Julia Listengarten, Ph.D.

Theatre 5910 is a graduate seminar in theatre research and writing. The course will encourage students to explore various types and modes of theatre research, to develop a plan of research toward their final project for the course, to generate a production vision that comes out of such research, and to examine their writing closely for the clarity and efficiency of style, structure, and argument. The course will also prepare graduate students for the challenges of the thesis project. During course meetings, students will be sharing their research, presenting oral reports, and discussing short writing assignments. Class discussions will also treat journals and theatre organizations that might be particularly helpful in students’ research as well as the development of their professional career.

Matters of research and discussion may include the following:

Research Resources

1.     Library Resources

2.     Organizations/Publications

3.     MLA Style

4.     Annotated Journal Bibliography/Literature Review

Research methodologies

1.     Historiography (primary/secondary/tertiary sources)

2.     PAR (Practice as Research)

3.     Case-Study

Dramaturgy (including Play Analysis and Translation Analysis) toward Generative Collaborative Practice

Theory as a Lens

Peer Review/Book Review/ Collaborative Practices

Coursework will culminate in a final digital performance project. In additional to the performance component, the student digital portfolio will include research findings, production vision, and literature review/ bibliography.

Theatre 5945L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu.

Theatre 5946L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 5946L builds on the experiences that the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I). Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu.

This course investigates theoretical developments in theatre and their connections with theatre history and dramatic literature. What is the impact of theory on theatre practice and dramatic literature? How does the evolution of theatre theory reflect the development of theatre? What is the place of theatre theory in the context of the world’s cultural and intellectual history? What are the ways in which theory may interact with theatre practice in contemporary theatre settings? How can we--theatre practitioners of the twenty -first century--interact with theory to challenge our own practice?

Theatre 6947L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 6947L builds on the experiences that the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I) and THE 5946L (Theatre Practicum II). Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu.

Theatre 5910 is a graduate seminar in theatre research and writing.  The course encourages students to explore various types and modes of theatre research, to develop a plan of research toward their final project for the course, to generate a production vision that comes out of such research, and to examine their writing closely for the clarity and efficiency of style, structure, and argument.  The course also prepares graduate students for the challenges of the thesis project.  During course meetings, students will be sharing their research, presenting oral reports, and discussing short writing assignments. Class discussions will also treat journals and theatre organizations that might be particularly helpful in students’ research as well as the development of their professional career.

Theatre 5945L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research”

approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved

practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not

limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or

providing dramaturgy to a production team.

Theatre 5946L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research”

approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved

practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not

limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or

providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 5946L builds on the experiences that

the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I).

Dramatic Theory and Criticism investigates theoretical developments in theatre and their connections with theatre history and dramatic literature.  The questions to consider are the following: What is the impact of theory on theatre practice and dramatic literature?  How does the evolution of theatre theory reflect the development of theatre?  What is the place of theatre theory in the context of the world’s cultural and intellectual history?  What are the ways in which theory may interact with theatre practice in contemporary theatre settings?  How can we--theatre practitioners of the twenty first century--interact with theory to challenge our own practice? 

Theatre 6947L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research”

approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved

practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not

limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or

providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 6947L builds on the experiences that

the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I) and THE 5946L (Theatre

Practicum II).