Timeroom: Fall 2022

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 562 (01) - Ballet II

Ballet II

Credits: 2.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 16130

This dance technique class is taught at an intermediate level and is an extension of Ballet I with a focus on developing ballet vocabulary and artistry. Open to both majors and non-majors.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.

Equivalent(s): THCO 562, THEA 562

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	MW	12:10pm - 2:00pm	NHH STGE

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 563 (01) - Theatre Dance II

Theatre Dance II

Credits: 2.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 10506
Special Fees: $24.00

This dance technique class is an extension of THDA 463. Students will become versatile in a variety of dance styles, including contemporary and musical theatre style jazz and tap dance. Technical execution, artistry and improvisation will be explored. Open to both majors and non-majors. Special fee.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.

Equivalent(s): THCO 563, THEA 563

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	NHH NDS

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 570 (01) - Movement & Vocal Production

Movement & Vocal Production

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16760
Special Fees: $20.00

Expansion of the student's body-voice awareness, utilizing basic theories and lessons of Lessac Kinesensics and other somatic voice and body practices. Students will build breath-body connection and capacity, expand resonance and articulation, explore body alignment and expressiveness to build a foundation for a healthy and dynamic body-voice for stage and screen performance. Special Fee.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): THDA 551

Equivalent(s): THDA 470

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	NHH NDS

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 576 (01) - Pointe

Pointe

Credits: 2.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 16
CRN: 11439

This class is taught at an intermediate level focusing on developing pointe technique and artistry. Classical variations are incorporated to study the history of ballet through practical application. 1-2 years of pointe technique required. If interested in beginning the study of pointe technique, contact the instructor. Open to both majors and non-majors.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.

Equivalent(s): THCO 576, THEA 576

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Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	NHH STGE

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 583 (01) - Introduction to Puppetry

Introduction to Puppetry

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 22
CRN: 13579
Special Fees: $25.00

Introduces the art of puppetry for general appreciation, entertainment, application in the classroom, and as a therapeutic tool. Emphasis on constructing a variety of puppets (e.g., hand, rod, shadow, and scarf) and adapting literary sources for scripts and performance. Special fee.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	MW	9:40am - 11:00am	PCAC M213

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 583 (02) - Introduction to Puppetry

Introduction to Puppetry

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 22
CRN: 13580
Special Fees: $25.00

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	MW	11:40am - 1:00pm	PCAC M213

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 589 (01) - Practicum

Practicum

Credits: 1.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Grading

Class Size: 100
CRN: 11579

The practicum ensures a breadth of experience in the major, including sets, costumes, lighting, props, box office, marketing, and performing. Students must register for practicum every semester. They are notified of their practicum assignment at the beginning of each semester. Cr/F.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): THDA 689

Only listed colleges in section: Liberal Arts

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 600 (01) - Musical Theatre Voice II

Musical Theatre Voice II

Credits: 1.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 14996

This course is a continuation of THDA 500: Musical Theatre Voice I. Students build on the groundwork in vocal technique, analysis, and performance established in Musical Theatre Voice I and continue to explore and develop these skills.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 640W (01) - Playwriting

Playwriting

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 12
CRN: 11938
Special Fees: $24.00

To illuminate and guide each student through the art and craft of writing for performance. This course explores the fundamental principles needed to build a realistic play that is intended to be produced upon the stage. Though the course is built around the construction of plays, the principles, writing exercises, readings, and other assignments serve as a solid base for any form of dialogue driven writing. Special fee. Writing intensive.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): THDA 540, THDA 540W, THDA 750, THEA 750

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	PCAC M316

Additional Course Details:

Course Description

What makes a great play great? What stories need to be told on stage now? This collaborative writing workshop will investigate the essential skills for playwrights including creating dynamic characters, dramatic action, and dialogue that makes us lean in to listen. We will analyze the dramatic techniques of modern masters as well as acclaimed contemporary playwrights. Through interactive exercises and assignments each student will develop their own unique playwriting voice. Everyone will hear newly written pages out loud – absolutely essential for playwrights – and receive constructive feedback. Classes will be a mix of writing exercises, lectures on craft, in-depth analysis of classic and contemporary plays, and discussions of student work, culminating in the creation of original one-act plays.

Nina’s Note

My goal is to help you discover and nurture the storyteller within – the observer, questioner, and inventor. We will continually ask the big questions: What motivates human behavior? What makes a story relevant, entertaining, compelling, or moving? What responsibilities to our community do we have as storytellers? In what way is an artist a public intellectual? Does all art have a political, moral, and/or ethical point of view? What makes a great play great? What if…?

The workshop atmosphere is one of support and generosity toward new work and experimentation. You’ll be asked to experiment in your own writing as well as to welcome the very different experiments of your fellow writers. The workshop environment is a shared creation, and all members are responsible for sustaining it so that all feel free to work, to try new things, to take risks. You will all serve as actors for your fellow students. By the end of the course you will lead discussions of your own work.

I encourage you to participate in theatre at UNH as much as you can – and when possible, beyond – as audience members, onstage performers, directors, designers, technicians, or in any other capacity, understanding that any participation improves your vision and understanding of the art of theatre, and your awareness as a playwright.

Course Goals

Students will:

Strengthen skills of observation, analysis and inquiry
Gain a practical understanding of playwriting fundamentals
Gather techniques to conquer the blank page and methods for revision
Read a wide range of professional modern and contemporary writing for the theatre
Develop their own unique aesthetic, creative writing practice, and voice
Develop drafts through exploration, revision, and feedback
Learn how to contribute to the development of their fellow writers’ work
Write and revise a ten-minute play, and a one-act play  
Ask: Why theatre? What is it for? What can it do?

Required Books and Materials

The required book is available at the UNH Bookstore, the Durham Book Exchange, and the Dimond Library as an ebook.

Playwriting With Purpose by Jacqueline Goldfinger
A Journal with full-size pages dedicated to playwriting

Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance

THDA 655 (01) - Musical Theatre Scene Study

Musical Theatre Scene Study

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 16
CRN: 15000

Builds on and expands the techniques learned in Acting I and Musical Theatre Voice I, with a special emphasis on partner work and scene study.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): THDA 551 and THDA 555

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/29/2022	12/12/2022	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	PCAC M213
8/29/2022	12/12/2022		Hours Arranged	PCAC M313