Topics: Writing for Actors, Acting for Writers

Catalog description

This course will directly address the relationship between the written word and its performance, with a class roster split evenly between writers and actors. By semester's end, each playwright will get a chance to perform, each actor a chance to write. Students will thus learn to appreciate each other's craft while simultaneously deepening their own. After an introductory week, the course will consist of four units, each centered around a new crop of themed scripts. The units will be divided as follows: the first week will introduce texts, the second will consist of dramaturgy and rehearsal, and the third of performance by the class. The final course unit will be devoted to a return to the strongest pieces as final productions.