Fall 2023 Course Flyers

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Spring 2023 Course Flyers

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Spring 2023 Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Visit the Registrar's Class Schedule for live registration information

Num. / Sec. / CRN Name Days Time Room Instructor
THDA 112-01 30671 Reading Plays: Asian and Asian American Playwrights Days: M W F Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: kt shorb

*First day attendance required; cross-listed with ASIA 194-02*

THDA 113-01 30672 The Artistic Power and Politics of the Dancing Body Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: Wynn Fricke

*First day attendance required*

THDA 120-01 30673 Acting Days: T R Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: kt shorb

*First day attendance required; closed to senior non-majors except with permission of instructor*

THDA 217-01 30786 Gender and Race Theory in Performance Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 101 Instructor: kt shorb

*Cross-listed with WGSS 217-01*

THDA 220-01 30674 Voice and Speech Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 004 Instructor: Cheryl Brinkley

*First day attendance required; closed to senior non-majors except with permission of instructor*

THDA 230-01 30675 The Art of Play: Action, Invention, and Chaos Days: M W F Time: 02:20 pm-04:20 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Robert Rosen

*First day attendance required; closed to senior non-majors except with permission of instructor*

THDA 235-01 30788 Fundamentals of Scenography Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Mina Kinukawa

*Closed to senior non-majors except with permission of instructor*

THDA 255-01 30678 Lighting Design Days: T R Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Wu Chen Khoo

*First day attendance required; course will meet in both the Huber-Seikaly Theater and the Design Studio*

THDA 285-01 30679 The Art of Costume Design Days: M W F Time: 12:00 pm-02:00 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Sarah Bahr

*First day attendance required*

THDA 294-03 30789 Native Communities, Indigenous Land, and Site-Specific Performance Days: M Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Mina Kinukawa

THDA 341-01 30681 Dance Composition Days: T R Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Wynn Fricke

*First day attendance required*

THDA 375-01 30682 Set Design Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Mina Kinukawa

*Permission of instructor required; first day attendance required*

THDA 385-01 30683 Intermediate Playwriting Days: W Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: C. Meaker

*First day attendance required; cross-listed with ENGL 385-01*

THDA 22-01 30684 Dances of the African Diaspora II Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Patricia Brown

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 31-01 30685 Dance Improvisation Days: M W F Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Krista Langberg

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 42-01 30686 Modern Dance II Days: M W F Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Wynn Fricke

*First day attendance required*

THDA 44-01 30687 Modern Dance IV Days: M W Time: 04:45 pm-06:00 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Toni Pierce-Sands

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 51-01 30688 Beginning Ballet Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 53-01 30689 Intermediate Ballet Days: M W F Time: 03:30 pm-04:45 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 53-02 31038 Intermediate Ballet Days: M W F Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits; first day attendance required*

THDA 60-01 30690 Brown Spirits Dance Ensemble Days: T R Time: 04:45 pm-06:45 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Patricia Brown

*Permission of instructor required; first day attendance required*

THDA 79-01 31208 Performance Practice in Student Projects Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: Wynn Fricke

THDA 80-01 30691 Performance Practice Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: Ernesto Capello

*Permission of instructor required; first day attendance required; Dance and Theater 2023 spring auditions will take place in late 2022 fall. Please check the Department's "performances" page for updated information*

THDA 81-01 30692 Technical Practice Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: Barrett, Kinukawa

*Permission of instructor required; If you are interested in getting involved in theater productions or dance concerts as a crew, board op, or backstage support, please contact Tom Barrett ([email protected]) or Mina Kinukawa ([email protected])*

Fall 2023

Visit the Registrar's Class Schedule for live registration information

Num. / Sec. / CRN Name Days Time Room Instructor
THDA 105-F1 10811 Seeing Performance in the Twin Cities Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 203 Instructor: Wynn Fricke

*First-Year course only*

THDA 105-F2 10812 Seeing Performance in the Twin Cities Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 204 Instructor: Randy Reyes

*First-Year course only*

THDA 112-01 10813 Reading Plays: Indigenous Playwrights Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: Sam Aros-Mitchell

