COMP 355
Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Spring 2015
Division I
Cross-listed
THEA 345 / ENGL 349
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Class Details
As Gertrude Stein once remarked, “The hardest thing is to know one’s present moment.” What is going on it today’s theatre and in performance now? What are the hot topics? Who are the writers and directors of our recent past and present moment? This seminar course will consider both experimental and mainstream drama and performance from roughly the past twenty years, focusing on topics such as: auteur-directors, new realism, identity theatre, environmental theatre, performance art, cyber-plays, and the “virtuosic theatre” of the new century. Artists and groups to be considered may include: The Wooster Group, Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Caryl Churchill, Tony Kushner, David Henry-Hwang, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Kane, Will Eno, Richard Maxwell, Annie Baker, and others.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 15
Class#: 3781
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 18
Expected: 15
Class#: 3781
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on written and dramaturgical-based assignments, an oral presentation, as well as in-class discussions and a creative writing and/or performance project
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Theatre, Art History, English or Comparative Literature majors
Distributions:
Division I
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
THEA 345 Division I COMP 355 Division I ENGL 349 Division I
THEA 345 Division I COMP 355 Division I ENGL 349 Division I
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