The University Senate of
From the
Visual and Performing Arts Department
Proposal 7-08
(Voting
Units: Academic)
"Theatre and Electronic Media Performance, B.A."
1.
Program Description:
The
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and
Electronic Media Performance integrates traditional studies in performance
and the liberal arts with comprehensive coursework in media production and
communications, embracing the MTU vision and mission of melding its
technological resources with Science and Arts resources. The goals are two: (1)
To prepare acting students to take advantage of the substantial career
opportunities in live theatre, entertainment, documentary, industrial, and
educational film/video, digital arts, and gaming performance, and (2) to
significantly enhance Michigan Tech’s four existing majors in entertainment
design and technology, thereby creating a complete “real world” working
environment.
The program has four
learning structures, three of which are unique:
1. The
curriculum, while primarily composed of typical theatre performance classes, is
augmented with skills courses in media, which are not typically included in a
theatre performance major. These courses
may be available to students at some universities but in departments other than
Theatre; they are not an integral part of the course work for the degree.
2. While
most Theatre programs consist of twenty percent design and technical students
and eighty percent actors, MTU’s program reverses the ratio with advantages to
all students. Because eighty percent of
the majors are in design and technical theatre, they are not “burnt-out” in the
production program staging enough plays to provide opportunities for the
actors. Reducing the number of actors
admitted not only makes the program more selective, it ensures the actors will
have many and varied opportunities to perform.
3. A
sequence of performance projects leads students through a full range of live
theatre and mediated performances.
Individual student opportunities arise from competitive open auditions
and advisor-arranged experiences in media, performing, voice-overs, narrations,
instructional and business presentations.
Through a partnership with WMTU and other local radio stations, students
will record commercials and program announcements. At the educational media center on campus,
they will provide voice and on-camera services.
They will appear in narrative and documentary film/video productions
created in Humanities and other departments, providing voice and movement
skills for diverse media. They will be
the talent for Sound Design and Audio Technology projects. Advanced students may perform as presenters
for research projects on campus and at professional events. The result of their work in the program will
be a media and traditional theatre performance portfolio, making them
competitive in the market place.
4. The
program also provides an interface with the professional world. Each major will annually participate in
American College Theatre Festival Region III.
Each class will have a specified level of involvement. For example: the
first year student must attend workshops, performances, competitive
events; the second year student must
audition for the 10 minute play festival and provide festival services in
addition to other activities; the third and fourth years, they will participate
in the Irene Ryan and regional auditions.
Regional finalists are invited to the
2.
Rationale:
The entertainment industry is
among the growth markets of the 21st Century. As traditional on-stage performance
opportunities have been decreasing through the shrinking of the not-for-profit
market, the growth of media arts, education, and recorded entertainment is
providing new opportunities for persons with acting skills.[1] These opportunities require actors to be
smarter, more adaptable, and more technologically savvy than before. In the current and future market, actors will
need to be more entrepreneurial than ever by marketing their skills through
technological means. For instance, even
now, with the use of appropriate technology actors can perform as radio talent
for commercials, as on air talent, and in public service announcements for any
station in the country, rather than being limited to local markets as has been
the tradition. From their own homes,
with a properly equipped computer, actors can provide air-quality voice work to
any business with internet access. Similar technology is available for
auditioning for theatres in distant markets.
The actors who have the skills to take advantage of such opportunities
will be the actors who are most successful without ever needing to pursue the
unrealistic goal of stardom.
Thus, playing to their
individual performance strengths, actors can market their skills to the growth
fields of instructional media for both private business and public education
markets. They can work as presenters of
products in the commercial retail and wholesale market and presenters of
creative service ideas and new product proposals both inside companies and
among companies seeking to collaborate on new enterprises. They can facilitate
the exchange of ideas between executives as well.
The actors taking this broad
approach to employing their talents and skills will need to be highly
independent and self-starting. They will
have to think creatively about how to engage the non-live performance market,
because, as McCarthy observes in his study of the economics of the performing
arts (op. cit.), the income of
performers is derived from a variety of arts and non-art enterprises which
require a performer’s skills.
With its four current interdisciplinary
degrees in entertainment design and technology which integrate theatre, music,
video/film, themed entertainment, and digital arts, the Visual and Performing
Arts Department of Michigan Technological University is uniquely positioned to
provide performers the experience and training they need to succeed in the new
marketplace. Moreover, trained
performers will provide the talent for Michigan Tech’s own sound designers,
audio production technicians, new media creators, as well as documentary and
narrative filmmakers, improving the quality of these works.
