Theater Studies

2026-2027

111 courses

THEATRST 109How Musicals Work
THEATRST 110SFinding Your Voice: Speech, Rhetoric and Story
THEATRST 130CNSActing Nature: Performing with the More-Than-Human World
THEATRST 137CNDance and Dance Theater of Asia
THEATRST 141The Hollywood Musical: Singing and Dancing the American Dream
THEATRST 145SActing
THEATRST 170CNPolitical Theater
THEATRST 187AReading Theater in New York
THEATRST 187SReading Theater
THEATRST 190FSFocus Program Special Topics
THEATRST 199FSKnowing Through Performance
THEATRST 201SAmerican Musicals
THEATRST 202Introduction to Performance Studies
THEATRST 203AThe Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
THEATRST 205AInternship in New York
THEATRST 206SADuke in New York: New York, New York
THEATRST 211Musical Theater Workshop: Performance
THEATRST 214Internship in New York
THEATRST 214A-1Internship in New York
THEATRST 219SProduction Management for Theater
THEATRST 220SAKorea in Performance: Global Culture and Soft Power
THEATRST 221Manifesto Workshop: Climate Change, Afro-/Solar Punk, and Performance
THEATRST 222Shakespeare
THEATRST 223SModern German Theater and Drama
THEATRST 224Sport As Performance
THEATRST 225STransformative Ideas: Power, Theater, and Politics
THEATRST 226SWorld Building for the Theater
THEATRST 227Drama of Ancient Rome
THEATRST 229Stage Management
THEATRST 230Drama of Ancient Greece
THEATRST 231Arts Policy, Leadership, and Engagement
THEATRST 232SAsian American Theater
THEATRST 234LCostume Construction
THEATRST 235Performance Art History and Theory
THEATRST 236Gender in Dance and Theatre
THEATRST 237SShakespeare's Nature
THEATRST 238African American Theater and Performance
THEATRST 242SThe Art of Improvising
THEATRST 244SMusical Shakespeare
THEATRST 245The Body in Art in Early Modern Europe: Power and Limits of Corporeal Representations
THEATRST 246SShakespeare Studio
THEATRST 247Alexander Technique for Musicians, Dancers, and Actors
THEATRST 249SUnderstanding Mediation
THEATRST 250SQueer Theater, Straight Plays
THEATRST 251ASDuke in London: Arts
THEATRST 255SDirecting
THEATRST 261SCostume Design
THEATRST 262SScene Design
THEATRST 263SLighting Design
THEATRST 264SPuppetry
THEATRST 265SModern American Drama
THEATRST 266SSound Design and Technology
THEATRST 273SScreenwriting
THEATRST 274SElectronic Music for TV and Movies
THEATRST 275SActing For the Camera
THEATRST 280SDramatic Writing
THEATRST 281SThe Dialogue Laboratory: Experiments in Group Communication
THEATRST 282SWriting Movies and Plays: Adaptation
THEATRST 283SWriting about Performance
THEATRST 284SHow to Write a Horror Movie
THEATRST 285SReady for Prime Time: Writing the Dramatic TV Episode
THEATRST 290-1Special Topics in Dramatic Literature
THEATRST 290S-2Special Topics in Acting
THEATRST 290S-4Special Topics in Theater Studies
THEATRST 290S-5Special Topics in Arts Management
THEATRST 290S-6Special Topics in Film
THEATRST 290S-7Special Topics in Dramatic Literature
THEATRST 291Independent Study
THEATRST 291-1Independent Study
THEATRST 309SDancing States of Mind: The Self, Social and Political Practice of Dance
THEATRST 320SMovement in Question: Introduction to Critical Dance Studies
THEATRST 322SChekhov
THEATRST 334SModern Drama: 1880-1940
THEATRST 335SModern Drama: 1940-2000
THEATRST 336Shakespeare through 1600
THEATRST 337Shakespeare After 1600
THEATRST 338SGlobalization and Theater
THEATRST 341SThe Black Parades: African Diaspora Parade Culture and Radical Resistance
THEATRST 343SThe Acoustic Image in the Renaissance
THEATRST 345SAdvanced Acting