Theater Arts - Theater in the Round

Theater in the Round (THTR 1164)

Total Credits: 1
Lecture Credits: 1.00
Lab Credits: 0.00

Description: This course provides you with the opportunity to study the premier community theater in the Twin Cities area, the Theater in the Round (TRP). You will learn about the history, operations, philosophy, mission and artistic goals and the current season of plays at TRP. You will read in class the script of a current play in production at TRP, then go see that play in performance there and learn how to write a play review about what you saw.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Articulate the history of TRP
2. 2. Identify and discuss TRP's mission and artistic goals, structural organization, programming, and its role as a leader of community theatres in the upper Midwest
3. 3. Identify and discuss TRP's current season of plays
4. 4. Purchase a ticket to a current play, attend and report on a performance at TRP
5. 5. Articulate a written personal response in play review format to that performance

Prerequisites: 

Placement score into READ 0200 or placement score into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.

MnTC: Goal 6