TA 511A - Script Analysis I: Representational Theatre

1 credit
Introduces first year students to the principles of Script Analysis including the investigation of a play’s structure; given circumstances, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Directorial Analysis and Beat Analysis are defined and discussed. All plays analyzed are of a Representational nature. Representational Theatre describes plays that are placed in a specific time and place and take place in real time. All design elements must have continuity with the time and place established by the script. Prerequisite(s): This course is limited to students enrolled in the Master of Theatre Studies program.
Graded (A-F) only.