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DRAM 323  Practical Concerns in Directing  Units: 3.00  
Exploration of practical preproduction needs. Topics may include casting, staging, theatre configuration, textual alteration, rehearsal technique, period research, design approaches.
NOTE Local Live Performance: estimated cost $30.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Practicum, 18 Group Learning, 66 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a COCA, DRAM, MAPP, MUSC, or MUTH Plan and a minimum grade of B in DRAM 321/3.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Analyze a script for its dramaturgical structure, including its rhythms, meanings, and imagery.
  2. Create a production schedule and rehearsal plan that makes smart use of rehearsal time and artist labour.
  3. Develop a plan for staging scenes from a particular script, and execute that plan thoughtfully, efficiently, and professionally.
  4. Develop and offer productive, constructive, and analytically sound feedback on the creative work of others, and respond thoughtfully to that feedback, when offered.
  5. Formulate a directorial approach that both addresses the practicalities of staging a particular script and proposes a unique interpretive & creative perspective for the project.
  6. Work independently and collaboratively, with discipline, self-sufficiency, and a sense of professionalism both in the preparation process and in the rehearsal room.