Making Theatre

Catalog description

In this course, we will explore the essential elements of collaboration and theater making, seeking to understand how the creation process works and how it can be applied across many disciplines. We will investigate groundbreaking theories from the history of performance, mine them for tools useful to our process, and then put them into action as a company of collaborators. As we move through foundational exercises, scene work, and devising methods, students will take on rotating roles of actor, director, writer, designer, and more. Working together, we will hone our craft and establish effective systems for creating and rehearsing new work. Our goal: to further develop our own artistic voices and discover how they can impact the world around us as we make theater. Pre-requisites: None. Fulfillment: General Elective. Repeat rule: Non-Repeatable. Students can only take this course once during their study at NYUSH.