15 Room to he Announced Lorna Brau

Japanese enjoys rich performance culture: you can see dances from the eighth century and Broadway musicals presented by an all-women's troupe on the same day. In addition to Japan's traditional theaters of noh, kyogen, kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater), this class will investigate folk and ritual performing arts, Western-style drama, avant-garde theater and dance, and storytetting performance in Japan. We wilt discuss not only the historical development of Japanese performance forms but also examine their social contexts and the performance principles that many of them share. I encourage students with theater backgrounds, in particular, to apply Japanese performance principles in a performance project for the class. Videos will be shown, when available. Prerequisite: 335 or 336 or Humanities equivalent. $28 course fee.

Thea 438 or Thea 538.010 or Ch Std 393.010, T/Chicano Theatre (3 Credits) Section 010: TR 11:00-12:15 MH221 Dorothy Baca

This course examines the plays of leading Hispanic-American playwrights and latino/a theatre groups across the country in an effort to understand this unique bi-cultural experience. Students will study relevant "actos" and "mitos," and the roots of the Chicano theatre "movemienfo". As welt as the relationship of the plays and performances to the audience. Essential dramatic literature, films and documentaries will be investigated and analyzed. Students will be required to attend performances directly relevant to the topic of this course. Prerequisite: 335 or 336 or Humanities equivalent. $33 Course Fee.

Thea 439 or Thea 539, Theories of Theatre (3 credits) Section 001: TR 2:00-3:15 CA B434 Henry Bial
This course will provide students with a foundation from which to enter contemporary theoretical discourses on race, gender, class, and representation in theatre. We will read the work of key authors such as Benjamin, Butler, Deleuze, Derrida, Freud, Lacan, Marx, Plato and Sedgwick, paying specific attention to their relevance for producers and consumers of theatrical performance. Students will learn to read and interpret these cultural studies texts for their relation to key figures in Theatre Studies such as Aristotle, Artaud, Brecht, Churchill and Mamet. We will also read a selection of plays that dramatize or illustrate the theoretical concepts under consideration. Students should be aware that this course is reading- and writing-intensive, and should plan to allocate their time appropriately. Prerequisite: Thea 335 or 336 or Humanities equivalent. $28.00 course fee.

Thea 444 or Thea 544.001 Outreach Company (1-3 credits) Section 001: As Arranged With Instructor Susan Pearson-Davis & Henry Bial
Participation in Theatre and/or Dance productions or projects which tour into the community and state. Restricted course: permission of the instructor is required. $28 course fee.

Thea 444 or Thea 544.002 Outreach Company (02 credits) Section 002: TR 9:00-11:00 CA B427 Susan Pearson-Davis & Henry Bial
Participation in Theatre and/or Dance productions or projects which four into the community and state. Restricted course: permission of the instructor is required. $28 course fee.

Thea 457 or Thea 559.001 Advanced Dramatic Writing Workshop (3-6 credits) Section 001: TR 12:30-1:45 CAB434 Jim Linnell
For advanced writers to develop applications of dramatic structure through creation of an original longer form play and to study examples form the history of dramatic literature. Prerequisite; 455 or 456L. $28 course fee.

Thea 458 or Thea 558.001 Screenwriting (3 credits) Section 001: Thursday 5:00-8:00 CAB 125 Matthew McDuffie
Investigation of the art of writing the feature-length film. Study is performed in tandem with the development of a treatment and a script with revisions. $18 course fee.

Thea 461 Or Thea 561.001 Comedy Writing II (3 credits) Section 001: TR 2:00-3:15 CAB4I7 Digby Wolfe
Can comedy co-exist with tragedy? Writers of full-length comedies such as "Life is Beautiful" and "M.A.S.H." believe it not only can but must. This course focuses on writing the combination of opposites. Prerequisite: 460. $28 course fee.

Thea 470 Architectural Modeling and Animation for Designers (3 credits) Section 001: MWF ! 1:00-11:50 CG 103 Gordon Kennedy
For students wishing to use computers to explore the aesthetics of space/time/volume. Covers techniques and teaches programs such as Form • Z, VectorWorks, Render Works and virtual reality. Students will create a series of conceptual projects. Prerequisite: 370 or Permission of instructor. $63 course fee.

