TPA2600

Stage Management

Course Code:
TPA 2600

Credit Hours:
3

Effective beginning:
2023-24

Sections:
000

 

Course Description:
This course is an introduction to stage management practices addressing all aspects of the production process from preproduction meeting to post production. In addition to lecture, there will be production hours outside of class.

 

Course Details

Instructors:

Connie Smith
Building X, Office:  X223
smithc@chipola.edu

 

Required textbooks/ course materials:

The Norton Anthology of Drama, Vol I and II. 3rd ed. 2013. J. Ellen Gainor, Stanton B. Garner Jr. & Martin Puchner. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. ISBN: 9780393283495

Kincman, Laurie.  The Stage Manager’s Toolkit.  2nd ed., Taylor & Francis.  ISBN: 9780367406370.

Roth, Emily et al.  Stage Management Basics: A Primer.  1st ed., Taylor & Francis.  ISBN: 9781138960558.

 

Assignment/course outline:

See your Instructor First Day Handout for individual instructor assignment schedule.

 

Discipline-level learning outcomes:

Theatre Studies Competency: Interpret, evaluate, and appreciate dramatic texts, the methods by which dramatic texts are realized in production, and engage in the collaborative communication and processes of theatre production.

Th-1: Identify aspects of the theatrical production process including performance, directing, design, technical production, marketing, and management.

Th-2: Analyze dramatic texts and theatrical productions.

Th-3: Apply performance and/or production practices through work on various theatrical productions.

Th-4: Demonstrate knowledge of the history, literature, theories, and skills needed for advanced study or a career in theatre arts and entertainment industry.

 

Course-level learning outcomes:

Course-level Student Learning ObjectivesDiscipline-Specific 
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Methods
Examine elements of theatrical history, production and the hierarchy of theatre organizations Th1, Th2 Homework, Quizzes, Test, Cumulative Final, Projects
Analyze dramatic texts, genres, and theatre history as it relates to stage management Th1, Th2, Th4  
Define terminology relating to stage management and theatrical production Th1, Th2, Th4  
Employ procedures and protocols for effective and well organized stage management Th1, Th2,  Th3, Th4  
Evaluate the stage management process from preproduction through post production Th1, Th2, Th3, Th4  

 

Means of accomplishing learning outcomes:

The instructor will introduce students to stage management practices addressing all aspects of the production process from preproduction meeting to post production via a combination of lectures, videos, reading assignments, collaboration, and out-of-class assignments.  Each student will be expected to read all assigned material as well as complete all assignments. The instructor will provide timely feedback on assignments and hold weekly office hours to address further questions and student needs outside of class time. The final grade will be based on class participation, exams and quizzes, projects and a cumulative final exam.

Students are expected to:

  • Arrive to class on time
  • Turn in assignments on time
  • Participate in discussions and be focused in class
  • Read all assigned readings of text, plays and outside sources
  • Complete all written assignments, quizzes, projects and final exam
  • Participate on a technical crew for a Chipola College production
  • Attend one theatrical production produced by an organization other than Chipola College

Make‑up work is the responsibility of the student, as covered in the instructor’s First Day Handout.

PLAGIARISM is academic dishonesty and may be defined as submitting another’s work as your own.  It includes failure to use quotation marks or other conventional marking around material quoted from any printed or electronic source.  Plagiarism shall also include paraphrasing a specific source without indicating accurately what the source is.  Plagiarism shall further include downloading essays or letting another person compose or rewrite a student's written assignment.  Plagiarism will result in a zero (0) for the assignment.

 

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