Students enrolled in most Theatre (DRAM) courses will have a co-requisite Lab requirement.  The Lab requirements for each class are delineated below.  This information will also be detailed on your course syllabi.  Please contact your instructor with questions regarding the Lab requirement for your class.

DRAM 1120              Theatre Practicum – Performance
Students will complete 16 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.

DRAM 1121              Theatre Practicum – Technical
Students will complete 16 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.

DRAM 1161              Musical Theatre Workshop I
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1162              Musical Theatre Workshop II
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1310              Introduction to Theatre (see below)

DRAM 1322              Stage Movement
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1323              Basic Theatre Practice: Directing
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1323              Basic Theatre Practice: New York Theatre Field Studies
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1330              Stagecraft I
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1341              Theatrical Makeup
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1342              Introduction to Costuming
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 1351              Acting I
In addition to the scheduled class meeting time, students will complete 32 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.  Refer to the course syllabus for Lab hours options.

DRAM 1352              Acting II
In addition to the scheduled class meeting time, students will complete 32 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.  Refer to the course syllabus for Lab hours options.

DRAM 1370              Stage Management
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2170              Demonstration Lab
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2331              Stagecraft II
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2336              Voice and Diction
There is no co-requisite Lab hour requirement for this course.

DRAM 2351              Acting III: Improvisation
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2352              Acting IV: Acting for Film and Television
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2361              History of Theatre I
There is no co-requisite Lab hour requirement for this course.

DRAM 2362              History of Theatre II
There is no co-requisite Lab hour requirement for this course.

DRAM 2363              History of Musical Theatre
There is no co-requisite Lab hour requirement for this course.

DRAM 2366              History of Film Making I
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2367              History of Film Making II
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2370              Theatre Outreach
In addition to the scheduled class meeting time, students will complete 32 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.  Refer to the course syllabus for Lab hours options.

DRAM 2372              Script Analysis
In addition to the scheduled class meeting time, students will complete 32 Lab hours during the semester.  These Lab hours will be documented on a Lab Sheet, approved and signed by the instructor.  Refer to the course syllabus for Lab hours options. Note: Beginning Spring semester 2011, DRAM 2372 will have no co-requisite lab hour requirement.

DRAM 2373              Practical Costuming
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2375              Fundamentals of Stage Lighting
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2376              Stage Combat and Circus Skills
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.

DRAM 2377              Shakespeare on Stage (Acting Shakespeare)
All Lab hours for this course are structured within the scheduled class time period.
 

Performance Courses:

Students enrolled in “Performance” courses will have the following Lab Hour requirements.

32 total Lab Hours must be completed during the semester.  Refer to your course syllabus for the specific Lab hour requirement for your course.

16 - 32 total Lab Hours may be devoted to work during posted Lab Times on your various group and solo projects.  This work will be fulfilled in consultation with your Instructor.  Refer to your course syllabus for your instructor’s posted Lab Times.

8 - 16 total Lab Hours may be completed via the Service and Educational Experience options.

SERVICE 

*  Ushering for theatre events (sign up at the Box Office, C120)
*  Working in one of the shops (Costume Shop, Scene Shop, Makeup Lab)
*  Participating in departmental events (Note: Departmental events are posted on the “Callboard” section of the Collin Theatre Center web page)
*  Working with the Box Office staff (i.e. Distributing posters, mass mailings, etc.)
*  Assisting with the North Texas Drama Auditions (Fall semester only)
*  Others, as approved by your Instructor

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

DRAM 1310  -  Introduction to Theatre (all sections):
(Note: Beginning Spring semester 2011, DRAM 1310 will have no co-requisite lab hour requirement.)

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

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 three (3) assigned plays.  Failure to attend the three (3) 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)

* Others, as approved by your Instructor

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)

* Others, as approved by your Instructor