THEA-211 Intro To Drama: Sec 002: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Intro To Drama: the online class! This podcast will host the content lectures you need to succeed in THEA-211.
Be sure you tune in and listen to this podcast for our class meeting on Tuesday 11/17! This episode wraps up our discussion of Elinor Fuchs' framework. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
This framework for script analysis is unlike anything else we've covered together! Which I think is super exciting. I hope you do too.
Make sure you listen to this episode and read "Visit To A Small Planet" in time for class on Tuesday 11/10! Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
It's time for Hamilton!! Be sure you check out this context lecture before class on Tuesday 10/27.
Link to Lin Manuel Miranda performing at the White House in 2009.
Here's our podcast on Aristotle's final three elements of drama: diction, song and spectacle.
Listen to me forget (and cover up that I forgot) that Streetcar Named Desire takes place in New Orleans, as well as a stirring rendition of the "Lovely Ladies" motif from Les Miserables.
Listen in time for class on Tuesday 10/18.
Enjoy!
Listen to this podcast in time for class on 10/13! We get into Aristotle's ideas about character and thought. Enjoy!
Make sure you listen to this podcast before our class meeting on Tuesday, 10/6!
I make reference to a slideshow I'm lecturing from in this audio. If you've accessed this podcast from the Discussion Board in our Canvas, you can download a PDF of that slideshow over there. Otherwise, here's a link to a Google Doc so you can keep up with the visuals: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iVz0jhYNshSSnbOOANuZl5xlvupmvYFu7bO8tVhWsVE/edit?usp=sharing
Happy listening!
Listen to this episode in time for class on Tuesday 9/29! We discuss playwright Chisa Hutchinson, the very short production history of her play Whitelisted, and background information for the setting and some of the themes of that play.
This is it!! The last official David Ball segment of the Intro to Drama Podcast! After this (and after the Bonus Episode) we're moving onto Aristotle. It's been a good time, hasn't it? Thanks, David Ball. Listen in to hear the techniques behind reading to find out character, image, and theme. How many times can Kate say "um" in one podcast?
Here, we discuss Part III of Backwards and Forwards. Listen by class on Tuesday 9/22 for a wider discussion of concepts brought up in our reading!
Tune in this week to learn about four concepts integral to understanding and making compelling theatre! If you have any comments or questions, feel free to add them to our discussion board on Canvas.
Be sure to listen for class on Tuesday, 9/15. Enjoy!
This podcast covers ideas of Stasis & Intrusion as well as Obstacle & Conflict. Be sure you listen to this podcast in time for class on 9/8. This is the only podcast you need to listen to!
Feel free to comment in our class discussion board with any comments or questions. Enjoy!
Make sure you've listened to this podcast by class on 9/1. Feel free to comment in our Discussion Board with any thoughts or questions!
Here is the very first podcast for Fall 2020 Intro to Drama. This podcast provides background about Shakespeare as a playwright, Shakespeare's theatre, Shakespeare's language, and Shakespeare's world. Feel free to add any comments or questions to the discussion board this podcast is shared in.
See you all Tuesday!
Best,
Kate