Dear students,

Prof. Leonhardt reported that you all had a productive class last week. She sent me an email with this note:

“For next Thursday, I’d like the students to complete the tutorials listed at the end of the GIS Cartography presentation and upload their files/certificate to Brightspace and work through the steps in the other handout.”

I added an assignment page in Brightspace where you can submit your certificates. 

The handouts from the last class are here. 

Due Sunday May 11

The Archer’s Journey is a shadow puppet play that will be performed Thursday May 1 at 1pm and 4pm, May 2 at 2pm, and May 8 at 3pm. Use the QR code on this flyer to make reservations. 

Your assignment. Make a reservation and attend the show. In response to this post, write as if you were directing the production yourself. How might you stage the shadow puppets differently? Think about the size of the room, the audience/screen configuration, the way the puppets move. In particular, I am interested in how you could stage the play differently to give the audience a better feeling for the space of performance. There are no right or wrong answers. Only well-thought out and reasoned explanations. 

(2 points on final grade) 

Dear students,

Once you complete this course, you will be 1/4 of the way towards a Theatre Minor degree! Here is a flyer describing the Minor requirements and benefits. Essentially, you can “double dip” when planning your courses. Some courses in the theatre minor also fulfill other degree requirements (En Tech, for instance) or general educational requirements (Creative Expression or Writing Intensive courses, for instance). If you plan correctly, you can get a Minor Degree in theatre (good for your transcript and job portfolio) without having to take extra classes. 

Please let me know if you have any questions. I can discuss the degree in greater detail, if you are interested. 

All best,

Prof Swift

Due May 11

Watch Liz Diller’s Ted Talk and read assigned pages from Kolarevic. Using only these two sources for your response, discuss one of the buildings in the Ted Talk and how it fulfills one of Kolarevic’s definitions or descriptions of performative architecture. Include in your response a quote from the Kolarevic reading and make sure to identify which DS&R building you are referencing. 5 sentences minimum. 

Gabriela/Xavier: MET opera (5/22)

Jonathan/Andy: Playwrights Horizons (5/22)

Joanna/Chandanee: New World Stages/The play that goes wrong (5/22)

David: YMCA/Jim Dale (5/22)

Dez/Bryan: Theatre for a New Audience (5/20)

Donell/Corey: Apollo (5/20)

Andrew/Kyla: Public Theater (5/20)

Sharee/Andrew: New York City Center (5/22)

David R: The Shed (Luna Luna) (5/22)

Jacob: La Mama (Mephistopheles) (5/20)

Jalen/Jeremy: St. Ann’s Warehouse (5/20)

Michamba: 

Reply and post shareable link.

Log into your Google account. Go to Google Drive and create a new folder (naming it with your first and last name and section number). Within the course folder, create three subfolders: 1) drawings, 2) class notes, and 3) research project. 

MAIN FOLDER: FirstName LastName D001
SUBFOLDER: Drawings
SUBFOLDER: Class notes
SUBFOLDER: Research project

Please make sure that all these folders are shareable and can be viewed by all.

1. Right click folder
2. Select SHARE
3. Under General Access select ANYONE WITH LINK
4. On the right hand side of the dialogue box, select role as VIEWER
5. Click COPY LINK
6. Past this link by responding to the appropriate Discussion Board post on OpenLab.

You will never need to email your drawings, class notes, or research project elements since I will have access to all of these in your Google folder. I will be going into your folders throughout the semester to check on your progress.