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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Theatre
School of Communication
THEATRE 242-0 Sec. 26
Closed
Stage Makeup
CAESAR Class Number: 42200
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 11:30am - 2pm
Rick Jarvie
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room Barber Dressing Room.
In this lecture and demonstration course, students learn the principles of makeup design and execution for the stage. Enrollment limited to 15.
THEATRE 312-1 Sec. 26
Closed
The Art of Storytelling
CAESAR Class Number: 42140
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 9 - 11:30am
Rives Collins
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room South Rehearsal Room.
This course is designed for teachers, librarians, actors, clergy, and anyone eager to explore the potential of storytelling in life and work. The class examines oral traditions and the current renaissance of storytelling in a nurturing, supportive environment. Experiential in nature, the course is designed to empower participants to discover their own authentic styles as they gain confidence as tellers of stories. Attendance at the first class is required. Enrollment limited to 16.
THEATRE 330-0 Sec. 26
Special Topics in Theatre: The Use of Monologue in Audition and Performance
CAESAR Class Number: 42250
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 11:30am - 2pm
Gail Shapiro
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room South Rehearsal Room.
A fast paced class, covering a range of monologues from classical and contemporary texts. This class offers an opportunity to amass eight to ten monologues. The class covers skills in how to choose and prepare a monologue for use in a play and audition setting. This class is open to students of all levels of experience, however, strong discipline is required. Maximum number of students: 16
THEATRE 330-0 Sec. 36
Special Topics in Theatre: Creative Drama
CAESAR Class Number: 42276
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 9 - 11:30am
Elizabeth Quinn
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room South Rehearsal Room.
This course, especially appropriate for teachers, is designed to foster understanding of the principles and practices of improvised drama as a tool for discovery. Since creative drama can be deployed in many areas (teaching, performance, therapy, writing, recreation, etc.), this course allows participants to explore the use of creative drama in their lives and work. Special emphasis is placed on nurturing the participants' creative efforts and risks and on empowering them to guide others in the work of creative drama. Taught by nationally acclaimed visiting drama specialist Betsy Quinn, the course features interaction with young people from the area.
THEATRE 330-0 Sec. 46
Special Topics in Theatre: The Business of Show Business
CAESAR Class Number: 42278
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 11:30am - 2pm
Cindy Gold
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room South Rehearsal Room.
This course is designed to equip the student with the fundamental skills necessary for auditioning for the theatre and negotiating the business of theatre in Chicago, Los Angeles, or New York. The quarter will focus on general auditions, scene work, headshots, and other necessary tools of the business. Additional topics will include agents, casting directors, audition situations, showcasing the actor's work, learning how to treat acting as a career, and bridging the gap between college and the professional world.
THEATRE 330-0 Sec. 56
Special Topics in Theatre: Shakespeare in Performance
CAESAR Class Number: 42756
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 9 - 11:30am
Henry Godinez
Shakespeare in Performance is a performance oriented course in which students perform scenes and monologues from Shakespeare based on the First Folio technique. Writing in a time before the advent of directors and for a company of actors he knew well, Shakespeare included directions in his text through his use of punctuation, capitalization and various other poetic conceits that he knew his actors would be able to read like short-hand. Students will learn to identify the many clues about performance inherent in Shakespeare's First Folio, the first printed collection of Shakespeare's plays from 1623, and apply them through rehearsal and performance of scenes and monologues.
THEATRE 349-3 Sec. 26 
Acting for the Camera
CAESAR Class Number: 42178
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6 - 8:30pm
Carol Dibo
This course will be held in Louis Hall room 106.
This course introduces students to the intimacy of the camera and teaches techniques for all phases of theatrical television: one-hour dramatic series, sitcoms (half-hour comedies), soaps, and feature films. Actual TV scripts and screenplays are used in audition work. The class also emphasizes interviewing techniques. Students appear regularly "on camera," with frequent instructor feedback. Prerequisite: previous acting experience and consent of department. Interested students should contact Vanessa Valliere at 847-491-3170.
THEATRE 366-0 Sec. 26
Landmark Musicals
CAESAR Class Number: 42757
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 11:30am - 2pm
Dominic Missimi
This course will be held in Theatre and Interpretation Center room Design Area.
From the Jerome Kern's SHOWBOAT to the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, Landmark Musicals will concentrate on 20 of the greatest musicals of the twentieth century--with a few very special musical works from the 21st as well. Through lectures and video presentations, the class will become familiar with the artists who created these musical masterpieces, as well as the musical numbers and performers who first sang the roles in this classical American repertoire. Class will be responsible for reports, final paper and exam.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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