Drama and Theatre Arts 1

DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS lecture or seminar course in the field of drama, theatre, and performance
“studies,” and/or a theatre praxis “studio” course.

Contact Us Barnard students may declare the major at any time; Columbia students
have a major-selection period in the second year, but all students must
333 Milbank Hall declare the major by the spring semester of the sophomore year. The
212-854-2080 major requirements are spelled out below, and the process for choosing a
thesis area as well: all Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors complete
theatre@barnard.edu
a thesis as a capstone to their work in the degree. For more information
about the major, please contact the Department of Theatre Chair, or a
Department Chair:
Professor W. B. Worthen member of the Theatre Department Faculty (see Faculty pages).

wworthen@barnard.edu All majors must submit the online Theatre Major Declaration Form,
available on the Department of Theatre website (theatre.barnard.edu);
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Barnard majors must also submit the Barnard Major Declaration Form via
Professor Alice Reagan Slate. Prior to declaring the major, students should make an appointment
with the Department Chair. All majors should introduce themselves to
areagan@barnard.edu the Theatre Administrator in 507 Milbank Hall; she will add names to the
departmental listserv, and help students to keep up to date in important
Department Administrator: information about studying in the Department.
Kate Purdum

212-854-2080 Student Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the major, successful students will be able to attain
kpurdum@barnard.edu
the following objectives:
Senior Faculty Department Assistant: • Critically assess the artistic ambitions and theoretical involved in the
Valerie Coates
interpretation of historical and contemporary drama and theatrical
performance,
• Create with proficiency in at least one area of creative work in the

The Department of Theatre field: critical/research writing, acting, design, directing, dramaturgy,
playwriting, solo performance, stage and production management
The undergraduate theatre major is housed in the Barnard College
Department of Theatre, and is offered to all undergraduate Barnard Areas of Concentration
College, Columbia College, and General Studies students (the Columbia Drama and Theatre Studies Student Learning Objectives
major is designated “Drama and Theatre Arts”). The major program
engages the disciplines of drama, theatre, and performance studies as Students successfully completing drama studies, theatre studies,
a distinctive mode of intellectual and artistic inquiry. While Barnard and and performance studies coursework, or pursuing a Senior Thesis in
Columbia students fulfill the overall graduation requirements at their Research, should be able to attain the following objectives:
respective institutions (the Core at Columbia, Foundations at Barnard),
major requirements are the same for all majors, who take foundational 1. Write clearly about dramatic literature, and about performance,
coursework in the literary, cultural, and embodied traditions of western including where applicable film performance;
and non-Western performance as well as courses in the practices of 2. Synthesize and evaluate contemporary criticism and research
acting, directing, design, dramaturgy, playwriting, and management scholarship in writing;
and technical theatre. All majors then specialize in a specific area and 3. Know specific authors, movements, periods, styles, and ideological
undertake advanced thesis work, leading either to a formal essay of structures in the history of drama, theatre, and performance (i.e.,
original research, or to an artistic project (in acting, design, directing, Shakespeare, American drama, Performative Cultures of the Third
dramaturgy, playwriting, solo performance, or stage and production Reich, Black Theatre);
management) that combines the practices of research and artistic 4. Use critical, theoretical, and historical concepts in the analysis of
creation. Barnard and Columbia students receive their degrees from their drama and performance.
respective colleges of Columbia University.
Acting Student Learning Objectives
The Barnard College Department of Theatre mounts a full season of
productions in the Minor Latham Playhouse and the Glicker-Milstein Students successfully completing coursework in acting or pursuing
Theatre, a crucible of investigation that is a credit-bearing element of a Senior Thesis in Performance: Acting should be able to attain the
the curriculum, and open to all undergraduate students for audition. A following objectives:
collaboration between students and professional theatre artists, the
Department of Theatre productions are both a learning process and a 1. Analyze dramatic texts and apply the analysis to developing a
scene of encounter, where perceptions are shaped for the attention and performable role/character;
creative reflection of a larger public. 2. Synthesize external elements with external elements (social mores,
environment, historical context, status relationship to others) and
Students interested in majoring in Theatre should consider taking three internal elements (center of gravity, personal rhythm, speed, tempo)
or four of the required classes in their first two years of study: the Critical toward the expression of a character's physicality and emotionality;
Histories of Drama, Theatre, and Performance lectures (1 and 2), another
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3. Recognize and apply the fundamental concepts of character 1. Create an individual theatrical voice in writing;
development: objectives, obstacles, actions, given circumstances; 2. Construct dramatic and theatrical events onstage;
4. Develop vocal, physical and emotional awareness and imagination, 3. Communicate supportive critique to fellow writers;
and to explore techniques available to aid the actor in applying these 4. Interpret plot and story, and to employ language and spectacle
elements in a conscious way during rehearsal and performance. creatively;
Design Student Learning Objectives 5. Recognize dramatic structures, and be able to shape and hold an
audience's attention.
Students successfully completing coursework design or pursuing
a Senior Thesis in Performance: Design should be able to attain the Stage and Production Management Student Learning Objectives
following objectives:
Students successfully completing coursework in stage and production
1. Analyze dramatic texts and translate that analysis into documents management or pursuing a Senior Thesis in Performance: Stage
used in the production process (breakdowns, plots, etc.); and Production Management should be able to attain the following
objectives:
2. Collect images and texts that provide insight into the developing
design idea, and accurately communicate historical and stylistic 1. Read and analyze a performance text from stage and production
choices; management perspectives;
3. Demonstrate fluency with the craft of a design field – e.g. sketching, 2. Communicate with and coordinate the needs of all members of the
model making, drafting, sound and lighting plots, and associated production effectively;
software;
3. Organize and manage the rehearsal process
4. Perform collaboratively, adapting and informing their designs with
4. Develop and update the production budget
ideas generated through conversation with colleagues, classmates,
and advisors. Faculty:

Directing Student Learning Objectives Chair: W.B. Worthen (Alice Brady Pels Professor in the Arts, Co-Director of
Undergraduate Studies, Drama and Theatre Arts)
Students successfully completing coursework in directing or pursuing
a Senior Thesis in Performance: Directing should be able to attain the Associate Professor: Hana Worthen (also Associate Professor,
following objectives: Comparative Literature)

1. Recognize the different demands of different configurations of stage Professor of Professional Practice, Theatre, School of the Arts: Steven
space; Chaikelson
2. Apply compositional tools;
Associate Professors of Professional Practice: Sandra Goldmark
3. Define production style and its influence on performance choices;
(also Climate School, Columbia University); Alice Reagan (Director of
4. Communicate effectively with actors;
Undergraduate Studies)
5. Analyze the historical, social, and aesthetic elements of a dramatic
text as the basis for a directorial conception. Senior Lecturers: Shayoni Mitra

