Euripedes' Orestes

Frank Pickard, MFA, Ph.D. Theatre Arts Lead Faculty CFAMUS 21 Office Phone: 206-6720

Syllabi THE 105 - Theatre Appreciation THE 125 - Theatre Production THE 140 - Theatre History I THE 141 -Theatre History II THE 149 - Acting I THE 245 - Principles of Dramatic Structure (Note that reading lists for THE 245 vary from one semester to the next.) Teaching Schedule and Office Hours Resources for History Classes (lecture outlines) Theatre History to 18th Century Course Content Outline (THE 140) Theatre History 18th Century to Present Course Content Outline (THE 141) Interesting reading on the English Cycle Plays Middle English Play Texts The Castle of Perserverance (Early English Morality Play) Sophocles' Theban Plays Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus Antigone   Here's an interesting article on ancient Greek theatre that came to me from a very talented individual. Do you know the name of the theatre Shakespeare's company used before they built the Globe?  Click here to read an article about the re-discovery of the Curtain. The Night of the Iguana   Center for the Arts Calendar Resources for Theatre Appreciation Classes Video Assignments for Spring 2013   Textbook THEATRE ARTS: Fundamental Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition Available in the campus bookstore and at Kendall-Hunt Publishing (click image below to order) Second Shepard's Play Second Shepard's Play (Second Copy) Pre-story to Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex Hamlet A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Two Sonnets by Shakespeare The Tucson Theatre Scene   Example of Play Review #1 Example of Play Review #2 Example of Play Review #3 Waiting for Godot Wonderful YouTube Video on the Evolution of Contemporary Education as it relates to culture and the arts. Resources for Acting Classes Websites with monologues and scenes: Male/Female Monologues Horton's Monologues for Student Actors Monologues (Beginning) Monologue Database List of Plays with Scenes for two or more actors   Handouts for THE 149 ~ COOL STREET THEATRE~ Here's a good example of STREET THEATRE where 207 people freeze, all at once, for five minutes in NY's Grand Central Station. The Big Freeze Here's an example of a Spontaneous Mall Musical that could also be classified street theatre. Mall Musical Another Example of a Mass Public   Performance in Europe Antwerp Grand Central Station Musical Here is a different kind of flash mob from a typical town square in Belgium "A Dramatic Surprise on a Quiet Square" The Thousand Handed God of Mercy Click on the title above and notice the elements of theatre art in this engaging Asian performance.  Probably very much like Greek theatre.  Lots of focus on color, costume and spectacle.  Even the subject matter probably resembles Greek entertainment.   Greek Theatre All My Sons   Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff E-mail Links Nancy Davis Booth Todd Poelstra Mickey Nugent David Morden Frank Pickard   The Night of the Iguana cast   The Crucible A Midsummer Night's Dream