Grad Seminar: Adaptation

The course starts with an interest in texts that,
at first sight, resist dramatization--novels,
short stories, poems, non-fiction. Using a
variety of techniques--writing, image work,
painting, performance--we examine how these texts
can be explored in the theater. In the process,
we investigate questions, such as 'How do you
translate a particular non-dramatic text into a
theatrical one?' and 'How do you use a
non-dramatic text as a starting point for a
theatrical piece?' During the first half of the
semester we respond to the same text; the second
part of the semester provides opportunities to
develop individual projects. Collaboration is
strongly encouraged. Offered Alternate Years