Dramaturgy Student Learning Objectives Lecturers: Gisela Cardenas

Students successfully completing coursework dramaturgy or pursuing Adjunct Lecturers: Mana Allen, Daniel Baker, Andy Bragen, Autum Casey,
a Senior Thesis in Performance: Dramaturgy should be able to attain the Kyle deCamp, Crystal Finn, Sharon Fogarty, Tina Mitchell, Shannon
following objectives: Sindelar, David Skeist

1. Apply important critical and theoretical concepts to the analysis of Affiliated Faculty:
dramatic writing and theatrical performance;
Associate Professors: Maja Horn (Spanish and Latin American Cultures,
2. Synthesize and evaluate contemporary research scholarship and
Barnard)
apply it to a specific production, including biographical, historical, and
interpretive information; Senior Lecturers: Pam Cobrin (English, Barnard), Patricia Denison
3. Write clearly and effectively about the goals of a production, its (English, Barnard)
critical contexts and purposes;
Other officers of the University offering courses listed below:
4. Communicate the critical stakes of a performance to a director and
cast; to be able to work with a director in fashioning those stakes; Professors: Julie Stone Peters (English, Columbia), Austin Quigley
5. Edit dramatic scripts for production. (English, Columbia)

Playwriting Student Learning Objectives Assistant Professors: Rebecca Kastleman (English, Columbia)

Students successfully completing coursework in playwriting or pursuing Department Administrator: Kate Purdum
a Senior Thesis in Performance: Playwriting should be able to attain the
following objectives: Technical Director: Greg Winkler

Director of Production: Michael Banta

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Costume Shop Manager: Kara Feely (literature) courses are typically approved for “studies”
requirement; other courses require prior approval of Chair
Senior Faculty Department Assistant: Valerie Coates
d. at least 3 courses in the field of the senior thesis (3 acting
Requirements for the Major classes for acting; solo performance and 2 acting for solo
performance thesis; 3 directing classes; 3 design classes;
Download the Theatre major self-audit form
3 playwriting classes; 1 stage management and 2 design/
A minimum of 42 credits is required to fulfill the requirements for the technical theatre for stage and production management;
major. Students intending to major in Theatre should consult with the dramaturgy class and either 2 research classes or 1 research
Department Chair in their sophomore year or earlier to plan a program. and 1 playwriting for dramaturgy; 3 research classes for
Twelve courses and one senior thesis (in Performance or in Research) are research thesis.
required as follows:
ONE SENIOR THESIS: Acting, Design, Directing,
Major Requirements Dramaturgy, Playwriting, Solo Performance, Stage and
Production Management, Research
FOUR COURSES
THTR UN3997 SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE (acting,
Two lecture "studies" courses (must be taken at design, directing, dramaturgy, playwriting, solo performance) OR
Barnard): THTR UN3998 SENIOR THESIS IN RESEARCH. Students apply for
THTR UN3150 CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, thesis field in January of the junior year; at least 3 courses in the field
THEATRE, AND PERFORMANCE 1 of the thesis, in addition to the thesis course, required at the time of
THTR UN3151 CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, graduation.
THEATRE, AND PERFORMANCE 2
ONE TO TWO PRODUCTION CREW ASSIGNMENTS
Two theatre studio "praxis courses, each in a Two 1-2 credit courses (THTR UN2422 PRACTICUM PROPS
different discipline: # PAINT, THTR UN2423 PRACTICUM LIGHTS # SOUND,
THTR UN2120 TECHNICAL PRODUCTION THTR UN2424 PRACTICUM WARDROBE, THTR UN2426
PRACTICUM DESIGN THESIS FESTIVAL, THTR UN2427 PRACTICUM
THTR UN2421 Stage Management
DESIGN ASSISTANT), one pre-production and one backstage;
THTR UN3004 ACTING I
OR One 3-credit assignment as stage manager (THTR UN2425
THTR UN3200 DIRECTING I
PRACTICUM STAGE MANAGEMENT).
THTR UN3203 COLLABORATION:DIRCTNG/DESIGN
THTR UN3300 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP Graduate Courses
THTR UN3301 PLAYWRITING LAB Only under special circumstances, and with the permission of the
THTR UN3401 SOUND DESIGN instructor, can undergraduates take graduate classes.
THTR UN3402 COSTUME DESIGN
THTR UN3403 LIGHTING DESIGN Requirements for the Minor
THTR UN3404 SCENE DESIGN The Minor in Theatre (currently available only to Barnard students;
THTR UN3405 PROBLEMS IN DESIGN Columbia College and General Studies may approve minors soon)
THTR UN3406 Media & Production Design provides the opportunity to engage in the range of opportunities offered
THTR UN3210 DRAMATURGY by the Theatre department: students who minor in Theatre take a mix of
lecture and seminar courses in drama, theatre, and performance studies,
EIGHT ADDITIONAL COURSES: LECTURE/SEMINAR AND as well as courses in a selected area or selected areas of performance
practice (acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, stage and production
PRAXIS management, playwriting), as well as fulfilling one backstage crew
Maximum 5 3-4 point courses in drama studies, theatre studies, requirement. Please note:
performance studies (lecture/seminar) OR
Only courses that would fulfil the major requirements can be used to
Maximum 5 3-4 point courses in praxis(studio) fields: 5 studies/3 fulfill minor requirements.
praxis; 4 studies/ 4 praxis; 3 studies/5 praxis
The minor can be “declared” only in the semester that all requirements for
a. praxis courses may be taken a single discipline or the minor will be completed, typically in the first or second semester of
combination of disciplines: acting, design, directing, the senior year.
dramaturgy, playwriting, solo performance
The minor in Theatre consists of seven (7) courses; only courses that
b. one praxis course may be taken in another department, if fulfill major requirements may be taken to fulfill minor requirements.
relevant to thesis, with prior approval of the Chair (i.e., figure Students minoring in Theatre may take one (1) relevant course from
drawing) another department as part of the “elective” series, as approved by the
minor advisor or the department chair.
c. drama studies, theatre studies, and performance studies
lectures/seminars are taken in the Theatre THTR UN Seven courses, to include three 3- or 4-credit lecture/seminar courses,
3100 series; 1-2 ENTA, ENTH, CPLS, and/or Shakespeare three 3-credit studio courses, and one (1-3 credit variable) crew
assignment, as follows:
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• One (1) Theatre lecture course (THTR UN3149 PERFORMANCE IN/ THTR UN2022 PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE SHOW 1. 1.00-3.00 points.
OF SOUTH # SOUTHEAST ASIA, THTR UN3150 CRITICAL HISTORIES Course can be taken for 1-3 points.
OF DRAMA, THEATRE, AND PERFORMANCE 1, THTR UN3151
CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, THEATRE, AND PERFORMANCE 2, Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
THTR UN3154 THEATRE TRAD GLOBAL CONTEXT ) Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates.
Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as
• One (1) additional lecture course from the list above or seminar actors in a departmental stage production register for this course; course
course offered at the 3000 level in the Theatre department emphasizes the collaborative nature of production, and appropriate
research and reading required in addition to artistic assignments.
• One (1) course offered in the Theatre department in any of the Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first
following fields: acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, playwriting. Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required
details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in
• Four (4) additional courses as follows:
advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
Fall 2023: THTR UN2022
• One (1) 3000 level lecture/seminar course in drama, theatre, and
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
performance studies offered in the Theatre department
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• Two (2) studio courses, chosen from acting, design, directing, THTR 2022 001/00111 Alice Reagan 1.00-3.00 10/20
dramaturgy, or playwriting. Spring 2024: THTR UN2022
• One (1) Theatre production crew assignment, which is constituted as Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
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a course.
THTR 2022 001/00104 Tea Alagic 1.00-3.00 0/20

One (1) relevant course from another department may be included

with prior approval of the department chair, including ENTA courses THTR UN2023 PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE SHOW 2. 1.00-3.00 points.
offered through Columbia English, or relevant courses offered in other Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
departments. Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates.
Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as
No more than three (3) courses may be in a single format: three (3) actors in a departmental stage production register for this course; course
lecture or seminar and three (3) studio courses. All three studio courses emphasizes the collaborative nature of production, and appropriate
may be in a single discipline (for example, three courses in acting; research and reading required in addition to artistic assignments.
two design courses and one approved course in figure drawing; three Auditions for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first
playwriting courses, including one approved course taken in Barnard Tuesday and Wednesday class days of each semester. For required
English). details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in
advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
THTR UN2005 Acting Workshop. 3 points. Fall 2023: THTR UN2023
When offered in Fall semester, open only to first-year students.Not offered Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
during 2023-2024 academic year. Number Number
THTR 2023 001/00112 Javier 1.00-3.00 13/20
Prerequisites: Acting classes are open to all Barnard and Columbia Gonzalez

undergraduates. Permission of Theatre Department through audition

required: auditions for acting classes and for the semester's stage THTR UN2024 PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 1. 1.00-3.00 points.
productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Wednesday class days of Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
each semester. Acting classes begin meeting after auditions. For required Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates.
details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as
advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions. actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course. Auditions
Course develops the processes and tools an actor needs to approach for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and
the text of a play. Students develop their physical, vocal, and imaginative Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult
range and skills through voice and speech exercises, work on non- "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance:
verbal behavior, improvisation, and character development. IN THE FALL theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
Spring 2024: THTR UN2024
SEMESTER OPEN ONLY TO FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS. Course encouraged
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
for prospective BC Theatre and CU Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Number Number
THTR 2024 001/00105 M T W Th F 7:00pm - Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 0/20
11:00pm
302 Milbank Hall
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THTR UN2025 PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 2. 1.00-3.00 points. THTR UN2201 ACTING ENSEMBLE DIRECTING II. 1.00 point.
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit. Students may participate as actors in Directing II as a 1-credit course;
Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. these students will comprise the Acting Ensemble. Actors will be cast
Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as in all four student-directed scenes and will participate in the feedback
actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course. Auditions process following the showings. Actors must be available for both days
for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and of the week the course meets, but are only required to attend when
Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult they are performing; they are welcome to attend additional classes that
"Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: may be of interest. Actors will be graded on their in-class performances
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions (moment-to-moment work, collaboration with on-stage partners,
Spring 2024: THTR UN2025 memorization) and ability to respond and adjust to notes. Actors who
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment are responsible and collaborative will succeed as part of the Acting
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Ensemble. Grading is Pass/Fail
THTR 2025 001/00106 M T W Th F 7:00pm - Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 0/20
Spring 2024: THTR UN2201
11:00pm
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
237 Milbank Hall
Number Number
THTR 2201 001/00108 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Alice Reagan 1.00 17/30
THTR UN2026 PRACTICUM PERFORMANCE THESIS 3. 1.00-3.00 points.
229 Milbank Hall
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
Prerequisites: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. THTR UN2210 Theatre Workshop. 1 point.
Permission of Department through audition required. Students cast as Prerequisites: To be taken only for P/D/F. Auditions for this class are
actors in a Senior Thesis in Directing register for this course. Auditions sometimes required; please check with Theatre Department in advance.
for each semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and If audition is required, auditions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and
Wednesday class days of each semester. For required details, consult Wednesday class days of each semester. Class begins meeting after
"Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre Department website in advance: auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard Theatre
theatre.barnard.edu/auditions Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions
Spring 2024: THTR UN2026
Various topics presented by visiting theatre scholars, artists, and
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
practitioners in a lecture/seminar/workshop series that will meet for
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at least four sessions during each semester. Topics, times, and visiting
THTR 2026 001/00107 M T W Th F 7:00pm - Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 0/20
11:00pm instructors will be announced by the department. Students must attend
225 Milbank Hall all classes to receive credit for the course.

THTR UN2027 Practicum Performance Dramaturgy. 3 points. THTR UN2420 Technical Production. 3 points.
Prerequisites: Student dramaturgs are selected as part of the production Prerequisites: Crew assignment optional. Enrollment limited to 10
team; students interested in dramaturging a faculty-directed production students.
should have taken the Dramaturgy course (THTR UN3167) and consult Introduction to the equipment, terms, and procedures employed in
with the instructor. Students interested in dramaturging a senior thesis in the creation of scenery, lighting, and sound for the stage. Classroom
directing should be listed by the thesis director as part of the production exercises and field visits emphasize approaches to collaborative process
proposal and register for this course in the semester of the production. and production management.
Students doing a senior thesis in dramaturgy do not register for this
course, but register for THTR UN 3997: Senior Thesis in Performance: THTR UN2421 Stage Management. 3 points.
Dramaturgy. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, given at first class meeting.
This course explores the role of the stage manager and production
THTR UN2140 HISTORY#PRACTICE OF PRODUCING. 3.00 points. manager in theatrical production. Students undertake hands-on
Prerequisites: Preference given to students who have taken New York exercises to develop the practical and collaborative skills essential
Theatre and/or are Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Permission to working both as a stage manager and production manager--script
of instructor given at first class meeting, required. Course limited to 12. analysis; production timeline and rehearsal management; technical
Prerequisites: Preference given to students who have taken New York rehearsal; budgeting; working with directors and designers; working with
Theatre and/or are Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Permission unions; health and safety codes; house management; box office.
of instructor given at first class meeting, required. Course limited to 12.
Fall 2023: THTR UN2421
Explores the role and responsibilities of the producer in commercial
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
and not-for-profit theatre; the relationship of the producer to the cast
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and creative team; the creative development of plays and musicals; the
THTR 2421 001/00113 T Th 10:10am - 11:25am Michael Banta 3 10/12
evolution of the role of the producer over the twentieth century; and 230 Milbank Hall
the pioneering work of great producers of the past century. Students
develop criteria to assess artistic and financial merits of theatrical work.
Attendance at productions on and off Broadway, meetings with producers
and other theatre artists
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THTR UN2422 PRACTICUM PROPS # PAINT. 1.00-3.00 points. THTR UN2426 PRACTICUM DESIGN THESIS FESTIVAL. 1.00-3.00 points.
May be taken for 1-3 points. Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
Prerequisites: permission of the Senior Thesis Festival coordinator.
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit. Training and practical work as student designer on the Senior Thesis
Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Festival
Michael Banta (mbanta@barnard.edu). Training and practical props and/ Spring 2024: THTR UN2426
or scenic painting work on Departmental mainstage productions Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Fall 2023: THTR UN2422 Number Number
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment THTR 2426 001/00114 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Kara Feely 1.00-3.00 7/12
Number Number 230 Milbank Hall
THTR 2422 001/00114 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 6/12
Spring 2024: THTR UN2422 THTR UN2427 PRACTICUM DESIGN ASSISTANT. 1.00-3.00 points.
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit.
Number Number Prerequisites: permission of the Senior Thesis Festival coordinator.
THTR 2422 001/00109 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 2/12 Training and practical design work assisting student designers for the
Senior Thesis Festival
THTR UN2423 PRACTICUM LIGHTS # SOUND. 1.00-3.00 points. Fall 2023: THTR UN2427
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit. Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Number Number
Michael Banta (mbanta@barnard.edu). Training and practical lighting THTR 2427 001/00118 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 2/12
and/or sound work on Departmental mainstage productions Spring 2024: THTR UN2427
Fall 2023: THTR UN2423 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment Number Number
Number Number THTR 2427 001/00115 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 0/12
THTR 2423 001/00115 Gregory 1.00-3.00 6/12
Winkler THTR UN3004 ACTING I. 3.00 points.
Spring 2024: THTR UN2423 Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates.
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List.
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Course develops physical, vocal, and imaginative range and skills needed
THTR 2423 001/00110 Gregory 1.00-3.00 0/12
to approach the text of a play: text analysis, speech exercises, non-verbal
Winkler
behavior, improvisation designed to enhance embodiment, movement,
THTR UN2424 PRACTICUM WARDROBE. 1.00-3.00 points. and projection. Gateway course to advanced courses; transfer students
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit. who have previous college-level course may be exempted with approval
Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Costume Shop Manager of Chair. May be retaken for full credit
Kara Feely (kfeely@barnard.edu). Training and practical costume Fall 2023: THTR UN3004
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
construction and fitting work on Departmental mainstage productions
Number Number
Fall 2023: THTR UN2424
THTR 3004 001/00119 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Elena Zucker 3.00 14/14
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
229 Milbank Hall
Number Number
THTR 3004 002/00120 M W 9:10am - 11:00am Tina Mitchell 3.00 15/17
THTR 2424 001/00116 Kara Feely 1.00-3.00 9/12
Ll200 Diana Center
Spring 2024: THTR UN2424
THTR 3004 003/00276 T Th 9:10am - 11:00am David Skeist 3.00 11/14
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment 229 Milbank Hall
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THTR 3004 004/00804 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm Crystal Finn 3.00 11/14
THTR 2424 001/00111 Kara Feely 1.00-3.00 0/12 229 Milbank Hall
THTR 3004 005/00121 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Gisela 3.00 15/16
THTR UN2425 PRACTICUM STAGE MANAGEMENT. 1.00-3.00 points. Ll200 Diana Center Cardenas
Course may be taken for 1-3 points. May be retaken for full credit. Ojeda

Prerequisites: permission of Theatre Department Production Manager, Spring 2024: THTR UN3004

Michael Banta (mbanta@barnard.edu). Training and practical stage Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
management work on Departmental mainstage productions
THTR 3004 001/00116 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Elena Zucker 3.00 17/16
Fall 2023: THTR UN2425
Ll200 Diana Center
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
THTR 3004 002/00117 T Th 9:00am - 10:50am David Skeist 3.00 16/16
Number Number
Ll200 Diana Center
THTR 2425 001/00117 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 6/12
THTR 3004 003/00118 M W 10:10am - 12:00pm Crystal Finn 3.00 12/16
Spring 2024: THTR UN2425 229 Milbank Hall
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
THTR 2425 001/00113 Michael Banta 1.00-3.00 1/12
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THTR UN3005 ACTING II. 3.00 points. THTR UN3007 Scene Lab. 3 points.
Prerequisite: Open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year.
Permission of Instructor required; students admitted from Waiting List.
Students must have taken Acting I or equivalent to be eligible for Acting Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students. Acting classes are open
II sections. Acting II will offer several different sections, focusing on a to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre
specific range of conceptual, embodiment, and physical acting skills. Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and
Please check with the Theatre Department website forspecific offerings for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and
and audition information. May be retaken for full credit. All sections of Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting
Acting II fullfull the “Arts and Humanities” Foundations requirement at after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard
Barnard College Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions.
Fall 2023: THTR UN3005 Provides an overview of the creative process of acting: text analysis,
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment circumstance, establishment of place, pursuit of intention in coordination
Number Number with exercises and improvisation designed to enhance concentration,
THTR 3005 001/00122 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Gisela 3.00 12/16 imagination, resonance, movement, and projection. Rehearsal 2 hours per
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week outside class, participation in discussion of plays, playwrights, and
Ojeda
performances required. Fulfills one course in Acting for Theatre/Drama
THTR 3005 002/00123 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Gisela 3.00 9/16
Ll200 Diana Center Cardenas Theatre Arts majors.
Ojeda
THTR 3005 003/00124 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Kyle deCamp 3.00 5/14 THTR UN3008 PERFORMING GREEK TRAGEDY ON THE MODERN STAGE.
229 Milbank Hall 3.00 points.
THTR 3005 004/00125 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Mana Allen 3.00 12/12 This course aims to explore performing Greek tragedy on the modern
229 Milbank Hall
stage. It will include an introduction to original performance practices
Spring 2024: THTR UN3005
in ancient Greece (space, masking, choral performance, costume,
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
acting techniques) and an examination of how artists from different
THTR 3005 001/00119 M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Tina Mitchell 3.00 16/14
contemporary theatrical traditions have adapted ancient texts in modern
Ll200 Diana Center performances and new versions of the plays. The bulk of the course will
THTR 3005 002/00120 T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Mana Allen 3.00 12/12 be focused on the problems of acting, interpreting, and reinterpreting
229 Milbank Hall parts of three plays on the stage, Sophocles’ Antigone, Euripides’ Medea,
THTR 3005 003/00121 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Gisela 3.00 16/16
and Sophocles’ Ajax along with a new version by Ellen McLaughlin, who
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Ojeda
teaches playwriting at Barnard, Ajax in Iraq. Students will view all or parts
of particularly interesting recent productions from various theatrical
THTR UN3006 ADVANCED ACTING. 3.00 points. traditions, which will help them to tackle challenging issues such as
Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year. choral performance and choral rhythms, masking, character work,
dialogues and presenting formal political debates. For contemporary
Prerequisites: Preference given to juniors and seniors; THTR UN 3004 or actors training in Greek tragedy offers a unique opportunity to improve
3005 prerequisite. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Acting classes are their performance on stage through ensemble work and representing
open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre character through speech. It enhances dramaturgical capacities that a
Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and contemporary theater practitioner must exercise in exploring theory in
for the semester's stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and practice and vice versa. This class is directed to students particularly
Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting interested in dramaturgy, directing, designing, translation, and Greek
after auditions. For required details, consult "Auditions" on the Barnard tragedy as well as acting
Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions Spring 2024: THTR UN3008
Prerequisites: Preference given to juniors and seniors; THTR UN 3004 or Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
3005 prerequisite. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Acting classes are Number Number

