Directing III

Catalog description

This course emphasizes learning by the student's directing a minimum of four one-act plays. It includes discussions on analysis, function of director as interpreter, organizer and teacher; problems of involved physical staging; and director's relationship to designers. Special emphasis is placed on creative interrelationship between the actor and director interpretation and acting out the play through improvisation. Student work in process is videotaped from casting to performance and discussed in class. This work is performed for the Conservatory with no budget and modular furniture. Directors from the Repertory Theatre St. Louis and Conservatory are guest lecturers. Prerequisite : THEA 3720.