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DRA 101 - Introduction to Theatre


Last Date of Approval: Fall 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
Introduction to Theatre is a survey course which offers an inside look at how theatre works - both from the audience and the performers’ perspectives. The overview includes the roles of the audience, the writers, the actors, the directors, and the technicians - and how those roles have evolved over time. It is designed to develop in the student an understanding and appreciation of theatrical productions. Students will get a first-hand look at a production in progress and also have an opportunity to experience a taste of performance at the end of the semester in a team presentation. This course helps students build confidence in their communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/face-to-face, and/or virtual

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: None

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Recognize the actor’s and director’s vocabulary

  • Distinguish among the various theatre genres and spaces
  • Classify the major tasks of the director, noting which are mostly artistic and which are managerial

Critique a live theatrical performance based on accepted standards of measurement

  •      Compare the traits of good and bad acting

Apply Aristotle’s six parts of a play to an assigned play, charting and presenting the action, the conflict, the themes

  •      Breakdown the differences beween reading and seeing a play

Observe a rehearsal and performance in order to experience theatre first-hand and gain insight to why theatre is called the richest of the performing arts

  • Illustrate how relationships between theatre audiences and their spaces can encourage or discourage a sense of groupness
  • Examine the roles of the playwright, the designer, the actor and the director

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical development of theatre

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of numerous classic plays from the major historical periods



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