Courses

Major Requirements

 

Lower Division Requirements

THE111 Fundamentals of Stagecraft

This course offers an introduction to the basic construction methods, materials and techniques employed in the scene shop. Students will also develop skills in producing large-scale scenic painting and texturing effects through multiple in-class projects. (3 units; Fall)

THE111-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Adams Business Park B10D

THE113 Makeup for Stage and Screen

This course provides a foundation for the student actor and designer in the materials, tools, and application techniques of stage and film makeup. Students will develop skills in brush and sponge application techniques, the design of old age and character specific facial alterations, historical makeup effects and three-dimensional appliances. Students will develop an appreciation of relative viewing distance in the level of subtlety of makeup effects for theatre versus film. Each student will assemble a makeup kit that will be used to prepare projects in class and for productions. Additional lab fee. (2 units; Fall)

THE113-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 TTh 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Adams Business Park B10D

THE183 Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental skills necessary to acting and to explore the basic elements of the actor's art. This course will explore the physical, vocal, intellectual, and technical aspects of acting in a format that encourages freedom of imagination and personal growth. Additionally, the course will explore the connections between faith and theatre and the ways in which God's truth is embedded within the fabric of both the plays themselves and the actor's work. Prerequisite: Theatre Major, or Minor. (3 units; Fall)

THE183-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
12/11/2023 MWF 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Wallace Theater 204

THE211 Intro to Stage Design and Mgmt

This course will serve as an introduction to the collaborative nature of design and stage management in theatrical productions. Each of the four major areas of design; scenic, costume, lighting, and audio will be explored through projects and the critical viewing of plays on film and live productions. Basic techniques of stage management and production protocols will be explored through exercises and the creation of a prompt script. (3 units; Spring)

THE211-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Adams Business Park B10D

THE232 Play Structure and Analysis

This course is designed to introduce the student to the skills of dramatic analysis, theatrical research, writing, and critical thinking which are vital to the work of all artists in the theatre. Using the techniques of the Production Dramaturg, the course teaches close reading of play texts and demonstrates ways in which play analysis contributes to the realization of theatrical productions. (3 units; Spring)

THE232-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
01/08/2024 TTh 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wallace Theater 203

 

Lower Division Performance Practicum Requirement

Complete 3 units from the following:

THE163 Production Practicum:Performance

Practical training in the areas of acting, directing, and stage management. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a fully realized production, from auditions through to performance. This course consists of regular rehearsals and performances. May be taken for variable credit. Multiple sections will be offered, and students will enroll in the section assigned to their show. (1-3 units; Fall)

THE163-B
Bortot, Zachary L.
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100
THE163-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100

THE263 Production Practicum:Performance

Practical training in the areas of acting, directing, and stage management. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a fully realized production, from auditions through to performance. This course consists of regular rehearsals and performances. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Spring)

THE263-B
Lyons, Lisa L
01/08/2024 - Wallace Theater 100
THE263-A
Park, Ethan Montgomery
01/08/2024 - Wallace Theater 100

 

Lower Division Technical Practicum Requirement

Complete 3 units from the following:

THE164 Production Practicum: Technical

Practical hands-on training in the areas of scenic construction, stage lighting, and sound production, costume construction and backstage crew assignments. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Fall)

THE164-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100

THE264 Production Practicum: Technical

Practical hands-on training in the areas of scenic construction, stage lighting, and sound production, costume construction and backstage crew assignments. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Spring)

THE264-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 - Wallace Theater 100

 

Upper Division Requirements

THE332 Theatre History I

The first part of a two-part review of the development of theatre, with a detailed study of the origins of drama in religious ritual and the beginnings of formalized theatre in Classical Greece through the French Neoclassical Period. Nine plays will be studied in detail during the course, and students will be asked to specifically engage with the material from the Christian worldview to explore how God's truth may be represented within the work. (3 units; Fall, even years)

THE342 Theatre History II

The second part of a two-part review of the development of theatre, with a detailed study of the beginnings of modern theatre including the English Restoration, 18th-century Sentimentalism, the birth of Realism and the revolt against Realism, experimental and political theatre, and current trends today. Ten plays will be studied in detail during the course, and students will be asked to specifically engage with the material from the Christian worldview to explore how God's truth may be represented within the work. Prerequisite: THE 332. (3 units; Spring, odd years)

THE353 Directing I

The study of the basic techniques of stage direction including play analysis, director/actor and director/designer communication, and technical problems of movement, composition, picturization, and blocking. Students will practice the craft by presenting in-depth research and script analysis and directing scene work. Prerequisites: THE 183, and 232. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE353-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
01/08/2024 MWF 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM Wallace Theater 204

