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Undergraduate Programs
Focusing in the Centrality of the Performing Act
Interpretation/Performance Studies at Eastern Michigan University is grounded in the belief that the performing act is the center from which all other expressions evolve. Coursework and co-curricular in creative and scholarly exploration of performers, texts and contexts.
Our mission is to provide courses and co-curricular activities that will engage students in a comprehensive, meaningful and rich process, one that initiates and culminates in creative and scholarly explorations of performers, texts, and contexts.
I/PS Course Work Opportunities
Literary Text Emphasis
- Interpretative Reading
- Ensemble Interpretation: Group Performance
- Interpretation of Prose
- Interpretation of Poetry
- Interpretation of Drama
- Interpretation of Shakespeare
- Advanced Problems: Adapting & Directing
Performance Studies Emphasis
- Personal Narratives/Oral Histories in Performance
- Interactive Theatre and Performance
- Seminar: Critical Theory and Performance
- Performance, Text, and Context
(Focus varies and includes topics such as Performing the Self, Performance Art, Performance and Women’s Plays and Theatre, Performing Advocacy…)
Voice Emphasis
- Voice Development
- Voice and Articulation
- Dynamic Speaking Skills
- Voice and Dialects
I/PS Co-Curricular Opportunities
- Productions on the Mainstage Theatre Bill
- Student/Faculty “Spotlight Series” Productions
- Monthly Performance Hours
- Specialized Workshops
- Participation in National Performance Festivals
- Performance Studies “Read-a-thon” - a celebration of performance and fund raiser for student events Guest Artists such as W.D. Snodgrass, Sara Daniels, Elyse Pineau, Barbara Neri, and Maxine Hong Kingston
- Six Figures Playback Theatre Company-A student troupe exploring social issues through performance
- Project YES Players - A Student Performance Group in collaboration with the LGBT Resource Center on campus who focus on the goals of inclusion and reduction of homophobia and heterosexism
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