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THEATRE ARTS (DRAM)
Music and Fine Arts
DRAM A103 Stagecraft I 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the principles of Drama production: scenery, lighting, drafting, scenic construction, and practices. Required lab for practical application of production principles in connection with department productions. Two hours of lecture per week with weekly lab session.
Required of all majors.
DRAM A104 Stagecraft II 3 crs.
This course concerns expansion and further development of scenic construction and practices including drafting and properties. Required lab for practical application of production principles in connection with department production. Two hours of lecture per week, weekly lab session. Offered for the spring term only.
Prerequisite: DRAM A103.
DRAM A107 Dramatic Imagination 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of Dramatic form. Examining the nature of Drama and the collaborative aspects of Drama, the course looks at Dramatic text and structure, the legacy of the theatrical production, and the realization of plays in performance. Offered for the spring term only. Open to all students.
Required of all majors.
DRAM A110 Voice and Movement Workshop I 3 crs.
An intensive training and the integration of the voice and body for the actor. Class work will increase physical flexibility and strength, as well as vocal health, power, efficiency, and freedom. All of this lays the foundation for truthful, imaginative, focused performance. This class involves strenuous activity.
Required of all majors.
DRAM A112 Voice and Movement Workshop II 3 crs.
This course builds on the vocal and physical foundation laid in Workshop I. Elements of speech, phonetics, accent reduction, and the use of a "Standard American Dialect" are combined with the physical disciplines of stage combat, contact improvisation, classical texts, and character transformation. This course involves strenuous activity.
Required of all majors.
Prerequisite: DRAM A110.
DRAM A217 Make-up for Stage and TV 2 crs.
This is a practical course in the use of make-up and masks for a variety of effects for stage and television. Open to all students.
DRAM A220 Acting I 3 crs.
This course concerns development of fundamental skills in the art of acting. Basic acting techniques emphasized with a concentration in the creative process in Drama games and improvisational exercises. Non-majors section open to all students.
Required of all majors.
Major Prerequisites: DRAM A107, A110.
DRAM A221 Acting II 3 crs.
This course focuses on scene study. Students perform scenes from a variety of plays and learn the techniques of textual analysis necessary for characterization. Offered for the spring term only.
Major prerequisite: DRAM A220.
Non-major prerequisite: DRAM 220 and permission of instructor.
DRAM A239 Advanced Movement Drama Workshop 3 crs.
This course examines psychological and physical sources of movement in the performer, application to development of Dramatic roles in theatrical scenes, and study of period movement.
Prerequisite: DRAM A110 and DRAM A112 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A240 Theatre History 3 crs.
This course is a survey of theatrical history, covering the chief characteristics and developmental processes of each period from the Greeks to present times. Open to all students.
Major Prerequisite: DRAM A107
Non-Major Prerequisite: NONE
DRAM A255 Theatre Management 3 crs.
This course involves theory and practice of theater operations, organizational structure, and administration. Examines box office, promotional, budgeting, production, touring, and stage management procedures. Open to all students.
Prerequisites: DRAM A103, A107 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A262 Theatre Workshop 2 crs.
This course emphasizes the process of working together on original or published scripts with a view toward performance. May be taken more than once.
DRAM A300 Play Production arr.
This course involves the production of one full-length play and includes work on make-up, costuming, lighting, acting, directing, set design, and construction. Usually taken for one credit per assignment. May be taken more than once.
DRAM A309 Acting III: Acting for Stage, Film, and Television 3 crs.
Focus is on acting techniques in performance and the successful presentation of self during the audition process. Attention is also given to the business of Drama, including contracts, unions, and portfolios. Résumé and portfolio strategies are analyzed.
Major prerequisites: DRAM A220, A221.
Non-major prerequisites: DRAM A220 and permission of instructor.
DRAM A311 Acting IV: Advanced Scene Study 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the aesthetic, historic, and philosophical milieu of Drama written before 1900 and the governing ideas of past eras and their coloration of period Drama. The goals are to relate fully the work of art considered to its period template.
Major prerequisites: DRAM A220, A221.
Non-major prerequisites: DRAM A221 and permission of instructor.
