Student Learning Outcomes

• Students who complete THTR 9 will be able to do a critical analysis of theatrical performances.
• Identify the chain of command in various theater models.
• Analyze playscripts using conventional concepts like genre, style, and structure.
• Distinguish job responsibilities of all areas of theater.
• Identify design concepts such as balance, color and rhythm and evaluate their use by theater designers.
• Evaluate how a given production relates to the text of the playscript.
• Identify the various architectural forms of theater and their influence on production.
• Identify the historical placement of key theatrical movements.
• Analyze how theater is affected by its audience.
• Evaluate how theater reflects the time and place in which it is created.
• Students will be able to give a deep definition of "theater" and the concept of "suspension of disbelief."