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Department
of Theatre, Visual Arts, and Communications
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Brochure
 Patrick
Gagliano, Department Chair
Theatre
and Speech Faculty:
Professor:
Patrick Gagliano
Assistant
Professor: Matthew Fuller
Part-time
Faculty: K. Douglas Cook
Communication
is an important part of the human experience, from the transmission
of culture, to the passing of urgent information. Insights
into human experience are gained as students complete course
work. Students are also provided with tools for better communication
through the teaching of marketable skills useful for graduates
in any field of study.
Courses
in Theatre & Speech teache future professional communicators
in the fields of traditional theatre arts and speech communication.
Students from associated majors whose future career will require
proficiency in public speaking, oral communication, performance,
and the practice of persuasive communication will benefit
from departmental involvement. A minor in Speech or Theatre
will compliment any major, especially Art, Communications,
Education, English, Music, Philosophy, Political Science,
or Religion. In addition to providing technical proficiency
for future professionals, departmental faculty also strive
to help students become ethical artists and communicators.
Not
only do students experience the liberal arts and artistic
views provided by our program, the use of technology is stressed
in our major through intensive, one-on-one classroom experiences
with professionals who take the time to stay current in their
fields. Public speaking students are offered situations that
will benefit them beyond the classroom experience. Acting
students perform in a variety of different genres of theatre,
and technical theatre students use equipment compatible with
professional industry standards.
The
emphasis on technology in the department means that students
receive a combination of basic technique combined with new
technology. All students in the department take a basic core
of classes in addition to the standard College core. The department
core classes form a foundation including history and theory,
performance, design, and public speaking.
Upon
successful completion of a major in Theatre graduates will
possess:
-
individual talents in both performance studies and technical
theatre;
- knowledge
and skills necessary to achieve positions in theatre and
performance-related fields;
- a
strong experience-based background in theatre;
-
foundations for graduate study in theatre and/or speech;
- enhanced
interpersonal, group communication, organizational, listening
and evaluative skills that will serve the graduate in many
aspects of life after Newberry College .
Departmental
majors are required to participate in all departmental theatre
audition sessions and to accept acting or production staff
assignments for each College Theatre production.
FACILITIES:
The
Department of Theatre & Speech has excellent facilities
open to students during each year of their enrollment. These
facilities are designed to be used by all Newberry College
students as early as possible in their college careers, and
are not restricted to advanced-level students or departmental
majors and minors. The facilities include the Wiles Chapel
Theatre, the Gerding Computer Lab, Center for Theatrical and
Visual Arts (a complete scene shop), the Langford Studios
(television studio where the Department of Communications
is located), a graphic design lab co-located with the Department
of Art, and several alternate spaces both on and off campus.
DEPARTMENT
CONCENTRATIONS:
Each
student majoring in Theatre & Speech will choose one or
more concentrations to complete. A concentration within the
major prepares a student for work in that field, while still
offering a generalist approach to the study.
Each
concentration within the Theatre Major requires 46
semester hours.
I.
THEATRE MAJOR - ACTING Concentration (
46 semester hours required )
3
hours: THE 101 Acting I
2
hours: THE 103 Stagecraft
1
hour: THE 104 Stagecraft Lab
3
hours: THE 111, 112, 121 Theatre Production
– Performance (1, 1, 1)
1
hour: THE 113 Theatre Production – Technical
3
hours: THE 301 History of the Theatre
3
hours: SPE 202 Voice and Diction
3
hours: SPE 204 Oral Interpretation
3
hours: THE 202 Acting II
OR THE 305: Acting III
3
hours: THE 212 Acting for the Camera
1
hour: THE 295 Internship
3
hours: THE 231 Stage Makeup
17
hours from the following: THE 110, 114, 122, 123, 124, 131,
132, 133, 134, 141, 142, 143, 144, 202, 203, 204, 232, 242,
296, 302, 303, 305, 395, 396, 402, 481, 491, 492; SPE 481,
482, 491, 492; ENG 337, 365; COM 110, 121; ART 161.
II.
THEATRE MAJOR - DIRECTING Concentration
( 46 semester hours required
)
3
hours: THE 101 Acting I
2
hours: THE 103 Stagecraft
1
hour: THE 104 Stagecraft Lab
2
hours: THE 111, 112 Theatre Production – Performance
(1, 1)
2
hours: THE 113, 114 Theatre Production – Technical
(1, 1)
3
hours: THE 301 History of the Theatre
3
hours: SPE 202 Voice and Diction
2
hours: THE 242 Stage Management
3
hours: THE 302 Scenic Design
3
hours: THE 303 Stage Lighting and Lighting
Design
3
hours: THE 402 Direction and Rehearsal
1
hour: THE 295 Internship
18
semester hours from the following: THE 110, 121, 122, 123,
124, 131, 132, 133, 134, 141, 142, 143, 144, 202, 203, 204,
212, 231, 232, 296, 305, 395, 396, 481, 491, 492; SPE 204,
310, 481, 482, 491, 492; ENG 337, 365; COM 101, 110, 121;
ART 161, 221.
III.
THEATRE MAJOR - TECHNICAL Concentration
( 46 semester hours required )
3
hours: THE 101 Acting I
2
hours: THE 103 Stagecraft
1
hour: THE 104 Stagecraft Lab
1
hour: THE 111 Theatre Production – Performance
4
hours: THE 113, 114, 123, 124, Theatre Production
– Technical (1, 1, 1, 1)
3
hours: THE 301 History of the Theatre
2
hours: THE 242 Stage Management
3
hours: THE 302 Scenic Design
3
hours: THE 303 Stage Lighting and Lighting
Design
2
hours: THE 203 Stagecraft II
1
hour: THE 204 Stagecraft II Lab
3
hours: ART 221 Beginning Drawing
1
hour: THE 295 Internship
17
semester hours from the following: THE 110, 112, 121, 122,
131, 132, 133, 134, 141, 142, 143, 144, 202, 212, 231, 232,
296, 305, 395, 396, 481, 491, 492; SPE 204, 310, 481, 482,
491, 492; ENG 337, 365; COM 101, 110, 121; ART 161.
Minor
Requirements – Speech (15 hours)
3
hours: SPE 202 Voice and Diction
3
hours: SPE 204 Oral Interpretation
9
hours: from any other
SPE course ( except SPE 110 ); THE 101; PHI
110; COM 110, 121.
Minor
Requirements – Theatre (20 hours)
3
hours: THE 101 Acting I
2
hours: THE 103 Stagecraft
1
hour: THE 104 Stagecraft Lab
1
hour: THE 111 Theatre Production – Performance
1
hour: THE 113 Theatre Production – Technical
3
hours: THE 301 History of the Theatre
9
semester hours from any other THE or SPE course (
except SPE 110 );
ENG 337, 365; COM 110, 121; ART
161.
COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
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