| ses # | Topics | key dates |
|---|---|---|
| Project 1 | ||
| 1 | Introduction Information Origins of Theater Space and Design | Design assignment #1 given |
| 2 | Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts Elements of Design: The Designer's "Tools of the Trade" | Paper #1 and rough sketches assigned |
| 3 | Presentation of Papers and Discussion of the Sketches | Preliminary sketches assigned |
| 4 | Preliminary Sketches Critiqued The Wider Context: Scripts in the Time and Place of Their Creation | Final sketches assigned |
| 5 | Revised Final Sketches Critiqued | Finished rendering assigned |
| 6 | Presentation of Design #1 | Design assignment #2 given |
| Project 2 | ||
| 7 | Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Medieval and Elizabethan Stage | Paper #2 and rough sketches assigned |
| 8 | Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed | Preliminary sketches assigned |
| 9 | Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Indoor Theater and Renaissance Design | Final sketches assigned |
| 10 | Revised Final Sketches Critiqued | Finished rendering assigned |
| 11 | Presentation of Design #2 | Design assignment #3 given |
| Project 3 | ||
| 12 | Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Baroque and Revolutionary/Romantic Stage | Paper #3 and rough sketches assigned |
| 13 | Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed | Preliminary sketches assigned |
| 14 | Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Mid-Term: Discussion of Play Choices for the Final Project | Final sketches assigned |
| 15 | Revised Final Sketches Critiqued | Finished rendering assigned |
| 16 | Presentation of Design #3 | Design assignment #4 given |
| Project 4 | ||
| 17 | Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts From Grand Spectacle to Realism | Paper #4 and rough sketches assigned |
| 18 | Work on Final Project | |
| 19 | Work on Final Project (cont.) | |
| 20 | Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed | Preliminary sketches assigned |
| 21 | Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Reactions Against Realism | Final sketches assigned |
| 22 | Revised Final Sketches Critiqued | Finished rendering assigned |
| 23 | Presentation of Design #4 Review of Final Project Issues | |
| 24 | First Viewing of Final Projects and Discussion | |
| 25 | Modern and Post-modern Productions | |
| 26 | Presentation of Final Projects | |