THE498 Capstone Portfolio

Students will review their personal and professional development based upon their baccalaureate experiences at California Baptist University. Students will evaluate their growth and development through the program and demonstrate evidence of growth through artifacts accumulated over the course of their baccalaureate career. Students will demonstrate critical self-reflection and present a comprehensive portfolio with the potential to be used in professional or graduate school application. Pass/Fail. (1 unit; Fall/Spring)

THE498-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 - Instructor OFFC
THE498-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 - Instructor OFFC

 

Upper Division Performance Practicum Requirement

Complete 3 units from the following:

THE363 Production Practicum:Performance

Practical training in the areas of acting, directing, and stage management. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a fully realized production, from auditions through to performance. This course consists of regular rehearsals and performances. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Fall)

THE363-B
Bortot, Zachary L.
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100
THE363-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100

THE463 Production Practicum:Performance

Practical training in the areas of acting, directing, and stage management. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a fully realized production, from auditions through to performance. This course consists of regular rehearsals and performances. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Spring)

THE463-B
Lyons, Lisa L
01/08/2024 - Instructor OFFC
THE463-A
Park, Ethan Montgomery
01/08/2024 - Wallace Theater 100

 

Upper Division Technical Practicum Requirement

Complete 3 units from the following:

THE364 Production Practicum: Technical

Practical hands-on training in the areas of scenic construction, stage lighting, and sound production, costume construction and backstage crew assignments. Advanced students will be encouraged to assume leadership positions as crew chiefs, designers, and master electricians. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Fall)

THE364-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 - Wallace Theater 100

THE464 Production Practicum: Technical

Practical hands-on training in the areas of scenic construction, stage lighting, and sound production, costume construction and backstage crew assignments. Advanced students will be encouraged to assume leadership positions as crew chiefs, designers, and master electricians. May be taken for variable credit. (1-3 units; Spring)

THE464-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 - Wallace Theater 100
 

 

Concentration Courses (15-18 units)

 

Students must complete all requirements in one of the following concentrations:

  • Design/Technical Theatre
  • Performance

 

Design/Technical Theatre (15 units)

THE221 Techniqs in Pre-Vslztn of Design

This course focuses on methods and techniques for pre-visualizing design concepts within the play production process with a focus on using digital modeling software. Traditional techniques in model building, rendering, costume plates and concept sketching will also be explored. Techniques of pitching a design through pre-visualization will be examined through mock design projects and production scenarios. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

THE221-A
Lyons, Lee A
09/05/2023 TTh 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Adams Business Park B10D

 

Complete 12 upper division units from the following: 

THE313 Advanced Makeup

Advanced study and application of 3-Dimensional makeup techniques with a focus on foam latex prosthetics. Students will develop skills in life casting, mold making, sculpting, casting and running foam latex. Students will learn advanced painting and makeup application techniques required for blending prosthetics with human skin. Students will also explore techniques for using gelatin makeup for large wound and facial trauma effects. Additional lab fee. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE313-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 TTh 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Adams Business Park B10D

THE431 Advanced Design: Lighting

This course explores the techniques, equipment, and methods employed in the design of lighting for the stage. Students will learn to calculate electrical loads, choose appropriate instruments, make color choices, and create plots and schedules to communicate design concepts through projects and exercises. Students will be introduced to moving light technology and digital control protocols. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Fall, even years)

THE432 Advanced Design: Scenery

This course focuses on the production of scenic designs for the stage. Students will employ period architectural research, play analysis, and three-dimensional digital modeling software to complete multiple scenic design problems. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Spring, odd years)

THE433 Advanced Design: Sound

This course focuses on the recording, editing, and digital playback of sound effects for the stage. Students will explore sound system design and placement, field recording techniques, and digital signal processing through the creation of sound design exercises. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

THE433-A
Paulin, Anthony Joseph
09/05/2023 MWF 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Wallace Theater 100

THE434 Advanced Design: Costume

This course will explore techniques of period fashion research, character analysis and costume construction methods in the creation of costume designs for the stage. Prerequisites: THE 111 and 211. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE434-A
Richardson, Gabrielle S.
01/08/2024 M 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Adams Business Park B10D

THE435 Moving Light Programming

A practical study of intelligent fixtures, palette based control consoles, and design principles for employing moving lights in theatre, concert, worship, and entertainment events. (3 units; As offered)

 


 

Performance (18 units)

THE123 Voice and Diction for the Stage

This course will focus on the importance of a free and expressive voice in the actor's work. It will develop the voice through a focus on awareness of inner space, alignment, breath, resonance, articulation, expressivity; awareness of General American Dialect, and a beginning look at Phonetics and the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), vocal anatomy and voice care. (3 units; Spring)

THE123-A
Park, Ethan Montgomery
01/08/2024 TTh 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wallace Theater 204

