Courses in Theater and Performance Studies (Fall 2023)

Courses in Theater and Performance Studies (Fall 2023) 

Course Number Title Instructor Time
THST 097 Anatomy in Motion R. Robinson TTH 1-2:15
THST 098 Composing and Performing the One-Person Play Brooks M 3:30-5:30
THST 110 Collaboration Morrison and Coates T 10:20-1:20
Discussion times TBD
THST 129 Tragedy in the European Literary Tradition T. Robinson MW 2:30-3:45
THST 200 Introduction to Theatrical Violence Rossmy and Rainwater MW 1:30-3:20
THST 210 Sec 01 Performance Concepts Brooks MW 1:30-3:20
THST 210 Sec 02 Performance Concepts Sidhu MW 3:30-5:20
THST 215 Writing Dance Seibert M 3:30-5:20
THST 218 Remapping Dance Reid, Nimjee, and van Hensbergen T 1:30-3:20
THST 227 Queer Caribbean Performance Reid W 1:30-3:20
THST 230 Introduction to Directing Singleton M 9:25-11:15
THST 236 American Musical Theater History Egan W 1:30-3:20
THST 300 The Director and the Text 1 Dorfman MW 10:30-12:20
THST 307 Making Theater with Improvs and Etudes Chambers and Stokes TH 1:30-5:20
THST 314 Art and Resistance in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine Kureichyk TH 3:30-5:20
THST 315 Acting Shakespeare Varon F 1:30-5:20
THST 319 Embodying Story R. Robinson TH 10:30-12:20
THST 320 Playwriting Margulies T 1:30-4:30
THST 321 Production Seminar: Playwriting Margolin MW 3:30-5:20
THST 334 Advanced Study for Acting and Directing for Solo Performance Margolin MW 1:30-3:20
THST 335 West African Dance: Traditional to Contemporary Coulibaly TTH 10:30-12:20
THST 339 Advanced Performance Art Composition: Collaboration, Collusion, Collectivity Phibrick W 1:30-5:20
THST 340 Ballet Now Ulbricht M 1:30-3:20
THST 344 Production Seminar: Natasha, Pierre, and the Comet of 1812 Jolles F 1:30-5:20
THST 350 Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance Stokes T 3:30-5:20
THST 382 American Opera Today: Explorations of a Burgeoning Industry Kreutzer and Chu TH 1:30-3:20
THST 387 Choreography in Practice and Theory Coulibaly T 1-4
THST 398 American Experimental Theater M. Robinson T 1:30-3:20
THST 401 Conceptual Sound Design for Theater Roberts MW 3:30-5:20
THST 414 Lyric Writing for Musical Theater Korie F 11:30-1:30
THST 420 Samuel Delany and His Words Nyong’o T 3:30-5:20
THST 430 Performing Publics Stokes W 3:30-5:20
THST 438 Theater and Therapy in the Aftermath of War Morrison W 1:30-3:20
THST 452 Acting: Constructing a Character Wallace F 8:25-12:20
THST 457 Documentary Film Workshop Musser T 7-10
W 3:30-6:20
THST 471 Directed Independent Study Brooks N/A
THST 491 Senior Project in Theater Studies Roberts and Egan W 9:25-11:15
THST 492 Senior Seminar in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Stokes TBD

 

(EC) – Contact Prof. Coates, Director of the Dance Studies Curriculum, about this course (emily.coates@yale.edu). 

(SS) – Contact Prof. Brooks, DUS of TAPS, about this course (hal.brooks@yale.edu). 

(DE) – Contact Prof. Egan, Director of the Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater, about this course (daniel.egan@yale.edu) 

 

Information for Students 

 

  • Read the Class Notes section at the bottom of the YCS description for each course you are interested in. This contains important information that you may not find on the course’s Canvas page. 

  • Read the Expanded Course Description on Canvas for each course you are interested inExpanded descriptions of most TAPS courses will be available by clicking the “Syllabus” button on the YCS listing for the course. However, if the Canvas page is missing, or it does not have the information you need, please email the instructor of the course, the faculty member overseeing the course (Coates, Egan, or Stokes), or the TAPS Registrar, Ms. Conti (alana.conti@yale.edu). 

