Setting the Stage: Three Planks and a Passion

Setting the Stage: Three Planks and a Passion is an Interdisciplinary Arts course taught by Peter Kallok.

This course satisfies Division I requirements.

Course Description
There are processes designers in the theatre must undertake to realize the physical world of a play. Within the performing arts no single aspect of design exists in isolation and no designer should fly solo. Moving through a series of individual and group exercises, students will begin to develop their own process toward expressing the passion of a theatre work through their designs. Throughout the semester students will develop a design vocabulary that allows for collaboration and interplay, while producing unified and coherent design work. This semester particular emphasis will be placed on scenic and costume design. Students will be introduced to the tools of design communication: drafting, models, rendering, etc. as they learn to discuss and to respond to performance works.

Learning Goals

 * Expressive
 * Presenting
 * Project-based