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• Music Production

Technology

• Dance
• Theatre
• Two State-of-the-Art

Theatre facilities:

• Gillespy Theatre (254)
• Davidson Theatre (850)

Productions

• We produce 5 main-stage

productions per year in the Gillespy Theatre

• At least one Musical Theatre

Production per year

• All students are eligible to

audition for college productions regardless of major.

• Auditions are also open to the

public (non-students, community members, professionals).

• Auditions are generally held at

the beginning of September for fall, November for Spring and then in April for the Summer Production.

PRODUCTIONS

• Each production has a professional

director, set designer, lighting designer, costume designer, sound designer, and carpenter. Additionally, musicals have a musical director and choreographer.

• These professionals often come from

within the college, but are also hired from the professional community here in Daytona and from Orlando- current show has UCF faculty designer, Seabreeze HS faculty as Musical Director, UCF grad student designer, Musicians from Athens Theatre in Deland.

• All tickets to productions are FREE to

DSC students

PRODUCTIONS

• DSC Cosmetology

Department often provides hair and make-up services to actors backstage.

• Students may receive ONE

ELECTIVE CREDIT (TPP2190 ) for participation in production—whether they are onstage or assisting in some capacity with the technical elements backstage.

CLASSES

• Dramatic Appreciation—THE 1000
• An intro to theatre covering a broad spectrum of topics

including theatre history, theatre production, acting, design elements, casting, and career choices.

• This course is a Gordon Rule offering counting towards

student humanities requirement.

• Students are required to see at least ONE live theatre

performance

• Final project includes a presentation on your choice:

acting, set design, costume design or casting—of one

• f the plays we cover during the semester.
• Also offered online every semester.

CLASSES

• Acting 1- THE 1035
• Intro to acting- learn the fundamentals of theatre

technique

• Learn through theatre games and exercises
• Exploration of self and focus on release of body

tension (combat stage fright!)

• Culminates in a scene showcase – one night at

the end of the term in the Gillespy theatre (this is the final for the course).

CLASSES

• Acting 2, 3, 4- THE 1036, 2037
• Advanced acting courses
• Students further develop their skills
• Culminates in a MAIN STAGE production

performed by the class in the Gillespy theatre.

CLASSES

• Stagecraft- TPA 2200
• A study of the basic principles of set design,

stage carpentry and props construction, with emphasis on performance construction/support

• Directing, Musical Theatre Performance

CLASSES

• New Course Offering – Partnership between

theatre and TV Production departments

• RTV 2600 – Acting for the Lens and Camera
• This course introduces students to blocking and

performance techniques for live and taped television productions

• Will be held at the DSC TV Studio
• Students will have the opportunity to perform on

camera and record their own “reel” of performance clips.

CLASSES

• Creative Improvisation: Innovation for Theatre

and the Real World: TPP 2120

• Through acting exercises in a safe, open

environment students will discover and develop their creative and authentic responses to situations on and off stage. Using relaxation techniques, and a variety of character-based improvisation games, they will achieve greater self-confidence, freedom of expression and an ability to adapt, take risks, and collaborate.

IMPROV CLUB

• Improv Club- NYC
• Call it Improv- collaborate

with TV department

• On and off campus

events- Veteran's Center, Pelican Bay Women’s Club, Student Activities.

• Collaboration with

nursing department

IMPROV CLUB

University of Central Florida Articulation Agreement

• Currently in negotiations

for a formal 2 + 2 program for a BA in Theatre Studies

• Students can take their

first 2 years here at DSC and mirror the coursework of UCF theatre

• Transfer seamlessly into

their 4-year program

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM

• Summer 2013 Theatre

and Arts in Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome, Siena, Arezzo). Studied at Accademia Del’Arte

• Summer 2014

Improv/Theatre trip to NYC

• Summer 2015 Theatre

and Literature in London and Dublin

• Counts as a 3-credit

Humanities course

WHY DSC THEATRE?

• FUN!!
• Students of All Levels of

Experience

• Work with Experienced,

Knowledgeable Professors

sterns@daytonastate.edu 386-226-1903 News Journal Center RM 114