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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 of 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

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