THTR 010 THEATRE PRACTICUM PRODUCTION (0-1 credits)

For non-majors. Paracurricular version of THTR 110. May be repeated up to four times for credit over four different semesters. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 020 THEATRE PRACTICUM: ACTING (0-1 credits)

For non-majors. Paracurricular version of 120. May be repeated up to four times for credit over four different semesters. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

Prerequisites: Successful casting in a production by participating in the audition process and consent of instructor.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 025 FITNESS FOR THE ACTOR (1 credit)

This course blends strength training, endurance, cardio, and mental fitness with specific emphasis on the skills actors need to excel in their training and craft. The class follows a three-week rotation of activity: strength training, core strength and stretching, and mental strength and cardio. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Alternate Years

THTR 110 THEATRE PRACTICUM: PRODUCTION (0-1 credits)

Laboratory experience in theatre production with focus on design and technical theatre. Requires participation on one or more production crews for major theatre presentations. Specific work assignments vary by semester and production. May be repeated up to four times for credit over four different semesters.

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 120 THEATRE PRACTICUM: ACTING (0-1 credits)

Participation in experiential activity of acting in major Linfield University theatre production. Application of skills learned in THTR 181 and other acting courses. Development of actor as one facet of production ensemble. May be repeated up to four times for credit over four different semesters. Prerequisite: Successful casting in a production by participating in the audition process and consent of instructor.

Prerequisites: Successful casting in a production by participating in the audition process and consent of instructor.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 162 ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN METHODS (4 credits)

Exploration of design elements common to scenic, properties, costume, makeup, hair & wigs, sound, projections and lighting design and the visual and aural processes necessary for communicating these elements, including sketching, drafting, rendering, editing and recording. Lecture, discussion, and Laboratory Work.

Total Course fees: $60.00

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 181 ACTING I (4 credits)

Fundamentals of acting, including techniques that free the actor, basic skills needed to communicate inner truth, analysis of roles, interdependence of all people on stage. Appropriate for both majors and non-majors.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 185 THEATRE AND ENTERTAINMENT ARTS TECHNOLOGY (4 credits)

Principles and methods of theatre crafts as used in theatre and other productions. Introduction to two- and three-dimensional scenery, properties, lighting instruments and practices, stitching, costume crafts, production organization, and safety. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory work.

Total Course fees: $40.00

Corequisites: THTR 185L required co-requisite

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 198 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Politics and Theatre in Ancient Greece, British Theatre, The Ancient Art of Oratory in Italy, and Theatre and Oratory in Italy and Greece. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term

THTR 210 THEATRE PRODUCTION LAB (2 credits)

Laboratory experience in theatre production with focus on design and technical theatre. Requires participation on one or more design or production crews for major theatre presentations. Specific work assignments vary by semester and production. May be repeated up to six times for credit over six different semesters.

Prerequisites: Requires active participation in a Linfield Theatre production.

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 270 PLAY READING AND DRAMATURGY (4 credits)

Explores plays by genre and form, with focus on sociocultural influences.

Total Course fees: $40.00

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Alternate Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 272 CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN PORTLAND (4 credits)

In this course, we will read widely in contemporary drama, literature, and arts criticism, and adventure into Portland to experience plays, music, literary readings, and other performances, currently running in the Portland arts scene. We will become arts critics, identifying goals of productions and artists, analyzing how elements of a work of art contribute to those goals, and debating how successfully those goals are realized. We will examine new art, broadly understood, in the context of contemporary social concerns as well as artistic history, exploring the power of theater, dance, music, and literature to stage conflict and resolution. And we will pay attention to the difference between reading plays and seeing them, reading criticism and experiencing live art, and appreciating art and situating it in a broader landscape of social concerns and artistic genealogy. along with design elements that contribute to a performance. (Listed as THTR 272 and LITR 272)

Total Course fees: $120.00

Concurrent Or Previous Courses: INQS 125

Typically offered: January Term

(CREATIVE STUDIES, U.S. PLURALISM)

THTR 290 STAGE MAKEUP, WIGS, AND HAIR (3 credits)

An introduction to makeup, wig, and hair designs for stage, including materials and procedures, character interpretation, design creation and application, and creation and presentation of final electronic portfolio. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory work.

Total Course fees: $100.00

Corequisites: THTR 290L required co-requisite

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, As Needed

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 295 THEATRE ARTS MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING (4 credits)

Managerial theory and practices of professional and not-for-profit theatre operations, including organizational structure, financial practices, promotions (including social media), front of house operations, box office, season selections, grant writing and institutional advancement, and legal concerns.

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Odd Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

THTR 298 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Politics and Theatre in Ancient Greece, British Theatre, The Ancient Art of Oratory in Italy, and Theatre and Oratory in Italy and Greece. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term

THTR 351 SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES & TRAGICOMEDIES (4 credits)

Selected tragedies and tragicomedies in their historical and critical context; emphasis on tragedy as a dramatic form. Students who earned credit for ENGL 351 may not enroll in this course. (Listed as THTR 351 and LITR 351)

Total Course fees: $40.00

Prerequisites: INQS 125 or consent of instructor.