open to all Barnard and Columbia undergraduates. Permission of Theatre THTR 3008 001/00122 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Helene 3.00 11/16
Ll200 Diana Center Foley, Gisela
Department through audition required: auditions for acting classes and
Cardenas
for the semesters stage productions held 6pm on the first Tuesday and Ojeda
Wednesday class days of each semester. Acting classes begin meeting
after auditions. For required details, consult Auditions on the Barnard THTR UN3140 PERFORMING WOMEN. 4.00 points.
Theatre Department website in advance: theatre.barnard.edu/auditions Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students. This course examines
Special problems of performance. In-class scene work, extensive outside the category of "woman" as it is mobilized in performance, considering
research, rehearsals, and reading. Fulfills additional coursework in Acting both a variety of contemporary performances chosen from a wide range
for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. May be retaken for full credit of genres and a diversity of critical/theoretical perspectives. Course
fulfills lecture/seminar "studies" requirement for Theatre/Drama and
Theatre Arts major
Fall 2023: THTR UN3140
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
THTR 3140 001/00126 W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Shayoni Mitra 4.00 15/16
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THTR UN3141 Socialism/Communism in Performance. 4 points. THTR UN3145 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS. 4.00 points.
Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year. African American women have been writing plays at least since the
Harlem Renaissance and the American Little Theatre Movement
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Enrollment limited to 16 students. (1910s-1920s). Initially many of their plays portrayed the plight of poor
Black women either in the American South or in New York City’s Harlem,
in each case showing a struggle for dignity in the midst of an unfair,
Analyzes dramatic texts and performances under the Communist
dismissive, racist situation in which lynchings of Black men were a
regimes behind the Iron Curtain before 1989. Principal focus is on Czech,
common enough occurrence and citizen rights were doubly denied
Polish, and East German playwrights and their productions; we will
these (generally educated) writers—both as Blacks and as women. Even
consider their work in both legal and illegal contexts. In order to gain
plays depicting middle-class Black families or working women showed
a wider understanding of the diversity of underground performative
how just holding one’s head up and keeping food on the table (much
cultures, works from Hungary, Romania, and Slovenia will be considered
less seeking fulfillment or advancement) was exhausting and often
as well. The seminar also attends to dissident performative activities in
demeaning. Plays written with Black audiences in mind often sought
the framework of the 1980s revolutions, and reflects on works by western
to provide “uplift” and encouragement. Those anticipating white or
authors and emigrant/diasporic writers produced on stages behind the
mixed audiences frequently wanted to show Blacks as equal to whites in
Iron Curtain. Fulfills one (of two) required courses in dramatic literature/
intellect, cleanliness, childrearing, honor, patriotism, and citizenship. Over
theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts
the course of a century, Black playwrights have addressed racism, African
major.
American history, urban blight, a changing workplace, and Black American
THTR UN3142 Bertolt Brecht: The Making of Theatre. 4 points. womanhood in a variety of styles ranging from so-called kitchen sink
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16; permission of instructor given at realism to comedy, fantasy, and abstraction. The readings in the course
first class meeting. Course is conducted in English and readings are in do not exhaust the possibilities for study but they will get you attuned to
English; German majors and German-speaking students may do readings a rich trove of varied, important writing. In this seminar, students will read
and papers in German. and discuss several plays/meeting, make both formal and informal class
presentations, and write a final essay. Course fulfills lecture/seminar
in drama studies, theatre studies, performance studies requirement for
This class provides a comprehensive overview of the drama, theatre, and Theatre major
theory of Bertolt Brecht, the most influential European playwright and Fall 2023: THTR UN3145
theorist of the twentieth century, in the context of their original historical Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
contexts and subsequent legacies. Fulfills one (of two) required courses
THTR 3145 001/00127 T 10:10am - 12:00pm Dorothy 4.00 11/12
in dramatic literature/theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/
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Drama and Theatre Arts major.
THTR UN3146 American Drama in the 1990s. 4 points.
THTR UN3144 Ecologies of Transmedia Performance. 4.00 points.
Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year.
Exploring transmedia performance as both a medial interaction in the
physical space of theatre and a multiplatform environment expanding Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16.
and extending beyond it, Ecologies of Transmedia Performance engages Examines American drama in the period between the fall of the Berlin
the NYPL for the Performing Arts archive to create an environmentally Wall in 1989 and the attack on the World Trade Center in New York
and socially self-aware, virtual transmedia performance/experience. To in 2001, considering a range of aesthetic (epic theatre, performance
strengthen academic and digital competencies, the course consists of a art), social (AIDS), and political (Reaganomics) issues of the period.
seminar (meets on Tuesday) and a lab (meets on Wednesday), integrating Fulfills one (of two) required courses dramatic literature/theatre studies/
several activities: experiencing and studying transmedia performances; performance studies for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts major.
conceptualizing transmediality; conducting archival research into
transmedia theatre; and designing a transmedia performance (the digital THTR UN3149 PERFORMANCE IN/OF SOUTH # SOUTHEAST ASIA. 3.00
tools we will work with include Google Sites, Google Scripts, and Google points.
Cloud AI). Course enrollment is limited to 12; permission of instructor This course actively interrogates the region of Southeast Asia as it is
given after first class meeting. Fulfills one of the two required courses mobilized in performance. It will investigate performance as a theoretical
in dramatic literature/theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/ lens, artistic medium, and everyday practice across Southeast Asia.
Drama and Theatre Arts major Research and writing will draw upon theatre, dance, performance art,
and ritual, focusing on the construction of national and personal identity
through performance. The course examines themes of gender, sexuality,
imperialism, and globalization. Through discussion, viewing, and weekly
writing assignments, students hone their critical thinking skills and learn
to formulate research questions and arguments that will culminate in
one critical essay and two in-class exams. Course may fill either the
Global Theatre requirement, or one (of two) required courses in dramatic
literature/theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/Drama and
Theatre Arts major, but not both
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THTR UN3150 CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, THEATRE, AND THTR UN3154 THEATRE TRAD GLOBAL CONTEXT. 3.00 points.
PERFORMANCE 1. 3.00 points. Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 50 students. Provides a broad
Dialectical approach to reading and thinking about the history of introduction to several traditions of nonwestern drama and theatrical
dramatic theatre in the west, interrogating the ways poetry inflects, and practice, often placing recent and contemporary writing in relation to
is inflected by, the material dynamics of performance. Course undertakes established conventions. Taking up plays and performance traditions
careful study of the practices of performance, and of the sociocultural, from Asia, South Asia, and various African traditions, it may also
economic, political, and aesthetic conditions animating representative consider the relation between elite and popular culture (adaptations of
plays of the Western tradition from the classical theatre through the Shakespeare, for example), and between drama, theatre, and film. Course
early modern period to early romanticism; course will also emphasize fulfills lecture/seminar "studies" requirement for Theatre/Drama and
development of important critical concepts for the analysis of drama, Theatre Arts major
theatre, and performance. Specific attention will be given to classical Fall 2023: THTR UN3154