*Appropriate for first-year students*

THDA 120-01 10814 Acting Days: M W F Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm Room: THEATR 004 Instructor: Robert Rosen

*Not open to incoming first-year students*

THDA 120-02 10815 Acting Days: M W F Time: 03:30 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Claudia Tatinge Nascimento

*Appropriate for first-year students*

THDA 125-01 10816 Technologies of Performance Days: M W F Time: 10:50 am-11:50 am Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Thomas Barrett

*Appropriate for first-year students*

THDA 125-L1 10817 Tech of Performance Lab Days: R Time: 08:00 am-11:00 am Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Thomas Barrett

THDA 194-01 10818 Drawing for Theater and Dance Days: M W F Time: 08:30 am-10:40 am Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Brandon Chambers

*Appropriate for first-year students*

THDA 235-01 10819 Fundamentals of Scenography Days: T R Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Wu Chen Khoo

*Appropriate for first-year students; the course is required for the Theater and Dance major, Dance and Theater minors, Performance and Technologies minor*

THDA 242-01 10820 Playwriting Days: M W F Time: 03:30 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: Alayna Jacqueline

*Appropriate for first-year students; cross-listed with ENGL 285-01*

THDA 242-02 10822 Playwriting Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: C. Meaker

*Appropriate for first-year students; cross-listed with ENGL 285-02*

THDA 245-01 10824 Performance Histories and Theories: From the Historical Avant-Garde to the Present Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 101 Instructor: Claudia Tatinge Nascimento

THDA 292-01 10867 Stage Management Days: M Time: 07:00 pm-08:30 pm Room: THEATR 213 Instructor: Kenji Shoemaker

*2 credits*

THDA 294-01 10825 History Fashion and Costume Days: M W F Time: 12:00 pm-01:00 pm Room: THEATR 101 Instructor: MaryBeth Gagner

THDA 294-02 10826 Sound Design Days: M W F Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Katharine Horowitz

*Appropriate for first-year students*

THDA 350-01 10829 Directing for the Stage Days: M W F Time: 02:20 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 101 Instructor: Randy Reyes

THDA 394-01 10830 Lighting Design II Days: T R Time: 09:40 am-11:10 am Room: THEATR 006 Instructor: Kathy Maxwell

THDA 490-01 10854 Capstone and Honors Seminar Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: Claudia Tatinge Nascimento

THDA 21-01 10832 Dances of the African Diaspora I Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Patricia Brown

*2 credits*

THDA 41-01 10834 Modern Dance I Days: M W F Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Wynn Fricke

*2 credits*

THDA 43-01 10835 Modern Dance III Days: M W F Time: 04:45 pm-06:00 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Toni Pierce-Sands

*2 credits*

THDA 51-01 10836 Beginning Ballet Days: M W F Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits*

THDA 53-01 10837 Intermediate Ballet Days: T R Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits*

THDA 55-01 10838 Advanced Ballet Days: M W F Time: 03:30 pm-04:45 pm Room: THEATR 003 Instructor: Jill Lile

*2 credits; audition and permission of instructor required*

THDA 60-01 10855 Brown Spirits Dance Ensemble Days: T R Time: 04:45 pm-06:45 pm Room: THEATR 120 Instructor: Patricia Brown

*By audition/permission of instructor only; 2 credits awarded upon successful completion of the course*

THDA 79-01 10895 Performance Practice in Student Projects Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: STAFF

*Consult with department about registration and participation expectations; two credits awarded at the end of the semester. May be repeated for credit.*

THDA 80-01 10839 Performance Practice Days: MTWR Time: 05:30 pm-07:00 pm Room: THEATR 121 Instructor: Barrett, Berlovitz, Tatinge Nascimento

*Contact the instructor for participation requirements; two credits awarded at the end of the semester. May be repeated for credit.*

THDA 81-01 10883 Technical Practice Days: TBA Time: TBA Room: Instructor: Barrett, Khoo

*Permission of instructor required. Two credits awarded at the end of the semester. May be repeated for credit. If you are interested in getting involved in theater productions or dance concerts as crew, board op, or backstage support, please contact the instructor ([email protected])*