(CREATIVE STUDIES, VITAL PAST)

THTR 355 QUEER THEORY (4 credits)

This course investigates the critical theories associated with queer life, aesthetics, and politics. Like all critical theory, this course considers existential questions alongside questions of power, philosophy, and culture. We will explore Queer Theory as both an academic discipline and a creative practice and approach queerness as a noun and queering as a verb. Assignments will involve writing and creative projects as a means to examine queerness means in the US and abroad.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Alternate Years

(ULTIMATE QUESTIONS)

THTR 361 THEATRE FOR EDUCATORS (3 credits)

An inclusive theatre education course that includes techniques used in children's theatre, theatre for young audiences. Emphasis on process-centered, experiential, and improvisational theatre techniques designed to develop the creativity, imagination, and human understanding of individuals of all ages. Beneficial to teachers or any person in a leadership role.

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 365 STAGE AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (3 credits)

Theory and practice of procedures used to organize, mount, run, and strike a production, including responsibilities during rehearsals for crew assignments, scheduling, and performance operations. Requires final prompt book and digital portfolio with presentations.

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Even Years

THTR 368 PROD/TOURING EDUC THEATRE (4 credits)

Exploration of the process of developing both educational theatre workshops and a one-act play production that tours to local and regional schools during the term. Participants serve as performers, crew, and 'teachers' in this collaborative process and particular emphasis is placed upon crafting workshops that the participants will lead at each school.

Total Course fees: $90.00

Typically offered: January Term

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 370 PLAY DIRECTING (4 credits)

The director's tasks in preparing, rehearsing, and mounting a show. Play analysis, casting, scheduling, blocking, business, picturization, and polishing. Two lectures plus lab session with Acting 1 students. Course Fee $50.00

Total Course fees: $50.00

Prerequisites: THTR 181, Theatre Arts major or minor, or instructor consent.

Corequisites: THTR 370L required co-requisite.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Odd Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 371 ADVANCED DIRECTING (4 credits)

Practical application of principles from THTR 370. Examination of advanced directing theory and practice, including varied stylistic approaches and conventions. Includes public performance integrating theatrical production elements. Three lecture/lab sessions per week.

Total Course fees: $75.00

Prerequisites: Theatre major, THTR 370, application, and consent of instructors.

Corequisites: THTR 371L required co-requisite.

Typically offered: Spring Semester

THTR 375 HISTORY OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL (4 credits)

Historical, theatrical, musical, and movement analysis of Broadway musical theatre. Focus on plot, character, musical style, and movement. Examination of the ways race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability are represented and investigated in musicals. (Listed as MUSC 375 and THTR 375)

Total Course fees: $45.00

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Even Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES, U.S. PLURALISM)

THTR 381 ACTING II (4 credits)

An advanced acting course to develop additional skills and techniques. Emphasis on motivation, physicalization, development of vocal instrument, introduction to performing classical materials, the study of dialects, auditioning and beginning media acting skills. Open to all students. Three lecture/lab sessions per week.

Total Course fees: $40.00

Prerequisites: THTR 181 or consent of the instructor.

Corequisites: THTR 381L required co-requisite.

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Even Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 395 COLLABORATIVE STUDIES IN ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN (4 credits)

Design of theoretical productions with emphasis on artistic collaboration and integration of scenery, properties, costumes, sound, projections, and lights. Attention to graphic presentation techniques as well as designs produced. Lecture, discussion, studio and collaborative work. May repeat up to four times for credit.

Concurrent Or Previous Courses: THTR 162

Typically offered: Fall and Spring Semesters, As Needed

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 398 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Politics and Theatre in Ancient Greece, British Theatre, The Ancient Art of Oratory in Italy, and Theatre and Oratory in Italy and Greece. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term

THTR 466 TOPICS IN THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (3 credits)

Advanced design and technology studio course for majors and minors. Developing specialized scenographic talents and techniques through topics such as scene painting, model-making in theatrical design, sound, and computer technology in the theatre.

Total Course fees: $30.00

Prerequisites: THTR 162 and consent of instructor.

THTR 471 THEATRE HISTORIES (4 credits)

Study of performance modes and genres through the ages and around the globe, including ancient, medieval, early modern, and contemporary societies. Development of theatre traditions, including sociological and cultural foundations of each major period and aesthetic movement; dramatic literature; the physical stage and production techniques.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Alternate Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES, MAJOR WRITING INTENSIVE, VITAL PAST)

THTR 481 TOPICS IN THEATRE PERFORMANCE (4 credits)

Advanced studio acting for majors and minors. Focus on specialized acting styles and techniques through topics such as acting Shakespeare, farce, ancient tragedy, mime, performance art, improvisation, and camera acting. Three lecture/lab sessions per week. May be repeated once for credit with different content. Prerequisites: THTR 181 and THTR 381, or consent of instructor.

Total Course fees: $50.00

Prerequisites: THTR 181 and THTR 381, or consent of instructor.

Typically offered: Spring Semester, Alternate Years

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 489 SENIOR CAPSTONE (2 credits)

Capstone course focusing on the holistic and collaborative practice of theatre. Includes self-assessment, preparation of portfolios, research into graduate school opportunities, internships and other career options.

Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Typically offered: Fall Semester, Annually

(CREATIVE STUDIES)

THTR 498 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)

Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Politics and Theatre in Ancient Greece, British Theatre, The Ancient Art of Oratory in Italy, and Theatre and Oratory in Italy and Greece. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.

Typically offered: January Term