Directing - Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Directing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a Campus Master Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. MFA STUDIES IN DIRECTING 1. GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES The MFA in Directing at SIUC offers six semesters and a summer of rigorous academic and practical training for students whose creative vision, knowledge and skills will shape the Theater of the future. The course will provide substantial Directing experience, undergraduate teaching and stage management experience ? all designed to prepare students for active careers in professional and/or academic Theaters. Students must have a strong curiosity for the linkages that Theater maintains with literature, culture and the society, as mutually dependent realities. While honing the necessary critical and analytical skills in the Theatrical arts and dramatic literature, students will be introduced to collaborative courses where they work with Playwrights, Designers and Dramaturges, in a highly creative setting that mirrors the professional Theater. Above all, students are carefully nurtured towards the development of their own unique style and voice as artists. The specific guidelines for the Qualifying and Thesis Projects will be determined in consultation with the Faculty Advisor. 2. DIRECTING PROJECTS Exploring a variety of styles and production settings, students will in their three years of study, direct a minimum of six productions of varying sizes. These productions are central to the student-director's course work and artistic development. In addition, students will serve as Assistant Directors, learning with faculty or visiting directors, as assigned by the program head. While the first year of study will be dedicated to the basic techniques of directing, particularly directing new scripts, the second year will focus on directing dramatic works in verse such as Shakespeare, Moliere etc. Students in their final year of study are required to direct a fully supported full-length Thesis production, which both tests and demonstrates the student's development and skills as a director. This will be a play of the student's choice to be approved by the student's supervisor and the Play Selection Committee. In fulfillment of the Thesis production , the student must also write and submit a Director's Production Book detailing the student's process and a comprehensive essay/post-production evaluation. View more details on Southern Illinois University Carbondale . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.