Design for the Theater: Scenery

Calendar

ses #	Topics	key dates
Project 1
1	Introduction Information Origins of Theater Space and Design	Design assignment #1 given
2	Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts Elements of Design: The Designer’s “Tools of the Trade”	Paper #1 and rough sketches assigned
3	Presentation of Papers and Discussion of the Sketches	Preliminary sketches assigned
4	Preliminary Sketches Critiqued The Wider Context: Scripts in the Time and Place of Their Creation	Final sketches assigned
5	Revised Final Sketches Critiqued	Finished rendering assigned
6	Presentation of Design #1	Design assignment #2 given
Project 2
7	Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Medieval and Elizabethan Stage	Paper #2 and rough sketches assigned
8	Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed	Preliminary sketches assigned
9	Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Indoor Theater and Renaissance Design	Final sketches assigned
10	Revised Final Sketches Critiqued	Finished rendering assigned
11	Presentation of Design #2	Design assignment #3 given
Project 3
12	Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Baroque and Revolutionary/Romantic Stage	Paper #3 and rough sketches assigned
13	Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed	Preliminary sketches assigned
14	Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Mid-Term: Discussion of Play Choices for the Final Project	Final sketches assigned
15	Revised Final Sketches Critiqued	Finished rendering assigned
16	Presentation of Design #3	Design assignment #4 given
Project 4
17	Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts From Grand Spectacle to Realism	Paper #4 and rough sketches assigned
18	Work on Final Project
19	Work on Final Project (cont.)
20	Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed	Preliminary sketches assigned
21	Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Reactions Against Realism	Final sketches assigned
22	Revised Final Sketches Critiqued	Finished rendering assigned
23	Presentation of Design #4 Review of Final Project Issues
24	First Viewing of Final Projects and Discussion
25	Modern and Post-modern Productions
26	Presentation of Final Projects