MUA 2240 Professional World of Musical Theatre
Junior Seminar is a pre-professional course aimed at preparing the student to make the transition from student to professional. Students will learn various aspects of the business of acting in theatre, as well as the differences between theatre and the other venues (TV, film, commercial, etc.) which they may encounter throughout their career. Students will participate in weekly audition workshops in order to gain experience in the area of auditioning and, ultimately, getting the job. In addition, they will be guided through many facets of maintaining a healthy career in theatre, areas such as choosing audition material, meeting with and selecting headshot photographers, maintaining a healthy support system, marketing and money matters, the importance of agents, unions, training programs, and survival jobs, and many others topics. In addition, although students will be challenged to experientially process the material as a way of affording a more applicable transition into the industry, this course will also require several written papers of historical research based on various topics that will be practical in nature. These papers need not fulfill the MLA Handbook requirements for the standard research paper; however, they must be written in various stages (outline, first draft, final paper), and therefore must fulfill the high standards of a required college paper.
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