Theater Courses

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

This performance workshop explores how to approach a song, deeply explore its meaning, and draw from personal experience to create a final product that communicates a story.

British, Irish, and American drama of the twenty-first century has sought to push the boundaries of theatrical presentations. In this course, we examine at least a dozen of these game-changing plays and, when possible, view some of them.

This course concentrates on the development of imagination, observation, focus of attention, and the effective use of materials drawn from life