Lab Hours Policies


Theatre “Majors” Classes:

Students enrolled in Theatre “Majors” classes will have the following Lab Hour policy.

 

16 Total Lab Hours must be completed during the semester.

 

8 Lab Hours are given for work outside of class on the various group and solo projects.

 

8 Lab Hours must be completed via the Service and Education/Experience options.  4 Lab hours must be earned in each of these two components.
 

SERVICE  (4 - 8 Lab hours)

*  Ushering for theatre events (sign up at the Box Office, C120)
*  Working in one of the shops (Costume Shop, Scene Shop, Makeup Lab)
*  Attending strikes (Note: Strike schedule is posted on the Collin Theatre Center web page)
*  Working with the Box Office staff (i.e. Distributing posters, mass mailings, etc.)
*  Helping with ACTF and North Texas Drama Auditions (Fall semester only)
*  Working on an approved off-campus production (WaterTower Theatre, etc.) in an non-acting capacity


EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE  (1 - 4 Lab hours)

*  Attending an approved off-campus production
*  Attending on-campus auditions (JAT and Black Box Theatre productions ONLY)
*  Attending on-campus rehearsals  (JAT and Black Box Theatre productions ONLY)
*  Attending approved off-campus play readings (Echo Theatre, DTC, etc.)
*  Attending approved special events (i.e. Edward Albee at SMU, Philip Rose at Black Academy of Arts and Letters, etc.)
 

APPROVAL is at the discretion of each instructor.  APPROVAL must be obtained before the event.

 

Introduction to Theatre (all sections):

Students enrolled in Introduction to Theatre (DRAM 1310) have the following Lab Hour policy.

 

Lab Credit Hours Are Required:

As you will learn in this course, theatre is an ongoing process that requires the cooperation and talents of many people in many different jobs.  To academically and intellectually survey this course, a student should experientially learn the importance of “behind the scenes” participation in a production.  A minimum of sixteen (16) lab credits must be achieved by the student prior to your exam day.  This is time spent outside of class.  Incomplete credits will result in the lowering of your final grade by one (1) letter grade.  No exceptions!

 

The sixteen (16) lab credits for this course can be fulfilled by: working on your final production project; attending Collin Theatre Center and professional plays as assigned; participation in the physical production and publicity work of the Collin Theatre Center shows; and/or watching approved videos of live performances.

 

  • Eight (8) lab credits are for the rehearsals of your final production project.

 

  • Eight (8) lab credits will be fulfilled by attending the four (4) assigned plays.  Failure to attend the four (4) assigned plays will result in incomplete lab hours and the lowering of your grade by one (1) letter grade.

 

Extra lab credit hours can be earned in combinations of the following:

 

  • Four (4) lab credits may be accredited by donating supervised hours in the scene shop, costume shop and/or box office.  One (1) hour of work equals one (1) lab credit hour.  Students must keep a time sheet to receive lab credit for their work.  Make sure you get your time sheet signed before you leave your work area!  Do not lose your time sheet or you will have to start all over again.*

 

  • Attend two (2) additional Professional Productions for a total of (4) lab credit hours.  Play critique papers will be required as part of this lab component.

 

  • View two (2) Videos/DVDs of taped theatrical performances for a total of (4) lab credit hours.  Play critique papers will be required as part of this lab component.  The video choices must be approved by your instructor.  (See below for list of Approved list of Plays and Musicals on Videotape/DVD.)

 

* A sign up sheet of available projects in the scene shop, costume shop and box office will be posted in the various work areas.  If you do not sign up and simply show up, you risk being turned away.  If you are signed up for a work area and cannot be there, take your name off the list or let the supervisor know you will not be there.  If you fail to do this, you will not be permitted to participate in projects in that area again, thus hindering your opportunity to complete your lab credits.

 

 

 

 

Approved list of Plays and Musicals on Videotape/DVD

Note: Many of these are available in the Collin College LRC system.

 

Plays:

 

Ah, Wilderness! – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Geraldine Fitzgerald and Swoosie Kurtz)

 

Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll (w/ Richard Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, Kate Burton, Donald O’Connor and Nathan Lane)

 

All My Sons – Arthur Miller (w/ Aidan Quinn and James Whitmore)

 

All Over – Edward Albee (w/ Myra Carter)

 

An Enemy of the People – Henrik Ibsen, adapted for the stage by Arthur Miller (w/ Philip Bosco, James Daly and Kate Reid)

 

Antigone – Jean Anouilh based upon the play "Antigone" by Sophocles; translation by Lewis Galantiere (w/ Stacy Keach and Genevieve Bujold)

 

Antony and Cleopatra – William Shakespeare

 

Awake and Sing! - Clifford Odets (w/ Walter Matthau)

 

Beyond the Horizon – Eugene O’Neill (w/ John Houseman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Maria Tucci and James Randolph)

 

Cyrano de Bergerac – Edmond Rostand (w/ Peter Donat, Marsha Mason and Marc Singer)

 

Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller (w/ Lee J. Cobb, Mildred Dunnock, George Segal and Gene Wilder)

 

Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller (w/ Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz and Ron Eldard)

 

Eccentricities of a Nightingale – Tennessee Williams (w/ Blythe Danner and Frank Langella)

 

The Fifth of July – Lanford Wilson (w/ Richard Thomas, Jeff Daniels and Swoosie Kurtz)

 