  • If you are not sure if a course counts towards the TAPS major or if you are not sure which category or categories a course may count towards, email the TAPS Registrar, Ms. Conti (alana.conti@yale.edu). In most cases, this will be clear from the course’s YCS listing. 

  • If you would like to take a course that you believe should be counted as a TAPS coursebut isn’t currently cross-listed, please let Prof. Brooks know as soon as possible (hal.brooks@yale.edu). You might be able to take the course for TAPS credit, but you must get written permission from the DUS to do so. 

  • If you are interested in taking courses at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale or any of the professional schools, please see here for information about which courses are currently approved for credit by Yale College. Please note that these courses have been offered in the past and are not necessarily offered in upcoming semesters. In addition, DGSD typically does not publish its courses until the start of the semester. TAPS does not influence which DGSD courses are approved for credit. Once you determine that the course is being offered and that you can either take it for credit or are willing to audit, contact the DGSD instructor for permission. Once you receive permission, email Prof. Brooks (hal.brooks@yale.edu) and Registrar Ms. Conti (alana.conti@yale.eduin order to complete the relevant forms. 

  • All courses are subject to change and cancellation until the start of the semester. Courses may also be added until the start of the semester. 

 

Other Course Information 

 

  • Dance Studies Curriculum (85215, 235, 319, 340, 400) 

  • First-Year Seminars (85, 93)  

  • Required Courses for TAPS Major (111, 491) 

  • Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater (226, 412, and others in MUSIC) 

  • Writing Intensive Courses (129, 215, 228, 400) 

  • THST 471 - Let Prof. Brooks know if you want to pursue a Directed Independent Study (hal.brooks@yale.edu). The information/application form is due the first week of the semester. 

 

Related Courses offered in Departments & Programs other than Theater and Performance Studies

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY … 

 

Each semester there are a number of courses offered in other departments and programs that may fulfill a requirement in Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) but which, for a variety of reasons, do not have a cross-listing with our program. In other words, you won’t see a THST number associated with the course.* Furthermore, you may find that the course is limited to graduate students or has prerequisites, enrollment caps, or other requirements that would prevent you from being able to register. To date, the following courses offered by departments and programs other than TAPS may be taken to fulfill the requirements of the Theater and Performance Studies major. However, this is not guaranteed until you receive written DUS permission 

 

If you would like to take a course that you believe should be counted as a TAPS course, but isn’t currently cross-listed, please let Prof. Brooks know as soon as possible (hal.brooks@yale.edu). You might be able to take the course for TAPS credit, but you must get written permission from the DUS to do so. 

You may be invited to meet to discuss the matter or contact the course instructor for a syllabus. You may need to request written confirmation from the instructor that you will be able to write or present on topics that would allow you to earn credit in TAPS (theater, dance, opera, digital media, performance studies, etc.)You also may be told that the course will count for credit towards the major once you are able to demonstrate, usually at the end of the semester, that one or more of your assignments focused on topics relevant to the major. In all such cases, you will not be able to receive credit for the course until you have express written permission (via email) from the DUS of Theater and Performance Studies. It is possible to obtain permission once you have enrolled in the course, but again, there is no guarantee. 

 

*The program changed its name to Theater and Performance Studies (from Theater Studies) in the middle of the 2019-20 academic year. Its current subject code (THST) cannot be altered until 2022-23. Therefore, the acronym for the program (TAPS) and the subject code for the courses it offers (THST) will not match until next year. Rest assured that all courses with the subject code THST fulfill the requirements for the Theater and Performance Studies major. 

 

TBA, Related Courses offered outside Theater and Performance Studies

 

 

   

 

Graduate-level Courses Information

 

Graduate-level courses may or may not be open to undergraduates on a limited basis. Please contact the course’s instructor and the DUS if you are interested: ART 585AMST 712, WGSS 779, CPLT 638, ENGL 533. The courses offered by the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale (DGSD) have not yet been published.  

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