This course functions as a foundation for the study of theatre, performance, and media, however it is not an acting course. Students will be introduced to the formative terms and theories of these academic disciplines as well as the conceptual and social terms of theatre, performance and media. Students will also engage in workshops connecting various theories of performance to practice and everyday life experiences.

This course introduces students to acting styles and techniques by focusing on how actors use bodies, voices, and movements during live theatrical performances. Students will collaborate in workshop and studios settings to explore, develop, and refine their acting skills. All acting methods in this course are taught for live theatre and performance experiences; the course does not teach on-screen acting methods. Students will also learn to think deeply about characters, playscripts, and performance concepts while also incorporating direction from their director, designers, and/or technicians similar to live theatre and performance in the professional industry.

This introductory course examines perception of media and its creative use where current events, internet, film, and music focus on cultural codes, industries, and audiences who make meaning.

This course introduces students to various aspects of theatre and performance practice and careers. Students will engage in modules covering theatre career trajectories, time management, script analysis, production timelines, critical reflection, professional development, problem solving, and evaluating performance-based experiences.

This course introduces students to devised theatre practices which lead to the creation of unscripted, original performance. Students will become familiar with and practice different methods for devising, including improvisation and collective creation. Topics may include solo devising, group devising, devising through physicality, devising in site-specific locations and integrating forms of media into devised work.

This course is a theoretical and applied study of creative writing for performance.

This course introduces students to various production skills and fundamental techniques of theatre including stage management, lighting, sound, set construction, design, drafting, costumes, make-up, properties, cues, and working in a production space. Students in the course may undertake production roles to support a school performance during the term.

This course introduces students to the scholarly skills of conducting academic research. Students will engage in modules covering libraries, special collections, archives, academic databases, theatre reviews, interviews, citation styles, theatrical journals, writing styles/expectations, and digital literacy.

This course examines approaches to communication, including cybernetic, anthropologic, semiotic, sensory and other perspectives, focusing on human experiences of media, embodiment, and meaning making.

Students will review contemporary cinematic expression through curated film and media texts.

This course is organized around several revolutions in communication and technology: the evolution of human language; the development of writing systems and literacy; the invention and spread of printing and typography; and the beginnings of electronic communication and the digital revolution.

Under the supervision of a faculty member, students in this course will be placed in experiential learning situations at the university or in the wider community where they will support a community, academic and/or creative project. Students will be required to become familiar with the goals and procedures of the project, to apply skills gained in Theatre Studies to the project, and to critically reflect on their experience.

This course is an independent experiential learning option taken by students in consultation with a faculty advisor. Students will apply skills gained in Theatre Studies, including critical reflection, to a project that involves professional-level skills in performance and/or pedagogy. Often these projects are public-facing and community engaged.

This variable content course focuses on a selected area of theatre history. Students will encounter different ways plays, playwrights, and performances have challenged and engaged with major social, political, and cultural issues or movements happening throughout a focal point in global history. Students will read a variety of diverse texts and engage in discussions of their content.

This course provides students with the opportunity to work on projects in devising, acting, playwriting, voice, movement, and directing. The material and topic will vary depending on the instructor.

This course provides students with the opportunity to work on projects in scenography, lighting, sound, puppetry, technology and digital multimedia. The material and topic will vary depending on the instructor.

This course provides students with the opportunity to work on projects in critical writing, academic research, theatre historiography, and performance theory. The material and topic will vary depending on the instructor.

Students in this course will undertake the design, technical production and performance of a fully realized theatrical production. All production assignments (cast, technical crews, front of house, dramaturgy, assistant director, assistant designer) will be drawn from students enrolled in the course. The course will be taught as a workshop with skill-specific modules, out-of-class rehearsals, and technical training crew calls.

This intensive seminar offers an analysis of a selection of plays by William Shakespeare. In addition to textual analysis, the students will also be introduced to the stage history of the plays being considered, paying attention to the conditions of production. The course includes consideration of plays by Shakespeare currently on stage at the Stratford Festival; this two-week course is taught off-site in Stratford, Ontario. Students will have the opportunity to see these plays (for an additional fee) over the course of the seminar. Please contact the School for further information.

Within a studio context, students explore acting techniques and exercises to develop their stage voices with a particular focus on Shakespeare's plays as well as performing Shakespearean verse. The course includes consideration of plays by Shakespeare currently on stage at the Stratford Festival; this two-week course is taught off-site in Stratford, Ontario. Students will have the opportunity to see these plays (for an additional fee) over the course of the seminar. Please contact the School for further information.

Students will collaborate in the exploration of theory and creative practice in an experimental project-based course. Projects may be theatrical or media-based, or an integration of both depending on the iteration of the course. Students will have the opportunity to showcase their experimental work to the public over the course of the term.

This course provides an overview and understanding of Canadian theatre history, playwrights, companies, and productions. Students will encounter Indigenous as well as colonial/settler performance histories throughout Canada with special focus on geographical areas, specific communities, and performance styles/traditions as selected by the course director. Special attention will be placed on representations of diversity, equity, and inclusion--including the lack of these concepts--within Canadian theatre throughout the country.

This course is designed to give the student knowledge and understanding of Canadian film and film makers.

This course provides independent study opportunities based upon a research project proposal and works cited approved by the Theatre Curriculum committee. Students should seek out an instructor to agree to supervise the course prior to making an application for Directed Reading. Weekly meetings with an instructor will be arranged dependent on the topic or materials being studied.

The course provides an intensive exploration of one aspect of studio practice: playwriting, acting, design or technical theatre.

This course is an intensive study of the methods of theatrical production, organized around a creative project. Students will focus on skill development in the areas of acting, design, costumes, sets, lights, sound, media, and stage management. Students in the course may undertake performance or production roles in a public performance.

This advanced research writing seminar explores critical theory, performance studies, and theatre historiography in relationship to variable theatre and performance content based on the expertise of the course director. Students will review a variety of contemporary theatre and performance research texts and engage with their content.

Students will engage throughout the semester with the processes of forming a theatre company, theorizing its organizational structure, exploring fundraising and publicity exercises, casting, designing, dramaturging, directing, and mounting a production, and engaging in post-production analysis that assesses the social and theatrical impact of the decisions taken and procedures employed.

This is an advanced research seminar in selected topics in media, theatre and performance. The course features variable content. Please consult the Theatre Studies website for more information.

The completion, under direction, of a scholarly essay in the study of drama and/or theatre. Admission is by application to the School with support from the faculty member who will serve as instructor for this honours essay.