Offered in partnership with the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, this course gives students an opportunity to create a new work collaboratively and without a pre-existing script that responds to one or more of the productions in the Shaw Festival season. During the course students will be in residence at the Shaw Festival and will attend plays, lectures, and discussions, participate in workshops with company actors, and learn skills in research, playwriting, and developmental dramaturgy by working as an ensemble. The devised performance-in-progress will be presented to members of the Shaw Festival company and an invited audience. Enrolled students will be required to complete some reading and independent research prior to the first day of class.
There is a nonrefundable fee associated with this course beyond tuition, for which the accepted students are responsible. Departmental approval is required to enroll in the course; please contact the Undergraduate Advisor for details.
6.0 credits, including DRE121H5 and DRE122H5 and DRE200H5 and DRE222H5 or approved equivalent courses. Students are admitted by approved application. Please contact the Undergraduate Advisor for more information.