Athens, medieval cycle drama, the professional theatre of early modern Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
England, the rival theatres of seventeenth century France and Spain, and
THTR 3154 001/00129 T Th 12:10pm - 1:25pm Shayoni Mitra 3.00 46/60
eighteenth-century theatre in England and Germany; topics include the
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sociology of theatre, the impact of print on conceptions of performance,
representing gender and race, and the dynamics of court performance. THTR UN3155 TRADITIONAL INDIAN PERFORMNCE. 4.00 points.
Writing: 2-3 papers; Reading: 1-2 plays, critical and historical reading per Course provides a perspective on traditional forms of Indian performance
week; final examination. Fulfills one (of two) Theatre History requirements from classical theory to contemporary traditional practices. Course
for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. covers Sanskrit drama, Kathakali, Ramlila, and Chhau; extensive video
of performances and guest practitioners. Course fulfills lecture/seminar
Fall 2023: THTR UN3150
"studies" course requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts major
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Spring 2024: THTR UN3155
Number Number
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
THTR 3150 001/00128 M W 10:10am - 11:25am William 3.00 35/50
Number Number
202 Milbank Hall Worthen
THTR 3155 001/00143 T 12:10pm - 2:00pm Shayoni Mitra 4.00 10/16
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THTR UN3151 CRITICAL HISTORIES OF DRAMA, THEATRE, AND
PERFORMANCE 2. 3.00 points.
THTR UN3156 MODERN ASIAN PERFORMANCE. 4.00 points.
Dialectical approach to reading and thinking about the history of dramatic
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor given at first class meeting;
theatre in the west, interrogating the ways poetry inflects, and is inflected
enrollment limited to 16. Corequisites: Fulfills one course in World
by, the material dynamics of performance. Course undertakes careful
Theatre requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Course
study of the practices of performance, and of the sociocultural, economic,
studies contemporary Asian performance with focus on modernity,
political, and aesthetic conditions animating representative plays of
covering most nations on the Asian continent; readings cover theoretical
the Western tradition from the late eighteenth century to today; course
and aesthetic questions from performances of healing to revolutionary
will also emphasize development of important critical concepts for the
theatre to diasporic performance. Course may fulfill either the Global
analysis of drama, theatre, and performance. Specific attention will
Theatre requirement, or one (of two) required courses in dramatic
be given to the ideology of realism and naturalism, the development
literature/theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/Drama and
of epic theatre, the theatre of cruelty, postcolonial performance, and
Theatre Arts major, but not both
the continuing invention of dramatic forms (theatre of the absurd,
speechplays, postdramatic theatre), as well as to the political and THTR UN3157 POSTCOLONIAL DRAMA:THE CANON # ITS OTHER. 4.00
theoretical impact of race, gender, sexuality in modern performance points.
culture. Writing: 2-3 papers; Reading: 1-2 plays, critical and historical This class is a close reading of postcolonial plays, both as they form
reading per week; final examination. Fulfills one (of two) Theatre History a recognizable canon, and as counters to it. Through a grounding in
requirements for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. postcolonial theory, students will explore how the colonial encounter
leaves a lasting impact on language and performance. How do these
Spring 2024: THTR UN3151 playwrights tackle questions of authenticity, influence, inspiration
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment and agency? What stories do they adapt, translate or reimagine? Also,
Number Number
we read in equal measure male and female playwrights, attending to
THTR 3151 001/00142 M W 10:10am - 11:25am Abby 3.00 32/40
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the ways in which power and authority are negotiated by them. This
class looks both at plays that are seminal to postcolonial writing and
also newer ones that unsettle the position of the greats. Do we then
understand postcolonialism as a historically bound literary trend or an
ongoing process of exploration? Fundamentally we ask, in our efforts
to decolonize the theatre, how do we find new ways or reading? Course
fulfills lecture/seminar in drama studies, theatre studies, performance
studies requirement for Theatre major
Spring 2024: THTR UN3157
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
THTR 3157 001/00144 W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Shayoni Mitra 4.00 9/16
111 Milstein Center
10 Drama and Theatre Arts

