Theatre Directing - Fordham University

Theatre Directing from Fordham University is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. About the Directing Program The goal of the Directing Program is to teach the tools of the trade and help directors begin to find their artistic voice. The emphasis is on experiential learning, with each directing course culminating in a public performance of work developed during the semester: original,director-created pieces in the first semester, staged readings of new short plays in the second, productions of one-acts at the intermediate level, and full-lengths at the advanced level. Students in the intermediate and advanced production courses meet together in one group. They read and discuss all the plays being directed, give each other feedback on a myriad of directing choices, see scenes from the plays in class, and attend each others' rehearsals. In this way they help each other with all phases of production and gain more experience responding to directing work. In addition, each director works with an outside professional guest director who serves as a mentor on the student's project. Majors begin the directing sequence in the first semester of their sophomore year to allow them to satisfy the Acting I, Acting II, Visual Design and Theatre Crafts prerequisites for Directing I. These courses teach acting technique, text analysis, and design principles?all essential components of directing. Although directing majors do not take directing courses in their freshman year, they begin the program by working as assistant directors on upper-level directing projects. Additionally, they meet individually with the Head of Directing throughout the year to discuss their progress in their prerequisite courses. View more details on Fordham University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.