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THTR 1011 - Practicum in Stage Performance

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course provides students an opportunity to gain credit for creating and performing a role or roles on stage at Century. Students may take this course up to four times and receive academic credit.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor, gained through audition and/or assignment of a role (or roles) on the Century stage.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content
  1. Basic vocabulary and etiquette for working backstage, onstage, and with theatre personnel
  2. Information necessary to complete tasks in creating and performing a role as assigned by a crew supervisor, director, or faculty member
  3. Overview of expectations for student actors during rehearsals and performances
  4. Overview of rules and safety issues for performing on stage
  5. Overview of theatre production facilities at Century College

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. describe the importance of time management and responsibility required in theatre arts.
  2. articulate how their specific work on their roles contributed to the staging of the work and the performance as a whole.
  3. discuss the collaborative aspects of theatre, especially the collaboration between director and actor.
  4. demonstrate basic vocabulary of onstage and offstage areas related to performing.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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