THTR UN3160 Queer Performance. 4 points. THTR UN3200 DIRECTING I. 3.00 points.
This course surveys key theoretical and historical writings in the field of Prerequisites: Permission of instructor given at first class meeting.
Queer Performance, both within and without Theatre and Performance Exploration of the evolution of the director's role in Europe and the US,
Studies, as well as significant dramatic and performance works in the including the study of important figures. Emphasis on text analysis, and
field. Beginning with an introduction to queer theory and questions varied schools of acting in relation to directing practice. Students gain a
surrounding gender and sexuality in performance, the course then moves foundation in composing stage pictures and using stage movement to
into contemporary theories to examine works that use embodiment to tell a story. All students will direct at least one fully-realized scene
question constructions of gender and sexuality onstage. Performances Fall 2023: THTR UN3200

are regarded as provocations: what constitutes queer performance? Is Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
sexuality all we mean by queer? What are the historical, aesthetic, and
THTR 3200 001/00131 T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Alice Reagan 3.00 14/20
political aspects of queer performance? We will also pursue questions
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of practice and production: Where is queer performance staged and how Spring 2024: THTR UN3200
is it received? How is it produced, fo whom, by whom, and with what Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
funding? Is queer performance inherently or even necessarily radical? The Number Number
course explores crosscultural performances, as well as performances THTR 3200 001/00145 M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Shannon 3.00 16/16
spanning from theatrical stages to ritual to everyday performance. 229 Milbank Hall Sindelar

Course may fill either the Theory requirement, or one (of two) required
THTR UN3201 DIRECTING II. 3.00 points.
courses in dramatic literature/theatre studies/performance studies for
Prerequisites: Students required to have taken THTR UN3200 Directing
Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts major, but not both.
I or THTR UN3203 Collaboration: Directing and Design, or equivalent.
THTR UN3165 THEORIES OF PERFORMANCE STUDIES. 4.00 points. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Permission of instructor given at first
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students. Course surveys the wide class meeting. Course focuses on developing an individual directorial
range of genres and categories addressed by the practice of modern style, placing emphasis on visual research, and the use of different
"performance studies"; it introduces a number of performance practices, staging environments: end-stage, in the round, environmental. Class is
as well as relevant interdisciplinary methodologies. Students consider structured around scene-work and critique, and each student will direct at
live performances as well as a number of mediated works, learning to least three fully-realized scenes. Material typically drawn from European
think critically and creatively about the relation between text, technology, avant-garde
Spring 2024: THTR UN3201
and the body. Course may fill either the Theory requirement, or one (of
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
two) required courses in dramatic literature/theatre studies/performance
Number Number
studies for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts major, but not both
THTR 3201 001/00146 T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Alice Reagan 3.00 8/16
THTR UN3166 Drama, Theatre, and Theory. 4 points. 229 Milbank Hall

Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year.

THTR UN3202 ADVANCED DIRECTING. 4.00 points.
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students. Prerequisites: Open to students who have taken at least one course in
Intensive immersion in fundamental principles and practices of world directing. Required for students approved for Directing thesis, but open
drama, theatre, and performance, past and present. Close readings of to all qualified students. Permission of instructor given at first class
performances, plays, video, film, and digital media. Assignments include meeting.
presentations, performance projects, and critical writing. Fulfills one Prerequisites: Open to students who have taken at least one course in
course in Drama, Theatre, and Theory requirement for Theatre/Drama and directing. Required for students approved for Directing thesis, but open
Theatre Arts majors. to all qualified students. Permission of instructor given at first class
meeting. This course requires students to draw on all previous theatre
THTR UN3167 DRAMATURGY. 4.00 points. training, synthesizing scholarship and research toward dynamic fully-
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor, given at first class meeting; realized scene work. Emphasis is on the director-actor relationship;
enrollment limited to 12. This course teaches the research skills and students will direct at least three fully-realized scenes, typically drawn
practices a production dramaturg develops as part of the conceptual from Shakespeare, Chekhov, or other playwrights. Students may have
work of theatrical production. Course is focused on a series of activities: the opportunity to make devised work, and will collaborate with students
analyzing dramatic text, comparing different versions of script, in the Advanced Acting class. Required for, but not limited to, students
conducting archival and cultural research, and presenting it to the undertaking a senior thesis in directing
production team. Fulfills one (of two) required courses in dramatic Fall 2023: THTR UN3202
literature/theatre studies/performance studies for Theatre/Drama and Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Theatre Arts majors. Required for students undertaking a senior thesis in Number Number
THTR 3202 001/00132 W 2:10pm - 5:00pm Kara Feely 4.00 5/12
dramaturgy. Required for students undertaking a senior thesis in directing
229 Milbank Hall
prior to the thesis year
Fall 2023: THTR UN3167
THTR UN3203 COLLABORATION:DIRCTNG/DESIGN. 3.00 points.
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Prerequisites: Permission of instructors given at first meeting; enrollment
Number Number
THTR 3167 001/00130 T 12:10pm - 2:00pm Shannon 4.00 12/12
limited to 24. Course focuses on developing both technical and
Ll105 Diana Center Sindelar collaborative skills of directors and designers. Students are assigned to
different roles in creative teams working on a series of at least three fully
realized and designed scenes. Introduction to various design disciplines
and directing practice
 Drama and Theatre Arts 11

THTR UN3211 Performance Lab. 4 points. THTR UN3403 LIGHTING DESIGN. 3.00 points.
Not offered during 2023-2024 academic year. Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Focuses on both the
technical and creative aspects of theatrical lighting design. Students
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Course typically involves will learn the role of lighting within the larger design and performance
visiting critics/scholars/artists in developing experimental theatrical collaboration through individual and group projects, readings, hands-
work. on workshops, and critique of actual designs. Application Instructions:
E-mail the instructor (acasey@barnard.edu) with the title of the course
THTR UN3300 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP. 3.00 points.
in the subject line. In your message, include basic information: your
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor given at first class meeting.
name, school, major, year of study, and relevant courses taken, along
Students will create and workshop plays, with a focus on learning new
with a brief statement about why you are interested in taking the course.
approaches to language and structure. Recommended for students
Admitted students should register for the course; they will automatically
undertaking a senior thesis in playwriting
be placed on a wait list, from which the instructor will admit them as
Fall 2023: THTR UN3300
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
spaces become available
Number Number Spring 2024: THTR UN3403

THTR 3300 001/00133 M 4:10pm - 6:00pm Andrew Bragen 3.00 13/12 Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
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THTR 3403 001/00149 T 9:35am - 11:50am Autum Casey 3.00 12/12
THTR UN3301 PLAYWRITING LAB. 3.00 points. 229 Milbank Hall