DRAM A314 Shakespeare in Performance 3 crs.
The course focuses on the work of William Shakespeare from the perspective of the actor, with the goal being performance. Special emphasis will be placed on demystifying the complex texts and developing the necessary technical skills (vocally, physically, pedagogically) to perform this material.
Prerequisites: DRAM A107, A110, A112, A220 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A325 Lighting Design 3 crs.
This course concerns fundamentals of lighting design where students will study principles of electricity, color theory, and concept. Exploration will be made of instruments and control systems. Practicum lab by arrangement.
Prerequisites: DRAM A107, A103 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A326 Audio for the Theatre 3 crs.
Introduction to the use and design of audio/sound for the stage. Participants will explore and apply contemporary audio techniques, equipment, and technologies. Focus will be given to the development and implementation of a design aesthetic for the aural environments of theatrical productions.
Prerequisites: DRAM A103 and A107 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A331 Costume Design 3 crs.
Fundamentals of costume design theory, practices, and history for stage and film will be the focus. Explores development of theatrical style and character delineation through costuming. Practicum lab by arrangement. Open to all students.
Major prerequisites: DRAM A103 and A107 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A340 Playwriting 3 crs.
Analysis of linear and nonlinear plays for an appreciation of principles operative in both. Student is expected to complete at least one one-act play or the first draft of a full-length play. Course open to all students.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122.
Major prerequisite: DRAM A107 and ENGL T122.
DRAM A410 Directing 3 crs.
Basic concepts of stage directing, script analysis, blocking, casting, rehearsal procedures, and other problems of presentation will be discussed.
Major prerequisites: DRAM A107, A220; junior, senior standing, or permission of the instructor.
Non-major prerequisites: junior standing and permission of instructor.
DRAM A420 Advanced Directing 3 crs.
This course emphasizes directing the period play. Consideration of period performance practices and the aesthetic concerns of classicism, romanticism, and pre-1900 Drama will be studied.
Prerequisite: DRAM A410.
DRAM A430 Scene Design 3 crs.
This course involves the fundamentals of scene design where the student will study principles of model building, ground plans, perspective, front elevations, color theory, and concept. Practicum lab by arrangement.
Prerequisite: DRAM A103, A107 or permission of instructor.
DRAM A490 Senior Project 0 crs.
The student develops a unique proposal specific to their individual development. The project proposals maybe submitted in research, playwrighting, directing, design or theatre management.
Required for all Theatre Arts majors for graduation.
Prerequisites: DRAM A410, DRAM A255 for Theatre Management.
DRAM A495 Special Project arr.
This course focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
DRAM A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
DRAM A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience at an approved professional theatre. A practicum is a supervised practical application of previously studied theory within the Loyola University Theatre play season.
Prerequisite: permission of the department chair.
DRAM A498 Research Project arr.
This course focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
DRAM A499 Independent Study arr.
DRAM U230 World Drama I 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an examination of the relationship between art and its audience, focusing on major examples of pre-modern Dramatic art from 500 B.C. to 1900 A.D. Both historical understanding and contemporary values are stressed.
DRAM V232 World Drama II 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Examination of the relationship between art and its audience, focusing on major examples of modern Dramatic art, from 1900 to the present. Both historical understanding and contemporary values are stressed.
DRAM V243 Black Theatre 1940 to Present 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Modern After an overview of the black image in American entertainment from the beginning to the 1940's, this course deals with trend-setting plays and other forms of entertainment relating to blacks from the 1940's to the present.
DRAM V250 American Lyrical Drama 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an examination of the U.S.’ main original contribution to the art of Drama, including its history, principal creators, and significance in the culture of the Western world.
DRAM V260 Drama in Contemporary Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine the basic principles of theatre with emphasis on contemporary cultural context in performance. Focus is on developing critical skills needed to analyze theatrical productions and form a deeper appreciation of the theatrical process as it relates to the creative process for actors, directors, and designers. Off-campus visits to theatre and other venues will provide opportunities to discuss what we observe and relate developments in theatre practice to other forms of cultural representation of the present both regionally and globally.