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TAPS 11SC: Learning Theater: From Audience to Critic at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Who doesn't love going to a play: sitting in the darkened theater, a member of the audience community waiting to be entertained, charmed, and challenged? But how many of us know enough about the details of the plays, their interpretation, their production, and acting itself, to allow us to appreciate fully the theatrical experience? In this seminar, we will spend 14 days in Ashland, Oregon, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), where we will attend these plays: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Macbeth, and Coriolanus; Jane Eyre, adapted by Elizabeth Williamson from the novel by Charlotte Bronte; Liz Duffy Adams' Born With Teeth; Lizard Boy, Books, Music, and Lyrics by Justin Huertas; and Behfarmaheen (If You Please), a one-person show by and with Barzin Akhavan. (To read more about these productions, go to www.osfashland.org). We will also spend time backstage, meeting with actors, designers, and artistic and administrative directors of OSF. Students read the plays before the more »
Who doesn't love going to a play: sitting in the darkened theater, a member of the audience community waiting to be entertained, charmed, and challenged? But how many of us know enough about the details of the plays, their interpretation, their production, and acting itself, to allow us to appreciate fully the theatrical experience? In this seminar, we will spend 14 days in Ashland, Oregon, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), where we will attend these plays: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Macbeth, and Coriolanus; Jane Eyre, adapted by Elizabeth Williamson from the novel by Charlotte Bronte; Liz Duffy Adams' Born With Teeth; Lizard Boy, Books, Music, and Lyrics by Justin Huertas; and Behfarmaheen (If You Please), a one-person show by and with Barzin Akhavan. (To read more about these productions, go to www.osfashland.org). We will also spend time backstage, meeting with actors, designers, and artistic and administrative directors of OSF. Students read the plays before the seminar begins, attend these productions together, and have the time to study one play closely through a second viewing. In Ashland, students will produce a staged reading and design a final paper based on one or more of the productions. These reviews will be delivered to the group and turned in on Thursday, September 19.
Terms: Sum | Units: 2

TAPS 22AX: Theatre of the People: Performance Based Acting

Theatre of the People is a performance-based course that guides students through the process of creating and performing an original play that draws on popular theatre traditions to address burning social issues. Students will learn how the touring Commedia Dell'Arte troupes of Renaissance Italy subverted the Catholic Church's dominion over public performance and served as a channel for expressing the voice of the people and challenging the dominant power structure. By studying the plays of Dario Fo, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Mbongeni Ngema, and Percy Mtwa, students will see how this subversive tradition has continued to inform theatrical resistance to oppressive systems all over the world. The historical context will be supplemented with training in physical theatre techniques and writing for the stage. Students will apply these lessons to the ongoing development of an original play, based on their burning issues, which will be performed for the public at the culmination of the course.
Terms: Sum | Units: 2 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

TAPS 23AX: Acting Anton Chekhov: Three Sisters

In this course, students will explore creating characters by rehearsing Chekhov's Three Sisters with a particular focus on relationship, ensemble building, physical play, subtext, and sensory life. The humor, absurdity, mystery, and empathy found in Chekhov's work will be explored through rehearsal play. Through research into 19th century Russian culture, students will discover how clothing, art, manners, music, and food affect movement and behavior. Students will practice techniques developed by the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, including text analysis and improvisation, to connect with and embody the play's characters and events, as well as exploring gesture, tempo-rhythm, physical centers, and archetypes. The class will watch contemporary and older films that are influenced by Chekhov's characters and plays and consider how various of his short stories connect with his plays. The class will culminate in a performance of several scenes from Three Sisters. Note: Interested studen more »
In this course, students will explore creating characters by rehearsing Chekhov's Three Sisters with a particular focus on relationship, ensemble building, physical play, subtext, and sensory life. The humor, absurdity, mystery, and empathy found in Chekhov's work will be explored through rehearsal play. Through research into 19th century Russian culture, students will discover how clothing, art, manners, music, and food affect movement and behavior. Students will practice techniques developed by the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, including text analysis and improvisation, to connect with and embody the play's characters and events, as well as exploring gesture, tempo-rhythm, physical centers, and archetypes. The class will watch contemporary and older films that are influenced by Chekhov's characters and plays and consider how various of his short stories connect with his plays. The class will culminate in a performance of several scenes from Three Sisters. Note: Interested students will have an opportunity to get to know Three Sisters in advance through informal play readings to be held in the Roble Gym building on March 15 and April 7. Auditions for acting roles will be held on April 9-10 with callback auditions on April 13. There will be additional places for students (who are not auditioning) that are interested in dramaturgical research, rehearsal techniques, text analysis, and improvisation. Actors who are cast, Assistant Directors, and Dramaturgs will participate in the summer Arts Intensive as part of the rehearsal and research process, which will continue with the acting company during the fall quarter of 2024.
Terms: Sum | Units: 2

TAPS 103: Beginning Improvising

The improvisational theater techniques that teach spontaneity, cooperation, team building, and rapid problem solving, emphasizing common sense, attention to reality, and helping your partner. Based on TheatreSports by Keith Johnstone. Readings, papers, and attendance at performances of improvisational theater. Limited enrollment. Improv, Improvisation, creativity and creative expression. Limited enrollment. 20 students enrolled on first come, first served basis. Remaining available filled by students on the waitlist, with priority given to TAPS majors/minors and those who have been unable to take the class previously due to limited capacity. In order to claim your spot off the waitlist, please attend the first day of class.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

TAPS 391: Summer Research

Independent study course for TAPS PhD students conducting research as part of their preparation to complete upcoming milestone requirements during the summer quarter. Enrollment only permitted for TAPS PhD students in their first, second, or third summer who have not applied for TGR.
Terms: Sum | Units: 1 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 5 units total)

TAPS 802: TGR Dissertation

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Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable for credit
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