Thea 483 Lighting Design II (3 credits) Section 001: MW 3:00-4:15 CG 103 William Liotta
Emphasis on designing for various types of stages. Crew assignment on departmental production required. Prerequisite: 396. $33 course fee.

Thea 491 Professional Apprenticeship (1-6 credits) Section 001: As Arranged with Instructor CA 1416 Judith Bennahum
Qualified students accepted by a professional company may register for technical production or acting credit. Prerequisite: 3.0 average or better in Theatre & Dance courses. $18.00 course fee.

Thea 492 Scene Design II: Theatre (3 credits) Section 001: TR 11:00-12:15 CA2429 John Malolepsy
Contact instructor for course description. $53 Course Fee.

Thea 494 Costume Design II (3 credits) Section 001: MW 11:00-12:15 CG 145 Dorothy Baca
(Advanced Costume Design) The study of the practices and techniques of the costume designer for dance, theatre, opera, film and television. Student projects focus on developing visual concepts and communicating ideas, in this collaborative art form. Portfolio presentations required. Prerequisite: THEA 394 or permission of instructor. $43 course fee.

Thea 495 or Thea 529.004 or MA 429.004 Word and Image (3 credit) Section 004: Wednesday 5:30-9:00 CAB125 Michael Kamins
What lessons about words, images, space, and time reward the commuter between stage and screen / course joins students of dramatic writing from the Department of Theatre and Dance and Media Arts production students to create brief, narrative motion pictures. Students will work primarily with video and non-linear editing. Guest faculty from Media Arts and Theatre and Dance will be available for critiques throughout the semester. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. $93 Course Fee.

Thea 503 Performance Theory (3 credits) Section 001: Wednesday 3:00-6:00 CA B434 Henry Bial
Performance Theory is: challenging, exhilarating, frustrating, unsettling, complex, constructed, de constructive, enlightening, dangerous, and integral to performance practice. Performance Theory is not: easy, boring, fattening, or divorced from "actual theatre" and "actual dance." In this course: you will enter the ongoing conversation about what performance is, how performance is, where performance is, when performance is. And (perhaps most importantly) why performance is. Fasten your seat belts? $23 course fee.

Thea 510 Internship in Educational Theatre (3-9 credits) Section 001: As Arranged With Instructor : Staff
Contact instructor for course description. $23 course fee.

Thea 556 Dramatic Writing II (4 credits) Section 001: MW 12:00-2:00 CAB434 Digby Wolfe
Phase #2 of an integrated experience in ptaywriting in which experimental playwriting is explored, with an emphasis on modem and post-modem examples. Original concepts are developed into plays to be read and revised. Permission of the instructor is required. $34.00 course fee.

Thea 558 or MA 324.001 Screenwriting (3 credits) Section 001: Thursday 5:00pm-8:00pm CAB 125 Matthew McDuffie
An in-depth workshop on the basics of character, structure, scenes, dialogue, conflict, visualization and good old story-telling as it applies to the screenplay format. Open to variations (TV, Graphic Novels, Documentary, etc.). We read scenes from scripts, watch film clips and write at least 40 pages of an original screenplay. No Prerequisite. $28.00 course fee.

Thea 559 Topics/Advanced Dramatic Writing (3 Credits) Section 004: Wednesday 5:30-7:00 CAB 125 Michael Kamins
Contact instructor for course description. $28.00 course fee.

Thea 567 Teaching Practicum (3 credits) Section 001: As Arranged With Instructor : Staff
Contact instructor for course description. $18 course fee.

The following courses are available to students for work arranged in cooperation with a faculty advisor. Please see the faculty member or department office for individual call numbers:

Thea 496 Student Production Project ($23 course fee)
Thea 497 Independent Study ($ 18 course fee)
Thea 499 Departmental Honors ($28 course fee)

The following courses are available to graduate students for work arranged in cooperation with a graduate faculty advisor. Please see the graduate faculty member or the department office for individual call numbers:

Thea 551 Problems ($ 18 course fee)
Thea 596 Student Production Project ($23 course fee)
Thea 597 Independent Study ($18.00 course fee)
Thea 598 Masters Essay ($18.00 course fee)
Thea 599 Masters Thesis ($ 18.00 course fee)

For more information on theatre courses contact the Department of Theatre and Dance at 505-277-4332 or theatre@unm.edu.