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2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

THD 311-01 - Studies in Performance

4 credits (Spring)
Adapting and Performing Postcolonial Stories. In this class, we will learn how to adapt postcolonial short stories for the stage, centering on stories from Salman Rushdie’s East, West. All students will experience researching, writing, designing, directing, and acting in this course and draw on postcolonial, Brechtian, and adaptation theories and film as well as film and storytelling methodologies. We will explore adaptation as a way to expand the possibilities of theatre-making.

Prerequisite: THD 201 THD 202 THD 203 THD 210 , or THD 211 .
Instructor: Delmenico