54-197 Writing Experimental Theater II

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Writing Experimental Theater II is an interdisciplinary exploration of theaterperformance making. Based on the hypothesis of Verbatim Bodies, this series of workshop invites students to reflect on the way they think, create, and speak about performative works in contemporary society. By the end of the class, students will have created at least two original performative works. At the beginning of the semester, students will propose the creative projects that they want to realize during the semester whichever the form performance, writing, video, installation, conceptual etc.... The class will allocate suitable resources to best support the students in this process. Class activities include and are not limited to moments work, devising, reading, collaborative performancemaking, discussion, and reflection on creative processes.

Prerequisites: none listed

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