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Oct 23, 2026
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THTR 2220 - Play Directing
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
Play directing gives students the opportunity to learn and apply principles of script analysis, staging, working with actors, and utilizing technical effects along with other artistic practices to direct and produce a short play at the end of the semester. Students must see and analyze at least one professional production during the semester.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): THTR 1101 and THTR 2205 or THTR 2230
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: THTR 2211
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 06C: The Humanities and Fine Arts
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Select a script and produce a short play.
- Schedule and organize a rehearsal process.
- Analyze a script to identify conflict, humor, units/beats, subtext, mood, theme, style and social context.
- Stage scenes and achieve focus using blocking, movement and composition.
- Work with actors to achieve character and action.
- Use various effects to create mood, atmosphere, and locale.
- Understand the collaborative process between director and designers that creates a harmonic style and design to serve the needs of a play.
- Critically judge the efforts of professional directors based upon the principles listed above.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Play selection and analysis
- Play rehearsal and staging
- Critical evaluation of a professional director’s work
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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