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MUA 2240: Professional World of Musical Theatre ( 2 cr.)

Junior Seminar is a pre-professional course aimed

at preparing the student to make the transition

from student to professional. Students will

learn various aspects of the business of acting in

theatre, as well as the differences between

theatre and the other venues (tv, film,

commercial, etc.) which they may encounter

throughout their career.

Students will participate in weekly audition

workshops in order to gain experience in the area

of auditioning and, ultimately, getting the job.

In addition, they will be guided through many

facets of maintaining a healthy career in

theatre, areas such as choosing audition material, meeting

with and selecting headshot photographers,

maintainig a healthy support system, marketing

and money matters, the importance of agents, unions,

training programs, and survival jobs, and many

others topics.

In addition, although students will be challenged

to experientially process the material as a way

of affording a more applicable transition into the

industry, this course will also require several

written papers of historical research based on

various topics that will be practical in nature.

These papers need not fulfill the MLA Handbook

requirements for the standard research paper;

however, they must be written in various stages

(outline, first draft, final paper), and

therefore must fulfill the high standards of a required

college paper.

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