(THEA 325) Playwriting
Introduction to the fundamentals of playwriting, including structure, exposition, character, dialogue, conflict, dramatic action, and setting. Creation of monologues and scenes to apply techniques and culminating in the creation of a 10-minute and one-act play.
| Credit hours | 3.0 lecture |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite | ENGL 101 |
| Offered | Variable |
| Programs | Theatre Minor |
Course Learning Outcomes
- Maintain a writing journal, archiving ideas and free writes.
- Creative thinking, and demonstrating curiosity, imagination, and flexibility within the form.
- Creation of a 10-minute play.
- Develop imagination through structured exercises.
- Explore the fundamentals and understand structure: character, plot, dialogue, arc, setting, theme.
- Learn to read/revise your own work and the work of others.
- Cultivate theatrical understanding through play reading.
- Understand production process and its effect on play production.
- Complete a fully realized dramatic work in the form of a one act play.
- To communicate effectively through developing your own personal relationship to writing.