Courses in Theater and Performance Studies (Spring 2022)

85	Anatomy and Movement*	R. Robinson (EC)	TTh, 1-2:15	Old Major: NA New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
93	Creativity, Devising, and the Art of Making Theater	Brooks	M 3:30-5:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
111	Modes of Performance*	Brooks	M, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Required
129	Tragedy in the European Literary Tradition (WR)	Ulrich		Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories or Performance Theory
200	Introduction to Theatrical Violence	Rossmy /Rainwater (SS)	MW, 1:30-3:20	Old Major; Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
210 sec. 1	Performance Concepts	Sidhu (SS)	T, 1:30-5:20	Old Major: Required New Major: Artistic Practice
210 sec. 2	Performance Concepts	Fernandez McKenzie (SS)	Th, 1:30-5:20	Old Major: Required New Major: Artistic Practice
207	Introduction to Dramaturgy	Ramsay Zoe (SS)	TBA	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Artistic Practice or Histories
211	Intermediate Acting	MacIntosh (SS)	MW, 10:30-12:20	Old Major; Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
215	Writing Dance (WR)	Seibert (EC)	M, 3:30-5:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
217	Creating Theater for Young Audiences*	Roberts/Margolin	MW, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Artistic Practice or Histories
226	Musical Theater Performance II	Jolles (DE)	F, 1:30-4:30	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
228	Writing about the Performing Arts (WR)	Spillane	TTh, 11:35-12:50	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
233	History of Russian Theater*	Titus	M, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories
235	Dance Theater	Hultman Monti (EC)	W, 1:30-5:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
262	Global Shakespeares: Race, Gender, and the Idea of the Human	Ramachandran	MW, 11:35-12:25	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Histories
300	The Director and the Text I	Chambers (SS)	Th, 1:30-5:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
303	Critical Race Theory: Performance, Race, and US Law*	Chambers-Letson	TTh, 1-2:15	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Histories or Performance Theory
311	The Deep: Representations of the Sea	Dorfman	TBA	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories or Performance Theory
318	Analyzing, Directing, and Performing Early Opera	Dorfman/Herreid	Th, 4-6	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
319	Embodying Story	R. Robinson (EC)	MW, 10:30-12:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Artistic Practice or Histories
322	Advanced Playwriting	Margolin (SS)	MW, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
340	Ballet Now	Ulbricht (EC)	M, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Histories
352	Theatre, Performance, and American Modernity, 1830-1950* (WR)	Vogel	T, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Histories or Performance Theory
367	Theater and Drama Traditions of China and Japan*	Bernard	Th, 3:30-5:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories
370	Polish Theater and its Traditions	Illakowicz	MW, 1-2:15	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories
376	Digital Media in Performance	Morrison	1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
400	Performance and the Moving Image (WR)	Coates/MacIntosh	MW, 1:30-3:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
412	Libretto Writing for Musical Theater	Norman (DE)	F, 11:30-12:20	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
435	Creativity: Strategies and Practices for Getting Unstuck*	Morrison/Suttor	M, 10-12	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
453	Writing Screenplay Adaptations	Margulies	T, 1:30-4:30	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice
458	Documentary Film Workshop	Musser	T, 7-10, W, 10:30-1:20	Old Major: Elective New Major: Artistic Practice or Interarts
461	19th-Century Opera and Representation	Kreuzer	F, 9:25-11:15	Old Major: Elective or Lit/Theory/History or non-English New Major: Histories or Performance Theory
471	Directed Independent Study	Stokes	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
491	Senior Project in Theater Studies	Roberts/Egan	W, 9:25-11:15	Old Major: Required New Major: Required

* New Courses for 2021-22 Academic Year

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

(SS) – Contact Prof. Stokes, DUS of TAPS, about this course (shilarna.stokes@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 in. Expanded descriptions of most TAPS courses will be available on November 15th 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, Mr. Cicarella (pasquale.cicarella@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, Mr. Cicarella (pasquale.cicarella@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 course, but it isn’t currently cross-listed, please let Dr. Stokes know as soon as possible (shilarna.stokes@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 are courses that have been offered in the past and are not necessarily offered in Spring 2022. In addition, DGSD typically does not publish their 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. Stokes (shilarna.stokes@yale.edu) and Mr. Cicarella (pasquale.cicarella@yale.edu) in 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 (85, 215, 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. Stokes know if you would like to pursue a Directed Independent Study (shilarna.stokes@yale.edu). The information/application form is due the first week of the semester.

See next page for 2020-21 courses offered in programs other than Theater and Performance Studies that may fulfill major requirements.

Related Courses offered in Departments & Programs other than Theater and Performance Studies (Spring 2022)

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 crosslisting 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, following courses offered by departments and programs other than TAPS may be taken in order to fulfill requirements of the major in Theater and Performance Studies. However, there is no guarantee of this 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 it isn’t currently cross-listed, please let Dr. Stokes know as soon as possible (shilarna.stokes@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 to reach out to the instructor of the course 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 the express written permission (via email) of the DUS of Theater and Performance Studies. It is possible to obtain permission once you have already enrolled in the course, but again, there is no guarantee of this.

*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 requirements towards the major in Theater and Performance Studies.

Spring 2022 Related Courses offered outside Theater and Performance Studies (as of 11.17.21)

	Instructor(s)	Course
MUSI 330	Tesori	Musical Theater Composition II
AFST 180	Adesola	Nigeria and Its Diaspora
CSSY 360	Staff	Dance and Democracy: Movement Improvisation and Liberation Pedagogies
MUSI 233	Darsono	Cultures and Performing Arts of Central Java

Spring 2022 Graduate-level Courses (as of 11.17.21)

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