Playwriting 4

Playwriting 4
Workshop course designed to assist more advanced students in furthering their playwriting skills by writing or rewriting a play.
TMA
551R
 Hours3.0 Credit, 4.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesTMA 451 or instructor's consent.
 TaughtFall Contact Department, Winter Contact Department
 ProgramsContaining TMA 551R
Course Outcomes

Theatrical Storytelling

Students demonstrate their mastery of the elements and principles of theatrical storytelling and character development through reading the work of other playwrights, writing full length adaptation of an existing text, and participating in classroom discussions and lectures.

Writing Processes

Students will establish and codify their own process of tapping inspirational sources for the content and subject matter of their plays by writing a full length adaptation of an existing text.

Theatrical Structures

Students will demonstrate their mastery of the elements of theatrical structures and character development through full length adaptation of an existing text, and participating in classroom discussions and lectures.

Script Analysis

Students will demonstrate the skills to accurately and thoughtfully analyze their own theatrical writing and the writing of others by full length adaptation of an existing text, and participating in classroom discussions and lectures.