TAPS 1: Introduction to Theater and Performance Studies
What brings together a contemporary company such as Google and an experimental theater such as The Wooster Group? What sets them apart? Approaching theater as presentational form of organization, this class shifts study of theater from the context of literature to that of performance. It offers an overview of performance across disciplines: from theater and other performing arts, to law, management, sports, and new technologies. In this interdisciplinary exploration, performance emerges as a model that cuts across diverse branches of contemporary culture, from sports events, to social dances, to political protests, to the organization of a workplace. It is designed to serve students who may go on to major or minor in Theater and Performance Studies including the Dance division and also students for whom this knowledge is a general contribution to their liberal arts education or to their own field of study. It integrates scholarly research and practical use of performance. No previous performing arts training or skills are required.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
TAPS 11N: Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace
Preference to freshmen. The current state of the American theater and its artists. Conventional wisdom says that theater is a dying art, and a lost cause, especially in an age of multi-media entertainment. But there are more young playwrights, actors, and directors entering the field today than at any other time in American history. Focus is on the work of today's theater artists, with an emphasis on an emerging generation of playwrights. Students read a cross-section of plays from writers currently working in the US and UK, covering a spectrum of subjects and styles from serious to comic, from the musical to the straight play. Hits and misses from recent seasons of the New York and London stages and some of the differences of artistic taste across the Atlantic. Hands-on exploration of the arts and skills necessary to make a play succeed. Students develop their own areas of interest, in guided projects in design, direction or performance. Conversations with playwrights, designers ,and directors. Labs and master classes to solve problems posed in areas of creative production. Class meets literary managers and producers who are on the frontlines of underwriting new talent. Class trips include two plays at major Bay Area Stages.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Freed, A. (PI)
TAPS 20: Acting for Non-Majors (TAPS 124D)
Creative play, ensemble work in a supportive environment. Designed for the student to experience a range of new creative skills, from group improvisation to partner work. Introductory work on freeing the natural voice and physical relaxation. Emphasis on rediscovering imaginative and creative impulses. Movement improvisation, listening exercises, and theater games release the energy, playfulness and willingness to take risks that is the essence of free and powerful performance. Course culminates with work on dramatic text.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, way_ce
Instructors:
Amarotico, K. (PI)
TAPS 22: Scene Work
For actors who complete substantial scene work with graduate directors in the graduate workshop.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
TAPS 29: Theater Performance: Acting
Students cast in department productions receive credit for their participation as actors; 1-2 units for graduate directing workshop projects and 1-3 units for major productions (units determined by instructor). May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Amarotico, K. (PI)
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Apostolides, J. (PI)
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Carlson, A. (PI)
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Apostolides, J. (PI)
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Carlson, A. (PI)
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Drinovan, I. (PI)
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Elam, H. (PI)
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Fairfield, J. (PI)
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Farr Schiller, A. (PI)
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Hayes, A. (PI)
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Hill, L. (PI)
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Jones, D. (PI)
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Kramer, T. (PI)
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Melrose, R. (PI)
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Moore, M. (PI)
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Moses, R. (PI)
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Paris, H. (PI)
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Phelan, P. (PI)
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Ramsaur, M. (PI)
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Rehm, R. (PI)
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Sack, D. (PI)
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Settle, J. (PI)
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Witherspoon, N. (PI)
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Wooden, I. (PI)
TAPS 30: How Theater is Designed
Team-taught. An introduction to theatrical set, costume and lighting design. Emphasis on balancing practical skill with conceptual ideas for live stage performance. Hands-on projects.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Flatmo, E. (PI)
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Strayer, C. (PI)
TAPS 34: Stage Management Techniques (TAPS 334)
The production process, duties, and responsibilities of a stage manager. Skills needed to stage manage a production.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Apperson, L. (PI)
TAPS 39: Theatre Crew
Under faculty guidance, working backstage on Drama Department productions. Open to any student interested in gaining back stage experience. Night and weekend time required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 15 units total)
TAPS 39D: Theater Performance: Prosser Stage Management
For students stage mananging a Department of Drama Senior Project or Assistant Staage managing a Department Drama production
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Apperson, L. (PI)
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.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Klein, D. (PI)
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Rowland, L. (PI)
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