Hey All,
Theatre has some unique offerings for Spring, including Playwriting, Acting for Non-Actors, and even a wonderful Devising course in which students work together to build and create a performance. If you are interested, please see the link for the courses. Scroll down to THEATRE via this LINK
I am teaching these courses in Spring 2023 if you want to join me! -Shannon
SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Dates/Times: MWF 10:30-11:20am
THTRE 630 A
Course Line Number (5 digit) 11741
Credit Hours 3 – 500+ Elective, Fine Arts credit, Film Studies credit
Instructor: Shannon Blake Skelton, PhD
Questions? Email sbskelton@ksu.edu
This course surveys the history and development of the science fiction film. Topics of discussion include Dystopia/Utopia, Speculative Worlds, Afro-Futurism(s), Extraterrestrial Life, Alternative Intelligence, Time Travel, Augmented Reality, Cybernetics and Queer-Futurism(s).
Films Considered Include: Metropolis, La Jetee, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Born in Flames, Dune, Alphaville, Alien, Arrival, Primer, Black Panther, Moon, and The Expanse.
SCRIPT ANALYSIS
Dates/Times: MWF 11:30-12:20pm
THTRE 280
Course Line Number (5 digit) 16296
Credit Hours 3: Counts Toward Literary/Rhetorical and Film Studies Certificate
Instructor: Shannon Blake Skelton, PhD
Questions? sbskelton@ksu.edu
In this course we will consider a number of plays and develop practical strategies for reading and analyzing scripts with an eye toward production. We will analyze both dramatic works and screenplays.
Works include: Sophocles’ Antigone, Sondheim’s Assassins, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Spring Awakening: The Musical, Fun Home, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, and Caryl Churchill’s Blue Kettle.