| Course Title: Intermediate Courses in Production and Practice: 'Playwriting' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course offers practice in the fundamentals of dramatic structure and technique. Weekly reading assignments will examine the unique nature of writing for the theater, nuts and bolts of format, tools of the craft, and the playwright's process from formulating a dramatic idea to rewriting. Weekly writing assignments will include scene work, adaptation, and journaling. The course will culminate in a significant writing project. Each class meeting will incorporate reading student work aloud with feedback from the instructor and the class. Students will listen, critique, and develop the vocabulary to discuss plays, structure, story, and content. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kristen Wright | ktwright@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Discussion | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: One course in Film Media Theater, or Theater Arts, or a creative writing English course. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Cannot be taken at the 300 level. |
| Course Tags | ||
| FMT0003 | FMT-PR: Production/Performance | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Production/Performance area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-205-01 Playwriting |
| FMT-240PW-01 Playwriting |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 13 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Rachel: A Play In Three Acts Author: Grimke, Angelina Weld Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781331819509 Publisher: Forgotten Books |
Required | 10.36 |
| Title: M. Butterfly Author: Hwang, David Henry Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780452272590 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group |
Required | 13.00 |
| Title: Pipeline Author: Morriseau, Dominique Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781559365871 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: Until The Flood Author: Orlandersmith, Dael Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781559365963 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: The Glass Menagerie Author: Williams, Tennessee Copyright: 1999 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780811214049 Publisher: New Directions |
Required | 9.31 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |