THEA 300 Black Women Playwrights: Staging Empowerment
This course examines the plural voices of black women writing for the theater, from inventive and innovative plays by African women to established and more familiar American playwrights with unique and powerful perspectives that ¿call to action¿ social inequities with significant focus given to issues of race and racism. Students will learn and apply techniques of theatrical and performance arts concepts and elements of writing for movement, sound, and character development with a particular focus on gender and race-based inequities in society
Prerequisites
3 Undergraduate credits
Effective December 12, 2022 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Identify and demonstrate awareness of Black women playwrights and articulate in writing and through performance their contributions to gender and race-focused social issues.
- Analyze orally and in writing the way that a playwright presents a gendered point of view on race- based inequities, and how effectively the presentation of the perspective is accomplished on stage through a study and analysis of performance techniques, concepts and theories of sound, voice, movement, and character.
- Create and present in oral performance and in writing elements of playwriting through a short monologue and dialogue written to be performed.
- Articulate orally and in writing techniques used by Black women playwrights to intersectionally address inequities of gender, race and class.
- Demonstrate in writing and oral presentation, knowledge of concepts in play-writing such as character development and conflict as they pertain to intersectionally counteracting race-based oppression, violence and inequitable treatment of women.
Fall 2024
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Black Women Playwrights: Staging Empowerment | Hines, Kimberley Carrie | Books for THEA-300-50 Fall 2024 | Course details for THEA-300-50 Fall 2024 |