We've got some great courses scheduled for A Term. Among them:
The class will meet asynchronously.
DRAMA 203: Resilience and the Creative Process: Courage, Optimism, Creativity
5 credits Asynchronous
Prof. Valerie Curtis-Newton (no AofK at this time)
Resilience is the ability to overcome failure by learning from it and applying that lesson to a follow-up effort. In this class students develop a process for generating, growing, and implementing ideas. Selected texts help students identify obstacles to creativity and create strategies for overcoming those obstacles. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in a non-theater context with renowned director Valerie Curtis-Newton
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DRAMA 200: Literature of the Plague
5 credits MTWThF 1:10 - 3:10 Prof. Odai Johnson (VLPA)
This class uses the occasion of the pandemic to re-visit the great plagues of the past by sampling the literature they inspired. From Oedipus through excerpts of the Decameron of Boccaccio, to Ben Jonson's Alchemist and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of the Red Death, to the first AIDS plays of the 1980s, we explore the artistic legacy of pestilence.
Drama 455: Alexander Technique
2 credits, one week only June 21-25, 6:30 - 9:30pm (VLPA)
Catherine Madden
This class is excellent for dancers, athletes, actors - really, anyone who moves.
In addition we have summer classes in theatrical makeup, costume construction, visual thinking, and the history of the Broadway musical.