Course Descriptions

400 Level Courses

THTR 400-6: Direction and Staging (3,2,0)(3,2,0)
THTR 425-3: The Theatre of British Columbia Before 1950 (3,0,0)
THTR 426-3: The Theatre of British Columbia After 1950 (3,0,0)
THTR 430-3: Studies in Performance Theory (3,0,0)
THTR 450-3: Play Production (1,0,8P)
THTR 460-6: Acting Styles (2,2,0)(2,2,0)

THTR 4000

Direction and Staging (3,2,0)(3,2,0) 6 credits

A study of the processes of stage direction and the development of a method for transferring the script to the stage.

Prerequisite: THTR 3600

THTR 4250

The Theatre of British Columbia Before 1950 (3,0,0) 3 credits

This course examines the diverse performance cultures of British Columbia before 1950 – including aboriginal and settler, urban and rural, traditional and non-traditional, popular and professional, as they assert and negotiate local, changing identities. Students are expected to develop their own primary research projects based on personal interests. The work in this course is studied within postcolonial criticism.

THTR 4260

The Theatre of British Columbia After 1950 (3,0,0) 3 credits

This course examines the diverse performance cultures of British Columbia after 1950 – including aboriginal and settler, urban and rural, traditional and non-traditional, popular and professional, as they assert and negotiate local, changing identities. Students are expected to develop their own primary research projects based on personal interests. The work in this course is studied within postcolonial criticism.

THTR 4300

Studies in Performance Theory (3,0,0) 3 credits

This is a course in critical approaches to performance – particularly as “performance” is increasingly used in recent years to describe a wide range of activities in the performing/visual arts, in literature, as well as in the social sciences. The course will focus on selected examples of performance, mainly from the twentieth century – for example, the works of Dada, Off-Off Broadway, performance art, and Butoh, as well as contemporary works in ritual and paratheatre. Concepts such as mimesis, performativity, semiotics, and postmodern representation might typically be studied, while performers, writers, artists, directors drawn from students’ own interests will also be considered.

Prerequisite: None

THTR 4500

Play Production (1,0,8P) 3 credits

Play Production is designed for those students who have auditioned and been cast in a TRU Actor’s Workshop stage production. These students will rehearse and perform for public presentation the play that will be staged in the appropriate semester.

Prerequisite: Successful audition for a TRU Actor’s Workshop Production.

THTR 4600

Acting Styles (2,2,0)(2,2,0) 6 credits

An introduction to styles of acting in various historical periods.