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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · taught by dwiles · returned 4 results
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THEA 100 What Stories Teach Us 6 credits
The stories we encounter from sources as diverse as theater, television, film, literature, the internet and the news, may lead us to believe things about the lives we lead and the world we live in that may or may not be “true.” This course will examine some of the stories we encounter, look at ways that popular culture oversimplifies or falsifies them and look at ways that theater and literature question and complicate them. The course will focus in particular on plays, films, TV shows, news and short fiction that deal with race, gender, gender identity, class, sexuality and criminal justice.
Held for new first year students
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THEA 100.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 136 3:10pm-4:55pm
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THEA 185 The Speaking Voice 6 credits
This course seeks to provide a practical understanding of the human voice, its anatomy, functioning and the underlying support mechanisms of body and breath. Using techniques rooted in the work of Berry, Linklater and Rodenburg, the course will explore the development of physical balance and ease and the awareness of the connection between thinking and breathing that will lead to the effortless, powerful and healthy use of the voice in public presentations and in dramatic performance.
- Winter 2024, Spring 2024
- Arts Practice
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THEA 185.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- T, THWeitz Center 172 1:15pm-3:00pm
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THEA 185.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- T, THWeitz Center 172 1:15pm-3:00pm
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Sophomore Priority
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THEA 195 Acting Shakespeare 6 credits
Though widely read, Shakespeare’s plays were written to be performed. This acting class, designed for students with no prior experience with Shakespeare, will explore approaches to performance with an emphasis on the use of the First Folio. Students will create performances using Shakespeare’s approaches to rhetoric, imagery and structure while examining some of the plays’ principal themes. Video and audio recordings will be used to develop a critical perspective on acting Shakespeare with an emphasis on the differing demands of live and recorded performance.
- Fall 2023
- Arts Practice
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THEA 195.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- T, THWeitz Center 172 10:10am-11:55am
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THEA 242 Modern American Drama 6 credits
A study of significant American plays from the early twentieth century to the present, including playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Alice Childress, Suzan Lori-Parks, and Lauren Yee. We will read plays from a theatrical lens, discussing them as blueprints for performance by examining their structure, characters, language, and theatricality. We will also discuss how these plays are in conversation with contextual historical events and notions of American identity.
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THEA 242.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 230 10:10am-11:55am
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