THD 211-01 - Performance Studies Survey

What does it mean to create performance from the words of real people? This class culminates in short student-created performances and examines contemporary verbatim plays produced in the US and elsewhere. It includes ethnographic plays like The Laramie Project and Anna Deavere Smith’s work, verbatim and tribunal (trial) plays, and devised/immersive works. We will study the literature, theory, and embodied practices of creating this work individually and collaboratively. Prerequisite: Any 100-level Theatre and Dance course or permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level Theatre and Dance course.
Instructor: Delmenico