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DRAMA 451 A: Advanced Acting - Production Workshop

Autumn 2021
Meeting:
MW 11:30am - 1:20pm / HUT 303
SLN:
23235
Section Type:
Studio
Instructor:
Course Comments:
TAUGHT BY NIKKI YEBOAH CLASS WILL MEET MW, 11:30-1:20 CONTACT DRAMAADV@UW.EDU WITH QUESTIONS
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

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: 

WriterDuet

Other Options:

Celtx

Trelby  

Highland 2

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)

Catalog Description:
Improvisation skills. Methodology employed develops one five-minute solo work, using either original or adaptations of non-dramatic texts. Culminates in public showings of the five-minute one-person works.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
4.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 9, 2025 - 5:31 am