Notes: If you do not meet these pre-requisites, please submit a portfolio to Craigie Hall D100 by Fri. Aug. 17 2018, including: Writing Samples (max. 15 pages): drama (preferred), prose fiction, poetry, and/or essays; Letter of Intent: expressing your previous writing experience, and your interest in studying playwriting further. Please contact the SCPA Undergraduate Program Administrator (jperrott@ucalgary.ca) for further details.

Notes: Interested students should submit a portfolio application. Please contact the SCPA Undergraduate Program Administrator (jperrott@ucalgary.ca) for further details.

Notes: If you do not meet these pre-requisites, please submit a portfolio to Craigie Hall D100 by Fri. Aug. 17 2018, including: Writing Samples (max. 15 pages): drama (preferred), prose fiction, poetry, and/or essays; Letter of Intent: expressing your previous writing experience, and your interest in studying playwriting further. Please contact the SCPA Undergraduate Program Administrator (jperrott@ucalgary.ca) for further details.

Notes: Plays written in Canada are remarkable for the diverse voices they employ and the different perspectives they adopt. In this course a selection of significant Canadian plays will be studied, alongside the playwrights who created them. 1970s onward. Student who wish to take DRAM 355 and DRAM 455 concurrently in Winter 2019 should contact scpa@ucalgary.ca for consent.

Notes: This course will be a practical, hands-on guide through the principles, process, and skill requirements of performance and production of classical comedy. The first half of the course will be uniquely focused on a staged production of Pseudolus by Plautus at the University of Calgary¿s baseball field as part of Congress. This class is open to anyone interested in classical comedic performance, as well as over-all theatrical production experience. Particular emphasis of the course will be placed on developing physical and vocal flexibility, ensemble work, and site specific production skills. Production roles will be assigned in-class with consideration of the student¿s individual interests. No prior performance or production experience necessary.