Drama Department

Chair: Christopher Grabowski^b (2026/27 fall semester), Shona Tucker (2026/27 spring semester);

Professors: Christopher Grabowski^b, Shona Tucker;

Assistant Professor: Tania Barrenechea Barreda^a, Amanda Culp, Peter Gil-Sheridan;

Senior Lecturer: Kenisha D. Kelly;

Visiting Assistant Professors:  Conrad Schott;

Visiting Artist and Instructor: Patricia Achiro Olwoch;

Adjunct Instructor: Chelsea Gillespie, Joanna Gurin;

Technical Director: James Hunting.

^aOn leave 2026/27, first semester

^bOn leave 2026/27, second semester

Programs

Major

• •  Drama Major

Courses

Drama: I. Introductory

• •  DRAM 102 - Introduction to Theater-Making: Theory and Practice
• •  DRAM 103 - Introduction to Stagecraft
• •  DRAM 104 - The Acting Company
• •  DRAM 106 - Movement and Dance for Actors
• •  DRAM 120 - Fundamentals of Theatrical Design
• •  DRAM 126 - Our Bodies, Our Selves, Our World: Improving Your Sense of Self Through the Awareness Through Movement
• •  DRAM 143 - The Genius of Chekhov: Theatre and Tales

Drama: II. Intermediate

• •  DRAM 200 - Drama Department Production
• •  DRAM 203 - The Actor’s Craft: The Study of Acting
• •  DRAM 204 - Theatre Technologies: Stage Lighting
• •  DRAM 205 - The Actor’s Voice
• •  DRAM 206 - Greek Tragedy and Its Reception
• •  DRAM 207 - Graphic Communications for Theater
• •  DRAM 208 - Draping and Pattern-Development for Stage Production
• •  DRAM 209 - Introduction to Costume Design for the Stage
• •  DRAM 210 - Introduction to Playwriting
• •  DRAM 211 - The Director’s Art
• •  DRAM 213 - Stage Management in Production
• •  DRAM 214 - Clowning
• •  DRAM 215 - Introduction to Theatrical Design
• •  DRAM 221 - Sources of World Drama
• •  DRAM 222 - Sources of World Drama
• •  DRAM 224 - Introduction to Performance Studies: What is(n’t) Performance
• •  DRAM 225 - Design Detectives: Uncovering history through architecture, furniture styles and decor
• •  DRAM 226 - Prop Making
• •  DRAM 227 - Staging Intimacy and Violence
• •  DRAM 232 - Dramaturgy
• •  DRAM 234 - Topics in Global Performance
• •  DRAM 241 - Shakespeare
• •  DRAM 255 - Musical Theater
• •  DRAM 261 - Performance and Politics in 1970s Italy
• •  DRAM 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• •  DRAM 298 - Independent Work

Drama: III. Advanced

• •  DRAM 304 - The Art of Acting: Shakespeare
• •  DRAM 306 - The Art of Acting: Comedy
• •  DRAM 307 - The Alexander Technique
• •  DRAM 308 - Auditioning and Acting for the Camera
• •  DRAM 310 - Advanced Playwriting
• •  DRAM 311 - Advanced Playwriting: Playwriting in Production
• •  DRAM 313 - Historic Costume Collection and Exhibition
• •  DRAM 317 - Introduction to Screenwriting
• •  DRAM 323 - Scenic Design
• •  DRAM 336 - Seminar in Performance Studies
• •  DRAM 339 - Shakespeare in Production
• •  DRAM 340 - Seminar in Performance Studies: Artaud and His Legacy
• •  DRAM 342 - Studies in Shakespeare
• •  DRAM 362 - Chinese Drama and Theatre
• •  DRAM 390 - Senior Project in Drama
• •  DRAM 391 - Senior Production Laboratory
• •  DRAM 392 - Intensive Topics
• •  DRAM 393 - Intensive Topics
• •  DRAM 399 - Senior Independent Work