Theatre Arts (THEA)

Description: Introduces actors to techniques ranging from commercial voice-over techniques, dialect mastery, and singing, to specialized voice/speech techniques for stage, screen, and new media.

Description: The creation of various costume accessories, ornaments and hand properties categorized by the profession as costume crafts.

Description: Auditioning process, including resumes, interviews, preparation of pieces (forms, styles, and genres), cold readings, songs, etc.

Description: Projects in scene design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, or technical direction. Planning and execution of designs for actual production.

Description: Theory and practice of stage lighting. Instruments and control systems employed in lighting the stage. Color in light, its effect upon costume, makeup, and settings. Planning of light plots.

Description: Intensive work in designing lighting for theatre, dance, musicals, and opera.

Description: Theory and practice of scene design. Application of the principles of design to stage settings. Development of the scene design for a play through sketches, color plates, models, and drawings.

Description: Theory and practice of scene design for professional development. Focusing on the conceptual process through ideation and revision.

Description: Theory and practice of scene design. Rendering techniques, period research, and multi-set productions.

Description: Advanced lighting design through the rendering of light story boards.

Description: Theory and practice of production design for the camera. Research, design techniques, tools, and aspects specific to film and television.

Description: Computer Aided Design (CAD) as it applies to scenic, costume, and lighting design. Emphasis on two-dimensional drafting, three-dimensional modeling, and computer graphics.

Description: Theory and practice of stage costume designs. Principles of design as they apply to theatrical costuming. Development of costume designs for the characters in a play through sketches, drawings, and color plates.

Description: In-depth costume design in the areas of design conception and techniques of design communication. Application of principles learned in Costume Design I.

Description: In-depth theoretical and practical application of organization, materials, and techniques necessary for the planning, execution, maintenance, and use of stage scenery, and the proper and safe use and maintenance of the stage and shop facilities.

Description: Advanced techniques and practice in technical drafting as applied to theatrical scenic construction.

Description: Principles and techniques of hand rendering for the entertainment arts.

Description: History and development of the professional American theatre from the beginning to 1900. Includes selected American plays which best characterize the period under consideration.

Description: History and development of the professional American theatre from 1900 to the present day. Includes selected American plays which best characterize the period.

Description: Strengthen design aesthetic and understanding of modern technology that is commonly seen in the theatre through hands-on exploration of lighting consoles, automated and LED fixtures that will sharpen design skills.

Description: Prepare to be a master electrician for live performances by learning basic crew management, principles of electricity, dimmers and general stage lighting equipment as well as common tools used by those in the trade.

Description: Practice leading to the composition of a three-act play or equivalent long play.

Description: Techniques and practice of scene painting for theatre, film, and television. Texture simulation, faux finishes, and realistic drop painting.

Description: Freelance-based career preparations and business skill development for the entertainment artist. Topics include, but are not limited to: contracts, taxes, record keeping, budgets, resumes, portfolios, job hunting, legal considerations, and personal branding.

Description: Practice in using various media and plate design; rendering techniques and costume plate experimentation to achieve variety in the portfolio, reflecting the mood and texture of each theatrical work.

Description: Advanced costume design techniques in specific types of performance arts.

Description: Most frequently produced plays 1652-1989 on European stages (excluding England). Structural aspects and reasons for the play's popularity among performers and audiences.

Description: Survey of major trends and movements in art, architecture, and fashion as they apply to entertainment design.

Description: A survey of major technological advancements and how they influenced the storytelling practices of live performance.

Description: Professional level preparation for Environmental Designers in the Entertainment Arts.

Description: Exploring the skills and techniques used in creating detailed scale models for the pre-visualization or miniature work in theater and film.

Description: Significant questions in dramatic theory and practice of theatre and film production, beginning with Aristotle and continuing to film theory.

Description: Focus on higher level skills development for advanced 3D rendering, photo manipulation, 3D printing, and design process.

Description: Exploration of conceptual and visual ideas for various media, using a common source material to create a world before developing the story.

Description: Theory and practice of sound design for live theatre. Extensive work with recording, mixing, effects, and playback devices.

Description: Advanced work with recording, editing, and playback devices. Training in digital editing using the ProTools LE platform. Planning and execution of full-length, realized, sound designs for departmental mainstage productions.

Description: Advanced training in the integration of acting, movement, and singing skills for the performance of musical theatre. Training in artistic decision making that generates a character within a musical. Focus on a discipline of preparation and the resulting practice of performance; practical experiences with solos, duets, and ensembles from American Musical Theatre Repertoire.

Description: Theory and practice of rigging for live theatre. Extensive work with fly systems, rope systems, and standard rigging hardware.

Description: Analysis of selected plays from ancient Greeks to postmodernism.

Description: Projects, planning, and execution of various forms and styles involving the communication process between director and designer.

Description: Introduces the graduate student to contemporary university level teaching theories and their classroom applications.

Description: History of technological innovation in film. Sound, film format, color systems, lenses and lighting that have enhanced the finished product in the film industry.

Description: Selected projects in directing, theatre management, or stage management in University Theatre or Theatrix.

Description: Structured internships with professional organizations or individuals outside the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus or with Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.

Description: Problems and theories of scenery, costume, and lighting design for ballet, opera, musicals, and legitimate plays. Discussion of student projects and designed full-scale productions.

Description: Specialized topics in theatre history.