Chabot College
Fall 2010
Course Outline for Theater Arts 30
EMERGING WORK
Catalog Description:
30 –Emerging Work
May be repeated 3 times
3 units
Participation in experimental workshop plays, original student scripts, and other projects, possibly
leading to scheduled performances. 3 hours.
[Typical contact hours: 52.5]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
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serve as actors, directors, stage managers, and technical workers in a show;
plan and choose material that is manageable for theater projects;
cast, rehearse and present short plays or scenes in a workshop format;
prepare and manage all technical aspects of the show;
discuss and critically evaluate the work that was presented
practice the creative processes
Course Content:
1. theater duties: acting, directing, stage managing and technical working
2. planning and choosing manageable material for a semester-long theater project
3. casting, rehearsing and presenting short plays or scenes in a workshop format
4. preparing all the technical aspects of the show
5. critiquing developing work
6. the creative processes
Methods of Presentation:
1. Learning by doing – under instructor supervision, students are responsible for all aspects of
the production:
a. promoting
b. directing
c. acting
d. creating the technical aspects of the show
2. Discussions/meetings with the class as a whole to address:
a. Organizational items
b. Dealing with problems that arise
c. Evaluation of work
3. Discussions/meetings with student directors/leaders to address:
a. Aspects of directing a production
b. Play selection
c. Casting
d. Rehearsal discipline and etiquette
e. Staging and blocking
f. Actor coaching
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Course Outline for Theater Arts 30, Page 2
Fall 2010
g. Pacing and rhythm
h. Technical aspects of the shows
4. Rehearsals, led by student directors, mentored by instructor
5. Performances
6. After-performance discussions of the work
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. At a given day of rehearsals, block and stage scene 1
b. On another day of rehearsals, go “off book” with lines and cues memorized and run the
scene without scripts in hand
c. On the day of technical rehearsal, have all technical dimensions of the show ready for a
cue-to-cue technical rehearsal. Set and program all the light and sound cues, run scene
changes, organize properties and set pieces. Finally, do a complete run-through of the
show incorporating all these elements.
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Grading of participation in the process of creating the student projects
1) Spirit and discipline
2) Quality of performance
3) Amount of improvement
4) Ensemble support and cooperation
b. Attendance
c. Final examination (final staging of play)
Textbook(s) Typical:
Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors: A Collection of Short One- and TwoPerson Scenes, Garry Michael Kluger, Meriwether Publishing, Ltd., 2007
Special Student Materials:
None
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