Students will develop original dramatic scripts. Students will also read
THTR UN3404 SCENE DESIGN. 3.00 points.
drafts of writers currently produced on New York stages to understand
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 12 students. Permission of instructor
why changes and rewrites were made. Recommended for students
given at first class meeting. Introduction to designing for the theatre.
undertaking a senior thesis in playwriting
The course will focus on set design, developing skills in script analysis,
Spring 2024: THTR UN3301
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
sketching, model making, storyboarding and design presentation. Some
Number Number investigation into theatre architecture, scenic techniques and materials,
THTR 3301 001/00147 M 4:10pm - 6:00pm Andrew Bragen 3.00 12/12 and costume and lighting design
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Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
THTR UN3401 SOUND DESIGN. 3.00 points. Number Number
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor given at first class meeting. THTR 3404 001/00135 F 11:00am - 1:50pm Sandra 3.00 13/12
Studies the art and practice of designing sound and scoring music 230 Milbank Hall Goldmark

for dramatic performance. Students study the relationship between

THTR UN3405 PROBLEMS IN DESIGN. 3.00 points.
concert and incidental music, and read plays toward the production of a
Prerequisites: Some design experience is helpful, though not required.
score for live theatre. Students also read broadly in the fields of sound,
Enrollment limited to 12 students. Studio-based course explores the
music, acoustics, and the cultural analysis of sound as a component of
main elements of theatrical design: sets, costumes, lighting, and sound
performance. Background in music or composition not essential.
through objects, materials, theatrical and non-theatrical environments.
Fall 2023: THTR UN3401
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Students examine these design elements as both individual and
Number Number interrelated components within a performance. Fulfills one course in
THTR 3401 001/00134 M 1:10pm - 4:00pm Daniel Baker 3.00 9/12 Design requirement for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors. Fulfills
Ll105 Diana Center one of three courses in performance fields for Theatre/Drama and
Theatre Arts majors: design
THTR UN3402 COSTUME DESIGN. 3.00 points. Spring 2024: THTR UN3405
Studio course exploring designing costumes for the stage. Students Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
become familiar with textual and character analysis, research, sketching Number Number
and rendering, swatching and introductory costume history. Application THTR 3405 001/00150 F 11:00am - 1:50pm Sandra 3.00 12/12
Instructions: E-mail the instructor with the title of the course in the 230 Milbank Hall Goldmark

subject line. In your message, include basic information: your name,

THTR UN3406 Media & Production Design. 3 points.
school, major, year of study, and relevant courses taken, along with
Uses analysis and design to explore how media and projections can
a brief statement about why you are interested in taking the course.
be used to construct narrative in theatre and support non-narrative
Admitted students should register for the course; they will automatically
forms of performance. Digital and analog media are explored for their
be placed on a wait list, from which the instructor will admit them as
potentials and limitations. Students learn how the media is produced and
spaces become available
transmitted will be discussed as part of creating a video design. Students
Spring 2024: THTR UN3402
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
will produce projection projects using different kinds of media during the
Number Number course requiring work outside of class time. Fulfills one of three courses
THTR 3402 001/00148 M 11:00am - 1:50pm Soule Golden 3.00 12/12 in performance fields for Theatre/Drama and Theatre Arts majors: design.
230 Milbank Hall
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THTR UN3997 SENIOR THESIS IN PERFORMANCE. 4.00 points. ENTA GU4625 SHAKESPEARE PERFORMANCE STUDIES. 4.00 points.
Prerequisites: Appropriate coursework and substantial production This course will work across three general approaches to Shakespearean
experience, including a major crew assignment in the junior year. drama and performance. First, we’ll consider the historical forms of
Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined and special performance that have used Shakespearean drama as the material for
majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Permission theatrical endeavor. Second, we’ll consider theoretical paradigms for
of the instructor required. Students register for this course to pursue performance that resituate an understanding that privileges either the
approved theses in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, solo “theatrical” or the “literary” identity of Shakespeare’s plays. And, finally,
performance, or stage and production management. Students will act we’ll consider how we might consider the plays as themselves theoretical
in, direct, design, stage manage or dramaturg a play in the Barnard instruments for thinking about performance. Throughout the semester
Department of Theatre season, or write a short play or solo performance we will consider stage, film, and online productions, and the ways they
piece that will be produced (according to departmental guidelines) in articulate a sense of both “Shakespeare” and “performance.” This course
the Senior Thesis Festival. Collaboration is expected and students will is a seminar, and while there is no formal prerequisite, students who
meet weekly with faculty and other seniors. A written proposal must be have had a previous Shakespeare course will find the reading more
submitted in the spring of the junior year and be approved. In addition manageable: we will rarely be doing the kind of “overview” of a play,
to the performance, an extensive written Casebook is required: see but will be incisively considering specific elements of performance.
departmental guidelines Application Instructions: E-mail the instructor wworthen@barnard.edu
Fall 2023: THTR UN3997 with the title of the course in the subject line. In your message, include
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment basic information: your name, school, major, year of study, and relevant
Number Number
courses taken, along with a brief statement about why you are interested
THTR 3997 001/00136 Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Gisela 4.00 4/12
in taking the course. Admitted students should register for the course;
229 Milbank Hall Cardenas
Ojeda they will automatically be placed on a wait list, from which the instructor
THTR 3997 002/00137 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Sandra 4.00 0/12 will admit them as spaces become available
230 Milbank Hall Goldmark
THTR UN3999 INDEPENDENT STUDY. 1.00-4.00 points.
THTR 3997 003/00139 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Michael Banta 4.00 0/12
230 Milbank Hall Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the chair required.
Spring 2024: THTR UN3997 Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the chair required.
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment Students submit, before the semester begins, a detailed proposal for
Number Number independent research to a faculty sponsor
THTR 3997 001/00151 M 12:00pm - 2:00pm Gisela 4.00 1/20
229 Milbank Hall Cardenas
Ojeda
THTR 3997 002/00152 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Sandra 4.00 0/5
230 Milbank Hall Goldmark
THTR 3997 004/00154 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Shannon 4.00 2/3
230 Milbank Hall Sindelar
THTR 3997 005/00155 M 2:10pm - 4:00pm Andrew Bragen 4.00 1/10
Ll105 Diana Center
THTR 3997 006/00156 T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Kyle deCamp 4.00 2/5
229 Milbank Hall
THTR 3997 007/00157 F 2:10pm - 5:00pm Alice Reagan 4.00 0/5
230 Milbank Hall
THTR 3997 008/00829 Alice Reagan 4.00 1/5

THTR UN3998 SENIOR THESIS IN RESEARCH. 4.00 points.

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined
and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances.
Permission of the instructor required.
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to senior Theatre majors. Combined
and special majors may be considered under exceptional circumstances.
Permission of the instructor required. In-depth research project
culminating in a substantial written thesis on any aspect of drama,
performance, or theatre research
Fall 2023: THTR UN3998
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
THTR 3998 001/00138 William 4.00 0/5
Worthen
Spring 2024: THTR UN3998
Course Section/Call Times/Location Instructor Points Enrollment
Number Number
THTR 3998 002/00821 William 4.00 1/5
Worthen
THTR 3998 003/00838 Shayoni Mitra 4.00 2/5