To
summarize, in addition to traditional Theatre courses which provide foundations
skills, special courses such as Presentation Skills I and II, Movement for
Theatre and Electronic Media, and Vocal Approaches for Theatre and Media, will
hone these skills for specific applications, preparing students for jobs in
theatre, film, radio, and television, and such opportunities as:
Professional paths available to
graduates, in addition to traditional jobs in theatre, film, radio, and
television, include:
Professional presenter for business and industry of
ideas, products, etc.
Performer/director of industrial and trade shows
Audio book narrator
Performer/producer of educational media
Performer/producer of product instructional
materials
Video game movement and voice artist
Internet video performer/director for web-based
instruction and entertainment
Documentary production/performance
Voice and commercial talent for radio and
television
Work with major sales and marketing agencies
Law school resource for litigation training
The creation of the program is
right for MTU in a number of ways.
First, the available technological resources and penchant for
interdisciplinary support provide a sound foundation for the program’s
development. Second, recruiting performance
students obviously improves the quality of production, making it easier to
recruit students in the Theatre design and technical fields by enhancing the
reputation of Tech Theatre. Third,
non-majors will benefit from the program.
More sections of skills courses such as Presentation Skills I and II
will be available. Additional general
education distribution courses will be available as well. Students will have the opportunity to take
more than one course in acting, for example, to gain greater depth of
understanding.
APPROPRIATE COURSES FOR
NON-MAJORS |
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COURSE |
APPROPRIATE |
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FOR |
REQUIRES |
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NON-MAJORS |
PREREQUISITE |
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FA 1--- Career Dev. Practicum |
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FA 2--- Makeup |
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*FA 2600 Acting I |
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FA 2610 Acting II |
ü |
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FA 2620 Acting for the Camera |
ü |
ü |
FA 2--- Audition Techniques |
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FA 3--- Period Acting Styles |
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FA 4--- Playing Shakespeare |
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FA 4--- Musical Theatre
Performance |
ü |
ü |
FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
ü |
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FA 3--- Vocal Approaches -
Theatre/Media |
ü |
ü |
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
ü |
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FA 3---- Presentation Skills II |
ü |
ü |
FA 3880 |
ü |
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FA 2--- Movement -
Theatre/Elec. Media |
ü |
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FA 1--- Film/Video/Stage Practicum
I |
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FA 2--- Film/Video/Stage
Practicum II |
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ü |
FA 3--- Film/Video/Stage
Practicum III |
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FA 4--- Film/Video/Stage
Practicum IV |
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FA 4--- Stage Combat |
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FA 2 --- Marketing the
Performer |
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FA 3--- Personal Finance -
Performer |
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*FA 2600 (Acting I) will
replace current course, The Technique of Acting. |
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----FA 1/2/3/4--- Indicate new courses and
indicate relative academic level. |
The course list, presented in part 7: Revised Current and
New Course Descriptions, for the program indicates the courses available to
non-majors with no or only one prerequisite.
The creation of the program neither financially nor educationally
affects any other programs or departments on campus. Lastly, the five completely realized Theatre
majors will attract over one-hundred students, who would not have otherwise
come to MTU, providing a gross tuition increase of roughly one-million dollars
with a surprisingly minimal investment.
The creation of the Theatre and Electronic Media Performance program
makes good cultural, educational, and business sense.
3. Related Programs:
· At
o
Current Visual and Performing Arts degrees
§ B.S.,
Audio Production and Technology
§ B.A.,
Sound Design
§ B.S.,
Theatre and Entertainment Technology (Engineering & Operations)
§ B.A.,
Theatre and Entertainment Technology (Design)
§ Minors in
Music, Music Technology, Theatre Arts, Technical Theatre, Art
· At other
institutions
o
In the region, no universities or colleges have a
program like the proposed major in Theatre and Electronic Media
Performance. Twenty-one have traditional
programs in theatre, thirteen have the resources for the proposed program
housed in different departments, and four have no theatre training program or
offer service courses without a major.