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf – Ntozake Shange (w/ Alfre Woodard and Ntozake Shange)

 

The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams (w/ Katherine Hepburn and Sam Waterston)

 

The Good Doctor – Anton Chekhov; adapted for the stage by Neil Simon (w/ Marsha Mason, Ed Asner, Richard Chamberlain and Lee Grant)

 

Hamlet - William Shakespeare (w/ Kevin Kline and Diane Venora)

 

Happy Days – Samuel Beckett (w/ George Voskovec and Irene Worth)

 

Home – David Storey (w/ John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Dandy Nichols)

 

The Iceman Cometh – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Jason Robards Jr., James Broderick and Robert Redford)

 

Incident at Vichy – Arthur Miller (w/ Rene Auberjonois, Harris Yulin, Allen Garfield, and Richard Jordan)

 

King Lear - William Shakespeare (w/ James Earl Jones, Raul Julia and Paul Sorvino)

 

Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey and Peter Gallagher)

 

The Master Builder – Henrik Ibsen (w/ E.G. Marshall, Lois Smith and Joanna Roos)

 

Master Harold… and the boys – Athol Fugard (w/ Matthew Broderick and Zakes Mokae)

 

A Moon for the Misbegotten – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Jason Robards Jr. and Colleen Dewhurst)

 

Moon Over Broadway (documentary on the Broadway production of Ken Ludwig’s comedy, Moon Over Buffalo)

 

The Mound Builders – Lanford Wilson (w/ Brad Dourif and Tanya Berezin)

 

Mourning Becomes Electra – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Bruce Davison and Roberta Maxwell)

 

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare (w/ Sam Waterston, Barnard Hughes and Kathleen Widdoes)

 

Paradise Lost – Clifford Odets (w/ Bernadette Peters, Eli Wallach and Fred Gwynne)

 

The Regard of Flight and the Clown Bagatelles – Bill Irwin (w/ Bill Irwin)

 

The Rimers of Eldritch – Lanford Wilson (w/ Frances Sternhagen, Rue McClanahan, Susan Sarandon and Davey Marlin-Jones)

 

The Royal Family – Kaufmann and Hart (w/ Rosemary Harris, Eva Le Gallienne and Ellis Rabb)

 

The School for Scandal – Richard Brinsley Sheridan (w/ Blair Brown, Patricia Conolly and Kenneth Welsh)

 

The Seagull – Anton Chekhov, adapted and translated by Stark Young (w/ Frank Langella, Blythe Danner, Lee Grant and Olympia Dukakis)

 

Six Characters in Search of an Author – Luigi Pirandello (w/ Andy Griffith, John Houseman and James Keach)

 

The Skin of Our Teeth – Thornton Wilder (w/ Blair Brown, Harold Gould, Rue McClanahan, Sada Thompson and John Houseman)

 

Steambath – Bruce Jay Friedman (w/ Bill Bixby and Valerie Perrine)

 

The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare (w/ Marc Singer and Sandra Shotwell)

 

Tartuffe – Moliere (w/ Donald Moffatt, Victor Garber and Tammy Grimes)

 

The Time of Your Life – William Saroyan (w/ Patti LuPone and Kevin Kline)

 

A Touch of the Poet – Eugene O’Neill (w/ Nancy Marchand, Frtiz Weaver, Donald Moffatt and Roberta Maxwell)

 

Two by Saroyan (Once Around the Block / My Heart’s in the Highlands ) – William Saroyan (w/ Larry Hagman, Orson Bean and Walter Matthau)

 

Uncommon Women and Others – Wendy Wasserstein (w/ Meryl Streep, Jill Eikenberry and Swoosie Kurtz)

 

Whoopi Goldberg: Live on Broadway (w/ Whoopi Goldberg)

 

Musicals:

 

Barnum – Cy Coleman (w/ Michael Crawford)

 

BLAST! (w/ the original Broadway cast)

 

Cats – Andrew Lloyd Webber (w/ Elaine Paige and Ken Page)

 

Fosse – Bob Fosse; concept by Anne Reinking (w/ Anne Reinking and Ben Vereen)

 

H.M.S. Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan (w/ D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)

 

Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim (w/ Bernadette Peters and Chop Zien)

 

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical – Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse (w/ David Hasselhoff)

 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (w/ Donny Osmond)

 

Kiss Me Kate – Cole Porter; adapted from William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (w/ Brent Barrett and Rachel York)

 

Oklahoma! – Rodgers and Hammerstein (London revival w/ Hugh Jackman)

 

Passion – Stephen Sondheim (w/ Donna Murphy, Jere Shea and Marin Mazzie)

 

Peter Pan – Jule Styne (w/ Cathy Rigby)

 

Pippin – Stephen Schwartz (w/ Ben Vereen, Chita Rivera and William Katt)

 

The Pirates of Penzance – Gilbert and Sullivan (w/ Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith and George Rose)

 

Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller (w/ original Broadway cast)

 

STOMP: Out Loud (w/ off-Broadway cast)

 

Sunday in the Park with George – Stephen Sondheim (w/ Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Brent Spiner)

 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Stephen Sondheim (w/ George Hearn and Angela Lansbury)

 

Victor/Victoria - Book: Blake Edwards; Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse; Music: Henry Mancini (w/ Julie Andrews and Tony Roberts)

 

Working – Studs Terkel and Stephen Schwartz (w/ Barry Bostwick, Rita Moreno, James Taylor and Charles Durning)