THE283 Acting II: Scene Study

A continuation of Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting, this course is designed to further explore the actor's art, and continue to develop the individual's technique. This course specifically focuses on the intellectual work of an actor as well as the relationship between actors onstage. Additionally, the course will explore the connections between faith and theatre and the ways in which God's truth is embedded within the fabric of both the plays themselves and the actor's work. (3 units; Fall, even years)

THE383 Acting III: Acting Shakespeare

An introduction to the skills necessary for performing Shakespearean texts. Through reading, analysis and performance work, the student will grow to understand how Shakespearean performance differs from Realism, and be able to implement those differences to deliver Shakespearean text with clarity and understanding. Prerequisites: THE 183, and 283. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

THE383-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
12/11/2023 MWF 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Wallace Theater 204

THE483 ActingIV:Departures from Realism

An introduction to post-realistic modern theatre and it's acting conventions. Students will be introduced to the acting skills necessary to perform non-realistic theatre. Through reading, analysis, and scene work, the student will grow to understand the varying stylistic conventions found in the wide-ranging genres of non-realistic theatre and the philosophical movements which birthed them, and be able to implement those conventions in practice. Prerequisites: THE 183, 283, and 383. (3 units; Fall, even years)

 

Choose one of the following:

THE223 Movement for the Stage

This course focuses on the mechanics of the actor's body, explores how the body becomes an element of communication in theatre, and works toward freeing up the actor's body to communicate. Students will be introduced to a variety of movement techniques and theories. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

THE223-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
09/05/2023 Th 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wallace Theater 204

THE233 Intro to Musical Theatre Dance

This course introduces students to the basics of musical theatre dance. Students will study a variety of theories, techniques, and major choreographers of the stage. Students will build competencies with short dance combinations and entire choreographed pieces that reflect the diversity of styles used in musical theatre. (3 units; Fall, even years)

 

Complete 3 additional units from the following:

THE313 Advanced Makeup

Advanced study and application of 3-Dimensional makeup techniques with a focus on foam latex prosthetics. Students will develop skills in life casting, mold making, sculpting, casting and running foam latex. Students will learn advanced painting and makeup application techniques required for blending prosthetics with human skin. Students will also explore techniques for using gelatin makeup for large wound and facial trauma effects. Additional lab fee. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE313-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 TTh 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Adams Business Park B10D

THE330 Advanced Acting for the Camera

Advanced scene work in a multi-camera environment. Students learn to scale performances to the shot, dig deeper into character development, clarify subtext, and to emotionally connect to challenging material. All performances are recorded for critique by the instructor and for student self-assessment, through daily journaling. Prerequisite: COM 113, THE 133, 183, or 230. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE330-A
Lyons, Lee A
01/08/2024 TTh 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wallace Theater 204

THE345 Applied Theatre

Practical experience in writing or assembling theatre pieces and rehearsing and performing, as part of the CBU Theatre Team, theatrical presentations off-campus at schools, community centers, local churches, prisons, theatres and other venues. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. Prerequisite: THE 283. (3 units; As offered)

THE431 Advanced Design: Lighting

This course explores the techniques, equipment, and methods employed in the design of lighting for the stage. Students will learn to calculate electrical loads, choose appropriate instruments, make color choices, and create plots and schedules to communicate design concepts through projects and exercises. Students will be introduced to moving light technology and digital control protocols. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Fall, even years)

THE432 Advanced Design: Scenery

This course focuses on the production of scenic designs for the stage. Students will employ period architectural research, play analysis, and three-dimensional digital modeling software to complete multiple scenic design problems. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Spring, odd years)

THE433 Advanced Design: Sound

This course focuses on the recording, editing, and digital playback of sound effects for the stage. Students will explore sound system design and placement, field recording techniques, and digital signal processing through the creation of sound design exercises. Prerequisites: THE 111, and 211. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

THE433-A
Paulin, Anthony Joseph
09/05/2023 MWF 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Wallace Theater 100

THE434 Advanced Design: Costume

This course will explore techniques of period fashion research, character analysis and costume construction methods in the creation of costume designs for the stage. Prerequisites: THE 111 and 211. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE434-A
Richardson, Gabrielle S.
01/08/2024 M 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Adams Business Park B10D

THE435 Moving Light Programming

A practical study of intelligent fixtures, palette based control consoles, and design principles for employing moving lights in theatre, concert, worship, and entertainment events. (3 units; As offered)

THE441 Auditioning

This laboratory class provides theatre students with a place to practice audition skills and create a repertoire of audition pieces. Students will gain the necessary skills and tools to audition successfully. Prerequisite: THE 183, 283, and 383. (3 units; Spring, even years)

THE441-A
Bortot, Zachary L.
01/08/2024 MW 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wallace Theater 204