Course Syllabus
Course: THEA 2614
Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Theater Arts
Title: Production Practicum IV
Semester Approved: Spring 2022
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2026
End Semester: Fall 2027
Catalog Description: This course is a practical application of basic theatre production skills through supervised play rehearsals and technical crew support experiences. Repeatable for credit.
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1-2; Lecture: 1-2; Lab: 1-2
Repeatable: Yes.
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
Justification: This course is offered by most theatre departments throughout the state as a lower division credit. This course fills a lower division core for theatre majors wishing to transfer to a four-year institution.This course of production practicum will be available to students participating in the fourth show of the theatrical season. Because a student may participate in the fourth show of the season as a freshman, sophomore, etc. the course is repeatable for credit.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to perform the basic duties of a stage technician. Students will either primarily (a) serve on a scenic construction or (b) costume crew. (a) Scene crews serve from beginning scenery construction through the completion of the production.
• Pre-production crews build and paint the scenery.
• Production crews run the shows and make repairs as needed.
• Post-production crews strike the scenery.
(b) Costumes crews serve from the beginning of the construction of costumes through the completion of the production.
• Pre-production crews construct the costumes.
• Production crews help actors with makeup and costumes (quick changes, etc.), and are responsible for the costumes being in the appropriate costume.
Students will demonstrate achievement based on participation in all rehearsals, performances and technical crew work calls, as well as on completion of all assignments related to role or technical crew assignment. Students will be evaluated on their contribution within the collaborative framework of the theatre production.
Content:
One or two credit hours will be awarded, depending on the assignment and number of clock hours students complete on assigned productions.
Students will serve as scene crew from beginning scenery construction through the completion of the production. The pre-production crews build and paint the scenery. The production crews run the shows and make repairs as needed. The post-production crews strike the scenery.
Costumes crews serve from the beginning of the construction of costumes through the completion of the production. The pre-production crews construct the costumes. The production crews help actors with makeup and costumes (quick changes, etc.), and are responsible for the costumes being in the appropriate condition during the shows.
As this course is offered in concert with individual productions scheduled in the Snow College Theatre Season. As such, the works and content explore include the following parameters to address diversity and inclusion:
Advocacy for production selections which open discourse and affect positive change, while supporting rigorous cultural specificity to remove generalizations, harmful appropriation, and divisive depictions. Fostering rehearsal and performance culture to create safe and equitable spaces where every person’s story is heard and honored; where hate, bigotry, and intolerance are not given power, only context.
Key Performance Indicators:
Assessment of student performance in class:
Participation in all rehearsals, performances and technical crew work calls, as well as on completion of all assignments related to role or technical crew assignment. 70 to 90%
Post-production evaluation of performance and technical crew work will also be conducted by the director and technical director. 10 to 30%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
The script of the current play serves as the text for this course. The script may not be required for all technical positions.
Pedagogy Statement:
This course provides opportunity for both theoretical and practical experience in the various aspects of technical production practice through hands-on, high-impact experience at both the independent and group level. It is a key pedagogical piece of academic theatre programs to offer exploratory opportunities in the multidimensional field of study that is theatre. Students are given standards of practice in which to operate, real-world timetables, and professional level guidance and critique through the entirety of the production and rehearsal processes.
This course is offered in concert with an individual productions scheduled in the Snow College Theatre Season. As such, the practices and methodologies explored include the following parameters to address diversity and inclusion:
Practicums should be taught in a manner in which everyone has access to resources for their growth, success, and expression, and where instruction works to remove all impediments to that access. Talent and skill, in their many facets, are nurtured based solely upon merit and achievement, in order to foster the many facets artistic expression may take.
Instructional Mediums:
Lecture/Lab
Maximum Class Size: 30
Optimum Class Size: 12
