Drama

Requirements for Major - Total Credits: 33

Prerequisite
Drama 202-Acting I  Credits: 3

Requirements for Drama Minor - Totlal Credits: 16

(Excluding Prerequiste)

Drama Activities

The activities of the drama department include the main season of major production and the Studio Laboratory Theatre Series, as well as professional theatre companies, guest artists, and ballet troupes. In addition, each summer the department sponsors the professional Heritage Theatre Festival. All productions are presented in the Helms and Culbreth Theatres located in the Department of Drama building on Culbreth Road.

Requirements for Minor in Dance:  Dance minors are required to take five credits of Technique including the Modern and Ballet requirements.  Students will be required to take two courses (3 credits) in Composition, 6 credits of dance elecives, and one Production/Design course within the Drama Department.  Students will also be required to take Modern Dance History.  Inaddition to the coursework, dance minors will be required to participate in 1-2 dance performances within the department.

Total credits required for the minor is 20.

Additional Information

For more information, contact Professor LaVahn Hoh, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Drama, Drama Building, 109 Culbreth Rd., P.O. Box 400128, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4128; (434) 924-8962 or (434) 924-3326; www.virginia.edu/drama.

Course Descriptions

• DANC 222 - Modern Dance I Credits: 1
• DANC 322 - Modern Dance II Credits: 1
• DANC 340 - 20th Century Dance History Credits: 3
• DRAM 101 - Introduction to Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 102 - Oral Interpretation Credits: 3
• DRAM 201 - Theatre Art: Image to Form Credits: 3
• DRAM 202 - Acting I Credits: 3
• DRAM 208 - Circus in America Credits: 3
• DRAM 211 - Lighting Technology Credits: 3
• DRAM 213 - Production Laboratory: Lighting and Sound Credits: 1
• DRAM 221 - Scenic Technology Credits: 3
• DRAM 223 - Production Laboratory: Scenery and Properties Credits: 1
• DRAM 224 - Digital Design: Re-making and Re-imagining Credits: 3
• DRAM 225 - Scene Painting Credits: 3
• DRAM 231 - Costume Technology Credits: 3
• DRAM 233 - Production Laboratory: Costume and Makeup Credits: 1
• DRAM 241 - Ballet I Credits: 1
• DRAM 243 - Production Laboratory: Acting Credits: 1
• DRAM 244 - Dance Improvisation Credits: 1
• DRAM 245 - Ballet II Credits: 1
• DRAM 247 - Jazz Dance I Credits: 1
• DRAM 249 - Jazz Dance II Credits: 1
• DRAM 250 - Dance Composition Credits: 2
• DRAM 262 - Sound Design Credits: 3
• DRAM 263 - Production Laboratory: Sound Credits: 1
• DRAM 280 - Television News Writing and Production Credits: 3
• DRAM 281 - Cinema as Art Form Credits: 3
• DRAM 282 - Television Texts, Scripting and Directing Credits: 3
• DRAM 302 - Theatre Make-Up Credits: 3
• DRAM 305 - Theatre History Credits: 3
• DRAM 307 - African-American Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 309 - Script Analysis: Dramatic Structure and Theatrical Production Credits: 3
• DRAM 331 - History of Dress Credits: 3
• DRAM 341 - Acting II Credits: 3
• DRAM 342 - Voice for Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 343 - Improvisation Credits: 3
• DRAM 344 - Movement for Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 345 - Musical Theatre Performance Credits: 3
• DRAM 351 - Directing I Credits: 3
• DRAM 352 - Production Management Credits: 3
• DRAM 360 - Modern American Drama Credits: 3
• DRAM 364 - Sound Design: Studio Credits: 3
• DRAM 371 - Playwriting I Credits: 3
• DRAM 372 - Playwriting II Credits: 3
• DRAM 381 - Film Criticism Credits: 3
• DRAM 383 - History of Film I Credits: 3
• DRAM 384 - History of Film II Credits: 3
• DRAM 385 - History of Film III Credits: 3
• DRAM 387 - Contemporary Independent Film and Video Credits: 3
• DRAM 411 - Lighting Design Credits: 3
• DRAM 421 - Scenic Design Credits: 3
• DRAM 431 - Costume Design Credits: 3
• DRAM 441 - Acting III Credits: 3
• DRAM 444 - Dance for Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 449 - Stage Combat Skills Credits: 3
• DRAM 450 - Special Topics in Dance Credits: 1-3
• DRAM 451 - Directing II Credits: 3
• DRAM 471 - Playwriting III Credits: 3
• DRAM 472 - Playwriting IV Credits: 3
• DRAM 491 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3
• DRAM 492 - Special Studies in Drama Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 493 - Special Topics in Performance Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 494 - Special Topics in Movement Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 495 - Special Topics in Voice Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 496 - Special Topics in Directing Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 497 - Special Topics in Design Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 498 - Special Topics in Design Technology Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 499 - Special Topics in Playwriting Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 500 - Independent Study: Dance Credits: 1 to 3
• DRAM 504 - Early American Theatre and Drama Credits: 3
• DRAM 506 - Modernism in the Theatre Credits: 3
• DRAM 507 - History of American Popular Entertainment: From Minstrelsy to Madonna Credits: 3
• DRAM 508 - Performance in the Postmodernism Era Credits: 3
• DRAM 555 - Performing Arts Management Credits: 3
• DRAM 571 - Playwriting V Credits: 3
• DRAM 572 - Playwriting VI Credits: 3