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Your search for courses · during 26WI · tagged with THEA Practical · returned 6 results

  • DANC 189 Music Theatre Practicum 1 credits

    This course is designed for dancers who have auditioned and been cast for the Theater and Dance Department musical. Students will learn and rehearse choreography for the show and will perform in the mainstage  musical theater production.  To register students will waitlist for the course and then enroll with permission from the instructor. Students taking this course should plan to register for THEA 190 in the term of the performance (the following term).

    Extra Time Required: Rehearsal with the entire cast, including all technical & Dress rehearsals and performances in the Spring Term.

    Waitlist Only

    • Winter 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • This course requires an audition and permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • CL: 100 level DANC Movement Practice & Performance THEA Practical
    • DANC  189.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Daphne McCoy 🏫 👤
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MWeitz Center 165 5:30pm-7:00pm
    • FWeitz Center 172 10:45am-12:00pm
    • Extra Time Required: Rehearsal with the entire cast, including all technical & Dress rehearsals and performances in the Spring Term.

      Waitlist Only

      The meeting time for this course will be determined after registration when all participants can be consulted on their availability. Please reach out to the instructor with any questions.

  • THEA 110 Beginning Acting 6 credits

    Introduces students to fundamental acting skills, including preliminary physical training, improvisational techniques, and basic scene work. The course includes analysis of plays as bases for performance, with a strong emphasis on characterization.

    Extra Time for rehearsal

    • Winter 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • CL: 100 level THEA Minor Acting THEA Practical
    • THEA  110.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Jeanne Willcoxon 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • M, WWeitz Center 172 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FWeitz Center 172 2:20pm-3:20pm
    • Extra Time for rehearsal

      Sophomore Priority

    • THEA  110.02 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Jeanne Willcoxon 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • T, THWeitz Center 172 10:10am-11:55am
    • Extra Time Required: for rehearsal

  • 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 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • CL: 100 level THEA Minor Acting THEA Practical
    • THEA  185.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:David Wiles 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • M, WWeitz Center 172 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FWeitz Center 172 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • THEA 198 New Play Workshop 2 credits

    This course focuses on rehearsing a new play in preparation for a staged reading. Students will learn essential techniques in analyzing, discussing, producing, and performing new work.  The course will be run like a professional new play workshop and will thus also prepare students for post-graduate careers.

    • Winter 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • This course requires permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • THEA Practical CL: 100 level
    • THEA  198.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Andrew Carlson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • FWeitz Center 235 1:00pm-3:30pm
  • THEA 199 Theater Practicum 3 credits

    This course is designed for students who have major responsibilities in Carleton Players productions as Stage Managers, Actors and Designers. Students enrolled in this class will have more responsibility and be expected to commit to more time than the students registered in Theater 190, including additional time for research, design and role preparation. Students in this course will get in-depth learning experiences in the processes most central to the discipline; the creation of performances. Students will waitlist for the course; enrollment in the course will be by instructor’s permission depending on the responsibilities students have.

    Course will meet weeks 2 through 6, the drop add period will be the end of week 2. Open only to students in THEA 199 cohort

    • Winter 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • Student is a member of the THEA 199 cohort.

    • CL: 100 level THEA Practical
    • THEA  199.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Andrew Carlson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
  • THEA 211 Intermediate Acting 6 credits

    This course builds on the core principles of THEA 110 through scene study, improvisational exercises, and script analysis. Students will practice the techniques of Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, and Stella Adler as they deepen their ability to live truthfully in imaginary circumstances.

    Expected preparation: Theater 110 or significant acting experience. 

    Extra Time Required

    • Winter 2026
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • CL: 200 level THEA Practical
    • THEA  211.01 Winter 2026

    • Faculty:Andrew Carlson 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • T, THWeitz Center 172 1:15pm-3:00pm

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