So, MTU’s program fills an important niche.
o
MTU Benchmark Institutions also lack similar
programs. Three have traditional theatre
programs (Cal Poly, Carnegie, and Lehigh), two (Rensselaer and Carnegie) have
the resources in different departments to create the proposed program, and four
have either no career training in Theatre or a selection of individual
courses. Even with the resources,
Carnegie and
The Theatrical and Electronic
Media Performance Major is unique among both regional and benchmark
institutions for two reasons. First, the
spectrum of theatre production extends beyond the traditional bounds of
academic theatre into themed entertainment, television and radio, video, and integrated
live and media performance. Second, the
major provides a systematic method of developing skills though course work and
creative projects, the creation of a portfolio appropriate for diverse
workplace situations, and an interface with the professional world.
4.
Projected Enrollment
The
program expects to enroll five to seven majors in 2008 and a similar number
each year for four years to create a company of twenty-five to thirty
performance students.
5.
Scheduling Plans:
This
degree will be administered as part of the regular course schedule, including
alternate-year cycling of certain courses. The proposed teaching schedule,
outlining the first four years of the implementation of the program, is Attachment B.
6.
Curriculum Design:
UN 1001
Perspectives on Inquiry 3
UN 1002
World Cultures 3
UN 1003
World Cultures Activities 1
UN 2001
Revisions 3
UN 2002
Institutions 3
World
Cultures Distribution Requirement 6-9
Institutions
Distribution Requirement 6-9
(The two distribution Requirements must sum
15 credits)
Science
and Mathematics 16
Sub
Total 44 Credits
Performance Major Requirements
Foundation Courses:
FA 2800
Script Analysis 3
FA 3880
(Repeated four times with different
required readings
totaling 4 credit hours)
FA 3810
Ancient Theatre History 3
FA 3821
Modern Theatre History 3
FA 2821
Performance and Design Principles 3
FA 2640
Stage Makeup 2
FA 1012
Career Development Practicum 1
(Repeated each fall term for a total of4 credits)
ú Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Midwest Theatre
Auditions, Consolidated Professional
Theatre Auditions,
etc.
Sub Total
22 Credits
Performance Courses:
FA
3710 Movement for Theatre 3
FA
2600 Acting I 3
FA
2610 Acting II 3
FA
2830 Voice and Articulation 3
FA
2080 Presentation Skills I 3
FA
3080 Presentation Skills II or
FA
2620 Acting for the Camera 3
FA
2650 Audition Techniques 3
FA
3680 Period Acting Styles 3
FA
4680 Playing Shakespeare or
FA
4620 Musical Theatre Performance 3
FA
3780 Directing for Theatre 3
FA
3675 Personal Finance for the Performer 1
FA
2670 Marketing the Performer 1
FA
1010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum* 1
FA
2010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum* 1
FA
3010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum* 1
FA
4010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum* 1
(*Must enroll for 1 credit in practicum each
academic year
at the appropriate level course, Freshman,
Sophomore, etc.
for a total
of 4 credits)
Sub Total 36 Credits
Collateral Electives 14 Credits
A program
of electives is planned with the advisor to enhance the background, personal
development and primary career direction that the student wishes to pursue.
Free Electives 12 Credits
Total
Program Credit Hours 128
Co-curricular Courses 3
Credits
Total
Graduation Credit Hours 131
7. Revised Current and New Course Descriptions:
Several
courses will be offered in alternating years (A). Current courses are listed by number, and new
courses are designated with (*).
*FA 1012 Career Development Practicum 1
credit
Provides students the opportunity to engage in
professional development activities with national theatre organization by
participating in seminars, auditions, performances, and competitions. (Repeat
to 4 credits)
*FA 2640 Stage Make-up: (A) 2
credits
Teaches fundamental techniques
for corrective, straight, age, and beginning special effects.
FA 2600 Acting I: (Formerly “The Technique of
Acting”) 3
credits
Teaches basic techniques of acting to include script and
character analysis, internal and external approaches to performance, and basic
use of voice and body.
FA 2610 Acting II: 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I
Develops skills in improvisation and other advanced
techniques and applies previously learned techniques through scene study of
modern and contemporary plays.
FA 2620 Acting for the Camera: 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I, Acting II
Introduces the basic techniques of acting in television
and film, including playing to the camera, acting out of sequence, special
blocking concerns, and a more subtle approach to acting.
*FA 2650 Audition Techniques: 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I
Provides the student actor with basic auditioning skills
for drama, comedy, singing, dancing, and film performance with simulated
experiences.
*FA 3680 Period Acting Styles: (A) 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I, Acting II
Provides knowledge and experience in playing the manners,
movement, and language in plays of the most frequently performed periods.
FA 3780 Directing for Theatre 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I, Acting II, Script Interpretation,
Performance Design Principles (FA2821)
Develops artistic leadership through practice with the
skills and techniques of Directing, including concept development, auditioning
and casting, rehearsal planning and conduct, and performance evaluation.
*FA 4680 Playing Shakespeare: (A) 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I, Acting II, Period Acting Styles
Provides specialized experience in performing Shakespeare
and other Elizabethan authors including manners, movement, language structure,
meaning and vocal dynamics.
*FA 4620 Musical Theatre Performance: (A) 3
credits
Prerequisite: Acting I, Acting II
Provides specialized experience in performance styles of
the American Musical Theatre through
scene study and performing the many styles of acting a song.
FA 2830 Voice and Articulation 3
credits
Introduces the components of
voice—including phonation, quality, articulation, dialect, and inflection,
healthy vocal practice with emphasis on creating versatility and flexibility in
the dialect, vocal quality, and intonation—necessary for creating characters or
for standard speaking. Clear
articulation is stressed beginning with a working knowledge of the
International Phonetic Alphabet.
*FA 3710 Vocal Approaches for Theatre and Media 3
credits
Prerequisite: Voice and Articulation
Teaches various approaches to types of speaking
situations, including radio commercials, instructional videos, announcing,
cartoons, and theatrical productions.
Students will practice vocal projection for a large theatre/auditorium,
as well as microphone technique for electronic media.
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I: 3
credits
Provides
training in basic presenting skills.
Emphasizes delivery and the dynamics necessary to sell a product or
idea.
*FA 3080 Presentation Skills II: 3
credits
Prerequisite: Presentation Skills I
Provides advanced work using techniques learned in
Presentation Skills I applied to electronic media. Students will learn to make presentations
suitable for mass communication through film and video productions.
FA 3880
An examination of dramatic literature with an emphasis on
theatre production. Students will
examine ten plays per semester. Students
will repeat the course four times. Each
semester examines different plays. Open
to Visual and Performing Arts majors only, during their second and third years
of study.
*FA 2710 Movement for Theatre and Electronic Media: 3
credits
Develops physical flexibility and strength, beginning with
physical centering. The student will learn to create characters by focusing on
posture, movement in space, and subtle kinesics.
*FA 1010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum I: 1 credit
Provides an academic measurement of performance in project
work. Student can be cast in one or more
live theatre or film or video projects during each semester.
*FA 2010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum II: 1 credit
Provides an academic measurement of performance in project
work. Student can be cast in one or more
live theatre or film or video projects during each semester.
*FA 3010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum III: 1 credit
Provides an academic measurement of performance in project
work. Student can be cast in one or more
live theatre or film or video projects during each semester.
*FA 4010 Film/Video/Stage Practicum IV: 1 credit
Provides an academic measurement of performance in project
work. Student can be cast in one or more
live theatre or film or video projects during each semester.
*FA 4670 Stage Combat: 1
credit
Provides basic skills for participating in choreographed
fight sequences on stage and in film, TV, and electronic media. Students will learn hand-to-hand combat
techniques, as well as several types of weaponry techniques including broad
sword, rapier, and dagger.
*FA 2670 Marketing the Performer: 1
credit
Develops, through self-survey of interests and talents and
practical exercises, self-marketing of skills, includes creating
market-sensitive resumes and performance portfolios and exploring private
enterprise opportunities.
*FA 3675 Personal Finance for the Performer: 1
credit
Provides a foundation for managing personal finances to
meet the challenges of establishing a professional performance career.
8.
Library and Other Learning Resources:
University librarians offer workshops, online tutorials,
course-related library seminars, and consultation services for students and
faculty. The Library has a broad range of print resources available to support
a general theatre education in such areas as acting, directing, theatre
architecture, costumes, scenery, stage lighting, theatrical sound and stage
management. Most importantly, an
extensive collection of play scripts and anthologies is available in the Visual
and Performing Department library. The
collection includes classic and modern works.
A budget allocation allows the annual addition of contemporary works. Research materials in history and literature
relating to script interpretation are also available. Students will be directed
in active and regular use of the library.
The Visual and Performing Arts Office offers a collection
of classic and recent play scripts as well as reference materials for career
development including directories of summer and regional theatres. The periodicals Stage Directions and Teaching
Theatre, providing articles on contemporary performance issues, are
available.
Online sources are available to students. The three major performers’ unions provide
current information on the business of the day (actorsequity.org, sag.org and
aftra.org). Each regional theatre
association provides access to training, research, and employment opportunities
(setc.org, wie.edu/matc, urta.org, etc.)
9. Lab
Fee:
A computer fee of $200.00 will be assessed with each
semester’s tuition. Individual courses
may require additional computer and equipment fees.
10.
Faculty Resumes: See Attachment B
11. Available/Needed Equipment & Space:
In addition to facilities and equipment across the
Michigan Tech campus that we encourage students to look at and take part in
while here at Michigan Tech, the spaces and equipment dedicated to the needs of
theatre include:
·
Theatres
o
A 1100 seat Proscenium
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McArdle Theatre,
A 265 seat flexible theatre and
video/film studio space
·
Teaching/Learning Spaces
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McArdle Theatre,
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Light Lab,
o
Recording Studio, Rozsa 214,215 & 208: Voice
instructions
o
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Educational Technology Services: Practical
application in video performance
o
Humanities Media Studio: Practical application
video, film and media performance
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WMTU-Studios: Practical application for local radio
o
Eagle Radio stations: Practical application for
regional radio
o
12.
Program Costs:
Recent faculty hires make
possible the teaching of the performance program with a minimum of new faculty
lines. The hiring of a new Department
Chair in 2006 from the Theatre area increases the number of classes available
annually in the program by two. With the
hiring of a new Acting teacher in 2007 and minimal teaching reassignments, an
additional two courses can offered annually.
The recruitment of a full-time lecturer, indicated below, will allow an
additional eight classes to be scheduled.
Previously, the performance faculty offered three sections of
performance classes. The new program will be able to offer fifteen sections.
In 2009,
the senior member of the Music program retires.
The Department plans to split the position in order to hire a faculty
member for the instrumental program and a faculty member for the Choir. The latter will enhance the Theatre and
Electronic Media Performance Program by teaching small group and private voice.
·
Year 1:
The largest single expense for
the program is hiring a full-time Lecturer (salary $40,000) to augment current
faculty resources. The hiring of a
lecturer will balance the academic and professional training and experience of
the faculty. The current national trend
in hiring acting teachers is a requirement for professional experience
including membership in acting guilds (e.g., Actors Equity, Screen Actors
Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). These teachers may not have the terminal
academic degrees or research experience needed for tenure track positions. A lecturer position carries a four course
faculty load, facilitating the teaching of the curriculum.
The $40,000 investment is
justified by the increase in tuition revenue the news majors generate. In FY
2007, as calculated by the College formula for assessing the financial impact
of majors, the four current degree programs, with 40 majors, realized,
$128,520. Most of these students were
admitted into the Sound Design and Audio Technology Programs because there are
few such program in the nation. These
students sought out MTU. This year, the
Department has in place an active recruitment program based on state and
national Thespian Society conferences and by building relationships with
teachers through Educational Theatre Association. The Department is seeking a sharp increase in
student numbers for 2008 and 2009 followed by steady rise in recruitment
numbers until the enrollment goals are achieved. In the fall of 2008, when the first acting
students arrive on campus, the projected tuition from new students may be as
much as $208,845.
·
Years 2
& 3:
Additional faculty will not be
sought for the Performance program during these years. Current facilities will be adequate for the
teaching of the necessary courses and the execution of creative projects. (See
11, above.)
·
Year 4
and Beyond
By year
4, the program will be staffed with one full-time tenure track faculty member and one full-time
lecturer. The Department Chair will
contribute to the teaching of advanced courses and the Vocal Music Faculty
member will be teaching voice for performance students. The Department will then be seeking the
opportunity to bring aboard a dance and movement teacher who will teach dance
for majors and non-majors, serve as a choreographer for musical theatre
productions, and renew the MTU dance company.
With the acquisition of this
last talented person, the program staffing will be complete. With 100 to 110 majors in all the areas of
study, the five majors will be as large as the facilities allow. MTU will be home to a unique training program
organized to optimize attention to individual students. With and
interdisciplinary approach to faculty hiring, the size of the full-time
equivalent teaching staff will be about the same as highly ranked liberal arts
college but with three to five times the number of majors. Quality and cost effectiveness united in a
model appropriate to the level of education expected of the nation’s best
universities.
13.
Policies, Regulations, & Rules:
The
Visual and Performing Arts Department will administer the program in accordance
with standard Michigan Tech policies governing baccalaureate degrees. The chair
of the Visual and Performing Arts Department will appoint a faculty member to
direct the degree program.
The director of the program will
perform student advising with the assistance of faculty members in the
program.
The Minor in Theatre is not
available to a Theatre and Electronic Media Performance major.
14.
Accreditation Requirements:
Accreditation through the National Association of Schools
of Theatre will be investigated at the appropriate time. NAST procedures require the demonstration of
the program’s credibility through the data of at least one graduating class
before the program can apply for accreditation.
15.
Internal Status of Proposal:
Progression Date
Submitted for Review Date
Approved
1.
Department/School March
20 2007 April
10, 2007
2. Dean of Sciences & Arts April 27 2007 ???
3. Provost ??? ???
a.
University Support Units ??? ???
b.
University Senate October
31, 2007
c.
Academic Affairs Officers Committee
d. Board
of Control
e.
Provost Final Decision
4. State Board
5. Vice Provost for Instruction
6. Campus Implementation
16.
Planned Implementation Date:
Fall 2008
Attachment
A: IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM COURSES
2008/2009 |
Year One |
Instructor |
2009/2010 |
Year Two |
Instructor |
Fall: |
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Fall: |
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(FA
2600) Acting I |
Helsel |
(FA
2600) Acting I |
Helsel |
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FA
2610 Acting II |
Helsel |
FA
2610 Acting II |
Helsel |
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FA
2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
FA
2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
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FA
3880 |
Helsel |
FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
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FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
FA
2*** Stage Makeup |
Kerwin |
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FA
3810 Ancient Theatre History |
Bruch |
FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
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FA
2800 Script Analysis |
Bruch |
FA
2*** Movement/Film/Elec. Med. |
Kerwin |
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FA
4*** Playing Shakespeare |
Held |
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FA
3880 |
Friedrich |
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FA
3810 Ancient Theatre History |
Bruch |
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FA
2800 Script Analysis |
Bruch |
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Spring: |
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Spring: |
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FA
2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
FA
2*** Audition Techniques |
Helsel |
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FA
3*** Vocal Approaches |
Helsel |
FA
4*** Musical Theatre Perform. |
Helsel |
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for Theatre and Media |
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FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
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FA
3*** Presentation Skills II |
Kerwin |
FA
3*** Presentation Skills II |
Kerwin |
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FA
2620 Acting for the Camera |
Kerwin |
FA
2620 Acting for the Camera |
Kerwin |
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FA
3*** Period Acting Styles |
Held |
FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
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FA
3880 |
Held |
FA
3880 |
Bruch |
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FA
2821 Performance Design |
Bruch |
FA
2821 Performance Design |
Bruch |
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FA
3821 Modern Theatre History |
Bruch |
FA
3821 Modern Theatre History |
Bruch |
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2010/2011 |
Year Three |
Instructor |
2011/2012 |
Year Four |
Instructor |
Fall: |
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Fall: |
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(FA
2600) Acting I |
Helsel |
(FA
2600) Acting I |
Helsel |
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FA
2610 Acting II |
Helsel |
FA
2610 Acting II |
Helsel |
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FA
2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
FA
2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
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FA
3880 |
Kerwin |
FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
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FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
FA
2*** Stage Makeup |
Kerwin |
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FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
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FA
2*** Movement/Film/Elec. Med. |
Kerwin |
FA
2*** Movement/Film/Elec. Med. |
Kerwin |
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FA
3810 Ancient Theatre History |
Bruch |
FA
4*** Playing Shakespeare |
Held |
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FA
2800 Script Analysis |
Bruch |
FA
3810 Ancient Theatre History |
Bruch |
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2800 Script Analysis |
Bruch |
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3880 |
Friedrich |
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2830 Voice and Articulation |
Helsel |
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2*** Audition Techniques |
Helsel |
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3*** Vocal Approaches |
Helsel |
FA
4*** Musical Theatre Perform. |
Helsel |
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for Theatre and Media |
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3880 |
Helsel |
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FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
FA
2080 Presentation Skills I |
Kerwin |
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FA
3*** Presentation Skills II |
Kerwin |
FA
3*** Presentation Skills II |
Kerwin |
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FA
2620 Acting for the Camera |
Kerwin |
FA
2620 Acting for the Camera |
Kerwin |
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FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
FA
**** Film and Video Practicum |
Kerwin |
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FA
3*** Period Acting Styles |
Held |
FA
3*** Personal Finance |
Held |
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FA
3880 |
Held |
FA
2821 Performance Design |
Bruch |
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FA
2821 Performance Design |
Bruch |
FA
3821 Modern Theatre History |
Bruch |
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FA
3821 Modern Theatre History |
Bruch |
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Feasibility of Offering Courses with Current/Proposed Faculty
Patricia
Helsel, Assistant Professor, Tenure Track |
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Credits |
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Spring |
Credits |
Year
One |
*FA 2600 Acting I |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
FA 2610 Acting II |
3 |
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FA 3--- Vocal Approaches |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
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for Theatre and Media |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
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Theatre Prodution Direction |
3 |
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Year
Two |
*FA 2600 Acting I |
3 |
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FA 4--- Musical Theatre
Performance |
3 |
FA 2610 Acting II |
3 |
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FA 2--- Audition Techniques |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
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Theatre Prodution Direction |
3 |
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Year
Three |
*FA 2600 Acting I |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
FA 2610 Acting II |
3 |
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FA 3--- Vocal Approaches |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
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for Theatre and Media |
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Theatre Prodution Direction |
3 |
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Year
Four |
*FA 2600 Acting I |
3 |
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FA 4--- Musical Theatre
Performance |
3 |
FA 2610 Acting II |
3 |
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FA 3--- Audition Techniques |
3 |
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FA 2830 Voice and Articulation |
3 |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
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Theatre Prodution Direction |
3 |
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*FA 2600 (Acting I) will replace the current FA
2600 (The Technique of Acting). |
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FA2/3/4---
Indicates new course. First number
represents relative academic level of course. |
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Dennis
Kerwin, Lecturer |
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Fall |
Credits |
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Spring |
Credits |
Year
One |
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
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FA 3--- Presentation Skills II |
3 |
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FA 2620 Acting for the Camera |
3 |
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Year
Two |
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
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FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
FA 2 --- Stage Makeup |
3 |
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FA 3--- Presentation Skills II |
3 |
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FA ----- Film and Video
Practicum |
3 |
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FA 2620 Acting for the Camera |
3 |
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FA 2--- Movement/Film/Elec.
Med. |
3 |
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FA ---- Film and Video
Practicum |
3 |
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Year
Three |
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
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FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
FA 2 --- Stage Makeup |
3 |
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FA 3--- Presentation Skills II |
3 |
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FA ---- Film and Video
Practicum |
3 |
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FA 2620 Acting for the Camera |
3 |
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FA 2*** Movement/Film/Elec.
Med. |
3 |
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FA ---- Film and Video
Practicum |
3 |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
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Year
Four |
FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
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FA 2080 Presentation Skills I |
3 |
FA 2 --- Stage Makeup |
3 |
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FA 3--- Presentation Skills II |
3 |
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FA ---- Film and Video
Practicum |
3 |
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FA 2620 Acting for the Camera |
3 |
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FA 2--- Movement/Film/Elec.
Med. |
3 |
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3 |
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FA2/3/4--- Indicates new course. First number represents relative academic
level of course. |
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Film and Video
Practicum (FA----) will be offered at all levels. |
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Debra
Bruch, Associate Professor, Tenured |
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Fall |
Credits |
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Spring |
Credits |
Year
One |
FA 3810 Ancient Theatre History |
3 |
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FA 2821 Performance Design |
3 |
FA 2800 Script Analysis |
3 |
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FA 3821Modern Theatre History |
3 |
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Year
Two |
FA 3810 Ancient Theatre History |
3 |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
FA 2800 Script Analysis |
3 |
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FA 2821 Performance Design |
3 |
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FA 3821Modern Theatre History |
3 |
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Year
Three |
FA 3810 Ancient Theatre History |
3 |
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FA 2821 Performance Design |
3 |
FA 2800 Script Analysis |
3 |
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FA 3821 Modern Theatre History |
3 |
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Year
Four |
FA 3810 Ancient Theatre History |
3 |
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FA 2821 Performance Design |
3 |
FA 2800 Script Analysis |
3 |
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FA 3821Modern Theatre History |
3 |
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Roger
Held, Associate Professor, Tenured |
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Fall |
Credits |
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Spring |
Credits |
Year
One |
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FA 3*** Period Acting Styles |
3 |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
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Year
Two |
FA 4*** Playing Shakespeare |
3 |
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FA 3780 Directing for Theatre |
3 |
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Year
Three |
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FA 3*** Period Acting Styles |
3 |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
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Year Four |
FA 4*** Playing Shakespeare |
3 |
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FA 3*** Personal Finance |
1 |
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FA2/3/4--- Indicates new course. First number represents relative academic
level of course. |
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Mary
Carol Friedrich, Associate Professor, Tenured |
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Fall |
Credits |
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Spring |
Credits |
Year One |
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Year Two |
FA 3880 |
1 |
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Year Three |
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Year Four |
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FA 3880 |
1 |
Attachment B
Michigan Tech Department of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty
All CVs
available upon request
Debra Bruch
Associate
Professor of Theatre
906.487.3281
dlbruch -at- mtu.edu
Education
PhD,
Department
Activities
Director
Debra Bruch,
Associate Professor of Theatre, has taught theatre history, playwriting and
directing, and directed numerous plays at Michigan Tech. She has been writing plays since 1973. In the
1980's, some of her work such as Times
Are Changin' and Damon's Cage
were produced by universities. A one-act play, A Ringing in My Ears, was produced and then published in Bert's Play It Again!: More One-Act Plays for
Acting Students. This play has been produced both inside and outside the
She has been active in the Association for Theatre in Higher
Education, especially with the Religion and Theatre Focus Group which she has
chaired. She is currently the general
editor for the peer-reviewed journal, The
Journal of Religion and Theatre. She is interested in the relationship
between Australian culture and Australian drama, and has published and
presented papers which explore Australian Aboriginal drama. In January 2007,
she traveled to
Debra also is keenly interested in peace and justice issues, and has created a narrative video titled "Quest for Peace: Images in Snow," which was presented at the International Women's Conference, as well as papers, presentations, and performances on peace and justice issues. She continues that work by creating computer games.
Mary Carol Friedrich
Associate Professor of Theatre
906.487.3284
mcfriedr -at- mtu.edu
Education
Department Activities
Coordinator for Theatrical Visual Design
Costume Shop Manager
Coordinator of student assessment
Mary Carol Friedrich is associate professor of Design and Technical
Theatre, teaching lighting, costume, and scene design and technical theatre.
She also manages the costume shop. She was the 2005 Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival Faculty Fellow in Lighting. She has worked
professionally for the Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC), The Boston Lyric
Opera, The Philadelphia Company, The Freedom Theatre (Philadelphia), and The
Drama Guild. M.C. earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in design and technical
theatre from
Roger Held
Associate Professor of Theatre, Department Chair
906.487.1080
rheld -at- mtu.edu
Education
Ph.D.,
M.A. in Theatre,
Department Activities
Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts
He attended the
His first administrative
post was Chair of the Arts Division of Elmira College. Subsequently, he became
Executive Artistic Director for the Robidoux Resident
Theatre (RRT), Head of the Directing and Playwriting program,
and Director of Utah Playfest at Utah State University, Director of Theatre at
the University of Louisiana Monroe and Head of the Theatre program at
Northwestern State University. He received the Mayor’s Arts Award while with
RRT for the New Play Development Program, the Distinguished Theatre Educator
Award from the American College Theatre Festival Region VIII,
and the Service to the Arts Award from the Northwest Louisiana Arts Council.
His instructional series, Playing Period, published by Theatre Arts Video Library, is now
available on DVD. In 2006, the Arkansas Educational Theatre Association's
elected him to their Hall of Fame for work in founding a scholarship program that
resulted in $1,000,000 of opportunities for
As an artist, he has worked on
more than 150 productions in a wide range of genres and styles. He enjoys
working most on new plays and serious drama based on character and ideas. He
often seeks to integrate media into productions and use various technologies to
enhance a production. New play
productions include
Patricia Helsel
Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2007
906.487. 2067
helsel -at- mtu.edu
Education
MFA,
Department Activities
Ms. Helsel has
directed and performed professionally. Upon completion of her graduate degree
she became the Education Director for Robidoux Resident Theatre,
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