2013Schedule


 * NOTE FINAL WIKI ASSIGNMENT BELOW!!! **


 * Tentative Schedule **

January 8 T Introduction and Assignments 10 Th Read Chapter 1 The Impulse to Perform: Origins

15 T Read Chapter 2 Theatre as a Mirror of Society 17 Th Shakespeare & Asian Theatre (We met at Lyndon House instead to see the exhibition of Indian and Indonesian masks, puppets and musical instruments.)

22 T Read Chapter 3 The Playwright's Vision 24 Th Read __Joe Turner's Come and Gone__ and see excerpts from Lincoln Center's @Joe Turner

29 T @1st wiki writing assignment due on your Personal Profiles page 31 Th Tour Fine Arts Building

February 5 T Read Chapter 4 The Art of the Actor (__The Fantasticks__ Opens tonight) 7 Th continue acting using a scene from __Our Town__ which I will give you in class

12 T __Fantasticks__ Paper Due and Read Chapter 5 Directing Examples 14 Th continue Directing (Penn and Teller introduce Julie Taymor and one of her stage productions of __The Tempest__) See also @Julie Taymor interviews. Finally see also the @Downloads where I have provided a file on Directing.

19 T Read Chapter 6 The Designers (PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NEXT WIKI ASSIGNMENT BY NOON TODAY) @Julie Taymor interviews on youtube concerning her film __The Tempest__ 21 Th (__Must Go On__ opens) conclude Designing conclude Designing and also focus on Costume Design

26 T Read Chapter 7 The Nature of Style: Realism 28 Th conclude Realism

March 5 T @Must Go On papers due; Read __And the Soul Shall Dance__ 7 Th conclude __And the Soul Shall Dance__ NOTE: Your Midterm exam went online at midnight March 7 on your elc.uga.edu homepage for this course and ends at midnight March 8. It is a 50 minute midterm and may be taken only once.

11 M Spring Break begins 15 F End of Spring Break

19 T Read Chapter 9 Understanding Style: @Theatricalism 21 Th (Under Construction opens); Read Chapter 10 and conclude theatricalism

26 M Read __Angels in America__ Kushner on writing the play 28 Th conclude __Angels__

April 2 T __Under Construction__ papers due; Read Chapter 11The Musical Theatre 4 Th continue Musical Theatre

9 T Show Business overview on the making of __Wicked__, __Avenue Q__, __Taboo__, and __Caroline, or Change__. Emphasis on the business side of performance and the influence of critical reviews and awards 11 Th (__Macbeth__ opens); conclude musicals; Visit by Nick Coster, Hollywood actor.

16 T Work on presentations 18 Th continue working on presentations @Final wiki assignment

23 T __Macbeth__ papers due; Presentations in class **Class evaluation** (bring your laptop, ipad, whatever to class so you may do your evaluation online at the end of the class) 25 Th presentations

29 M Last day of class and final presentation May 1 W Finals begin 2 W Finals begin 7 W Finals end