Engagement & Alchemy of the Audience credit: 3 or

4 Hours

This lecture and lab class will investigate, analyze, and activate the role of audience in various theatre experiences that open the fourth wall to challenge audiences to step into relationship with the work past the seated role of passive receiver of a story into a range in risk and involvement from direct address all the way to the collective creation or editing of the story in progress. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Restricted to Theatre Majors.