This course provides students with the essential elements required to compose, revise and perform a short dramatic work. The course is designed for students interested in writing for the stage. Students will explore the creative process in dramatic script development. Class exercises will include work on dramatic structure, plot and character development, and dialogue.

Theatre Practicum is a learning-by-doing process; there is no formalized classroom instruction. Students must participate in an Ocean County College theatrical production. Students may be members of the cast or assist with technical or business aspects of the production. Code 3 course fee.

Theatre Practicum is a learning-by-doing process; there is no formalized classroom instruction. Students must participate in an Ocean County College theatrical production. Students may be members of the cast or assist with technical or business aspects of the production. Code 3 course fee.

Theatre Practicum is a learning-by-doing process; there is no formalized classroom instruction. Students must participate in an Ocean County College theatrical production. Students may be members of the cast or assist with technical or business aspects of the production. Code 3 course fee.

Theatre Practicum is a learning-by-doing process; there is no formalized classroom instruction. Students must participate in an Ocean County College theatrical production. Students may be members of the cast or assist with technical or business aspects of the production. Code 3 course fee.

A performance class to introduce students to the acting, singing, and dancing skills required of a musical theatre artist. Through involvement in lecture/ demonstration and application, students will synthesize basic music, dance, and acting skills required to participate in a musical theater production. Recommended for students interested in drama, music, or speech. (Fall Only) Code 3 course fee.

This course provides students with practical experience in staging, rehearsing, performing and striking a theatre production for young audience members. Students will apply acting skills to a fully costumed, technically complete production. By participating in all phases of the production, students will gain an understanding of the complexities unique to a children's theatre show. Students must participate in all rehearsals, load-in, performance and strike. Productions will be performed at on-campus and off-campus locations. Code 2 course fee.

This course introduces students to some of the fundamental skills and tools necessary to understand and apply the acting process. In addition, students learn how to analyze and apply basic acting techniques as they demonstrate for and evaluate their classmates. (Fall Only) Code 3 course fee.

A basic course in character and scene study. Student actors develop and create a wide variety of roles from current and classical drama. Emphasis is on gaining experience in becoming a character. Student actors analyze and act out scenes from a variety of plays establishing character relationships and physical action in production. (Spring Only) Code 3 course fee.

This course introduces students to the history and development of theatre from its origin in Greece to the current day. Code 3 course fee.

A study of the current trends in the Broadway, off-Broadway, regional European and underground theatre. This course is designed to help the student investigate, evaluate and appreciate these trends and to spur a desire for current theatre.

This course covers the basic theory and practical application of building, painting, and rigging material, their uses in theatrical production, and the shifting of sets, furniture, and props. Code 2 course fee.

This course introduces the fundamental skills of long-form improvisational comedy. By completing exercises in trust, listening, and agreement, students will develop skills in performance, presence, and decisiveness. Topics include callbacks, group games, and characters. (Fall Only)

This course surveys major plays, figures, and movements in early world theater, considering them in their original social and political context as well as examining their implications for contemporary audiences and artists. Through the course materials, students will pay attention to rituals, play texts and proceedings, playwrights, theatre architecture, design elements, acting, as well as theatrical conventions of the world. Course requirements will ask students to use both scholarly and practical research methods to explore material intellectually and experientially.

This course introduces students to the duties and responsibilities of a stage manager from preproduction to post production. Topics include: developing and assembling a prompt book, cueing and calling a show, and developing managerial skills in order to supervise and manage production personnel. Students must participate in an Ocean County College Theatrical production. Code 2 course fee.

This course will read and examine several plays written from the beginning of the twentieth century through the present. Secondary readings devoted to specific plays, including the early political and folk plays of the 1910s and 1920s, and protest drama of the 1940s will be studied. Students will explore The Revolutionary Theater Movement of the '60s and how contemporary playwrights have expanded the contours of the American dramatic landscape, addressing complex topics such as race/gender, and gay/lesbian issues. We will also explore research methods and critical theory - fields essential to arts practice and to engaged citizenship in the twenty-first century.

Production Management will provide students with an understanding of the role of the Production Manager in Theatrical and Performing Arts. Starting with a general look at the responsibilities and scope of the role of PM, we will continuously apply this learning to various situations and challenges encountered in the role from pre-production to opening night and beyond. Script analysis, budgeting, personnel management, resource allocation, and liaison with supervisory management, production and creative staff will be explored. Emphasis will be on creative approaches to planning, execution, problem solving, communications and the practical application of management principles. Code 2 course fee.

This course is a continued exploration of writing for the stage with the study of dramaturgical elements in the work of contemporary and classic playwrights. Students will examine and continue study of story development, structure, and the use of dialogue. They will hone their craft; through creating multiple narrative strategies as well as generating short scripts and a completed one act. This course will also focus on professional training and development to learn about the business and how to producing one's own work, agents, graduate schools, and submitting to new play festivals.