THEA 399

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Undergraduate Group Seminar

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Group exploration of specialized topics.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 12 hours but no more than 8 hours in any one term.

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THEA 399 class schedule data for fall 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
51927	Laboratory	AM	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Moody, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 1 hours Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
50261	Discussion/ Recitation	DW2	1:00PM -2:20PM	TR	121 805 W Pennsylvania	Bright, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: New Work Development: As American theatre communities reckon with the established traditional canon, many are seeking new diverse voices through the development of new work - "work" meaning, play, performance, devised piece, experience. But how do you develop a new work? What is the role of the writer(s)? The dramaturg? The director(s)? In this course we will consider varied approaches and best practices in this venture of developing new work. This course will also discuss the paths of the new theatre pieces and the ways in which they often get stuck in development, the reasons for the stall or the successful move to full production in the regional theatre circuit, the path to Broadway and international sharing.
65777	Laboratory-Discussion	ESC	1:00PM -4:50PM	M	ARR Art-East Annex, Studio 2	Schultz, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Designing Immersive Adventures: Narrative, Environmental, and Experience Design for Escape Rooms This course is a project-based, practical introduction to narrative, environmental, and experience design for theatrical escape rooms. Over the semester, students will take a player-centered approach to developing an escape room theme and narrative, determining major obstacles, writing a script, designing and installing the environment, designing social puzzles, and acting as non-player characters. Students in this course directly collaborate with students in INFO 450-ERG . While the Informatics students design and fabricate individual puzzles that fit within the framework of the theme and major obstacles, THEA students collaborate with them through playtesting and feedback to ensure the player experience will be cohesive, immersive, and adventurous. The course will culminate in a fully produced Escape Room presented to UIUC faculty, staff, and students.
78336	Laboratory	GEN	3:00PM -4:30PM	TR	3604 Krannert Center for Perf Arts	Spridco, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Info: Actors will learn to allow strangers to become their spontaneous acting partner in a variety of settings. Students will step into character focused improvisations and loosely scripted scenarios without a fourth wall to hone realistic one-on-one interactions required for effective secret shopper and standardized patient work. Actors will learn self staging and use of space to gather and guide larger audiences from the lens of character and relationship through compelling events and experiences such as street theatre, escape rooms, and immersive theatre (ie Sleep No More, Bridgerton Experience).
72542	Laboratory	LB	3:00PM -4:50PM	TR	160 Armory	Bright, L	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/24-12/11/24 Credit: 1 hours Section Info: Students in this course will serve as actors for the Director's Workshop directing scenes. You will be to attend rehearsals during class time. As American theatre communities reckon with the established traditional canon, many are seeking new diverse voices through the development of new work. But how do you develop a new play? What is the role of the playwright? The dramaturg? The director? In this course we will consider varied approaches and best practices in this venture of developing new work. This course will also discuss the paths of the new play and the ways in which they often get stuck in development, the reasons for the stall or the successful move to full production in the regional theatre circuit and the path to Broadway. Restriction(s): Restricted to Theatre major(s).
51439	Conference	TJM	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Miller, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required