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Class Calendar

Date	Topic	Reading	Student Due
	THEATRE PRACTICE
24-Jan	Intro to Course
29-Jan	What is Theatre	TTLA 3-37
31-Jan	How to read and see a play/Academic Integrity	Read The Glass Menagerie
5-Feb	Theatre Spaces	TTLA 129-147
7-Feb	Acting	TTLA 89--109
12-Feb	Stage Combat
14-Feb	Playwriting/Dramturgy	TTLA 39--87
19-Feb	Directing	TTLA 111-147
20-Feb	Design	TTLA 149-193
26-Feb	Choreography	See Into the Woods at Hornbake
28-Feb	Musical Theatre	TTLA 362--369
5-Mar	Musical Theatre	See The Green Bird (3/1-3/10)
7-Mar	Presenation of Scenes		Prelim. Bib and Production Concept
12-Mar	Midterm
	THEATRE HISTORY
14-Mar	Greek Theatre	TTLA 209-231	Review of The Green Bird Due
3-19 to 3-25	SPRING BREAK
26-Mar	Oedipus and Aristotle	Read Oedipus and Aristotle (online)
28-Mar	Elizabethan Theatre	TTLA 247-276, Read Macbeth
2-Apr	Shakespeare and Macbeth
4-Apr	Realism	TTLA 291-333, Read A Doll's House
9-Apr	Reactions to Realism	TTLA 333-357, Read ISM online
11-Apr	World Theatre/Asia	TTLA 233-247
16-Apr	World Theatre/African
	CONTEMPORARY TRENDS
18-Apr	African America Theatre	TTLA 357-362, Read A Raisin in the Sun, See The Colored Museum (4/19 -- 4/28)
23-Apr	American Theatre	TTLA 361--399
25-Apr	Political Theatre/Brecht and Artaud	Read How I Learned to Drive	Final Projects in Discussion
30-Apr	Performance Art/Feminist Theatre		Review of The Colored Museum Due
2-May	Gay and Lesbian Theatre	See Rent at Hornbake	Final Projects in Discussion
7-May	Contemporary Issues/Business of Theatre
9-May	Broadway Today
16-May	0101 FINAL 8:00 AM to 10:00AM
18-May	0201 FINAL 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM