Course Information
DRAMA 451A: Advanced Acting (Personal Narrative)
Instructor: Nikki Yeboah
Course Description
This course is designed for anyone interested in exploring and sharing the personal stories they have to tell. Through exposure to critical theory and solo documentary theater artists, students will be guided through an intense process of self-discovery and self-devising that examines their identities in relation to others in culture. What does it mean in this world to be Asian, wealthy, white, conservative, gay, poor, Muslim, middle-class, Black, a man? Over the course of the quarter, students will draft, re-draft, and rehearse a solo performance from their own lived experience. The course will culminate in a public performance of student work-in-progress/process.
Class schedule: M/W 11:30pm - 1:20pm (PST)
Fall Quarter 2021 Course Syllabus
Email: nyeboa@uw.edu
Zoom Office Hours: Tues. 10:30-11am (PST) and by appointment
Here's a link to a full Syllabus!
Here's a link to my office hours (Tues. 10:30-11am)!
This class will be mostly in person but sometimes hybrid, meaning on some days we will hold it online. When we do, here's the link you'll be using tojoin class. THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS IN PERSON. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MASK-TO-MASK.
Required Text and Materials
All readings and resources will be available on the course’s Canvas site or online; in addition, you will be asked to provide electronic and hard copies of your work for reading purposes.
Free scriptwriting software options:
Preferred:
Other Options:
Causality (Curious about this one)
List of Submissions (in order of deadlines)
Body Performance (15 points) 10/25-10/27
Family Oral History Recording (15 points) 11/15
Oral History Transcript (8 points) 11/17
The Script (20 points) 12/3
Final Performance (20 points) Finals Week (TBA)
Collaboration/Participation (10 points) Ongoing
Cornell Note Taking (8 points) Ongoing
Timed In-Class Reflections (4 points) Ongoing
Assignment Breakdown (all assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise noted)