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Course Syllabus

THEA 2403 Stage Management

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Theater Arts
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2018
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2022
  • End Semester: Fall 2023
  • Optimum Class Size: 8
  • Maximum Class Size: 12

Course Description

This course is to instruct and prepare students in the methods and practice of proper stage management. It will prepare the student to execute the responsibilities of a stage manager in college, university, community, and professional theatre. The course will provide opportunities for theoretical and practical experiences. Students will be given opportunities to learn and develop skills in the following areas of stage management.1- Safety on Stage and in the Scenic Studios2- Stage Terminology3- Auditions4- Production Meetings5- Managing Rehearsals6- Backstage Management7- Calling the Show8- Scenery Rigging and Shifting Methods9- Lighting and Sound Supervision10- Front of House and Public Relations

Justification

The course carries the same course number as a similar course at Weber State University. All theatre programs at USHE institutions have a similar course.

General Education Outcomes

  1. A student who completes the GE curriculum can speak and write effectively and respectfully as a member of the global community, and work effectively as a member of a team. Students will demonstrate their ability to work effectively as a member of a team through in class exercises and assignments and group presentations. These presentations will be graded and instructor and peer responses will be provided.
  2. A student who completes the GE curriculum can respond with informed sensitivity to an artistic work or experience. Students will demonstrate ability to form an articulate response to an artistic work or experience through attendance and written critiques of assigned theatrical productions.
  3. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively about nature, culture, facts, values, ethics, and civic policy. Students will demonstrate the ability to respond to any work of art in an articulate manner through oral discussions and specific case studies in stage management. Students should be able to respond to a theatrical piece both as art and as entertainment.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Increase appreciation for the art of working as a stage manager.
  2. Identify and develop fundamental skills and techniques for being a successful stage manager.
  3. Communicate effectively with others in ways that are appropriate for interaction between actors and technicians with the stage manager. This involves both individual and group/team contexts.
  4. Manage and coordinate information from multiple sources and members of a production team. Develop problem solving, decision making and leadership skills.

Course Content

1- Safety on Stage and in the Scenic Studios2- Stage Terminology3- Auditions4- Production Meetings5- Managing Rehearsals6- Backstage Management7- Calling the Show8- Scenery Rigging and Shifting Methods9- Lighting and Sound Supervision10- Front of House and Public Relations