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Loyola University Chicago – Department of Fine and Performing Arts Theatrical Collaboration Course Fall 2014 Course Information In this class, we will learn to bring an idea for a theatrical production through the collaborative process and onto the stage. Design, production, directing, dramaturgy, writing and acting students will learn to illuminate a theme, create a theatrical vocabulary beyond any one discipline, and challenge themselves to take ownership over the story as a whole. This class is will be team taught by Philip Dawkins and Devon DeMayo. The class will be offered in the Fall semester, with a public performance in the Underground Theatre at the beginning of the Spring 2015 Semester. The course will be broken down into three sections: Section 1 – Dramaturgy and Creating Trust Students will learn the active process of dramaturgy and apply it to the creation of a new work. In addition to research material relevant to the themes and ideas of the work being created, students will also read essays that speak to the process of theatrical collaboration, and plays that utilize style in relevant ways. Goal - At the end of this section, students should have a shared dramaturgy to start the creative process of building a show, and a strong set of guidelines for collaboration during this process. Section 2 – Generation and Exploration This section is the bulk of the class, and allows us to dive into the material we have researched for the show. Composition work, improvisation, writing exercises and design challenges will build the base of our exploration. There will also be the written element to the course - the writing of the play. A working online document will be set up, where students can contribute outside of classroom hours and track the script separately from classroom explorations. Goal - Students should understand the theatrical structure of the play, the tone and style and be strong collaborators in the room. Section 3 – Solidifying Our Thoughts This section is a culmination of the exploration. Students will organize the script, performance and design ideas and present them. This will culminate in enough material by semester end that the instructors will be able to return with a working draft to produce in the studio theater in January. Goal - At the end of this section, students will perform a section of the first draft of the play. Students will also have a solid working draft and organized dramaturgy of the process and supporting material. Page 1 of 2 Instructor Biographies Philip Dawkins is a Chicago-based playwright and adjuct professor at Loyola. His credits include: The Homosexuals (About Face – Jeff nomination), Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens), Miss Marx or The Involuntary Side Effect of Living (Steppenwolf First Look reading), Dead Letter Office (Dog and Pony Theatre); Yes To Everything! (Chicago, New York, California, DC); Perfect (The Side Project); Ugly Baby (Chicago Opera Vanguard/Strawdog Theatre Company); A Still Life In Color (T.U.T.A. Company). A graduate of Loyola University, Chicago, Mr. Dawkins is an Artistic Associate of About Face Theatre, an Ensemble Playwright at Victory Gardens, and a founding member of Chicago Opera Vanguard. Mr. Dawkins teaches playwriting at Northwestern University and through the Victory Gardens ACCESS Program for writers with disabilities. Devon DeMayo is a founder and associate artistic director of Dog & Pony Theatre Company. Her directing credits include: The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler (Dog & Pony), As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony - 3 After Dark Awards and an Orgie Award for Outstanding Production), Constriction (Collaboraction Theatre, Sketchbook); 2nd Story (Serendipity Theatre); A Matter of Life and Death, Pool (No Water), Nights at the Circus, The World Over (NHSI Northwestern University); 52 (Canal Café Theatre, London), Ohio, Impromptu (Studio 7, London), The Spider (Indonesian Institute for the Arts), and Clouds (Dog & Pony). Assistant directing includes: Lady With all the Answers (Northlight), Farenheit 451 (Steppenwolf), and The Altruists (MaryArrchie). She holds a MFA in Directing from Middlesex University in London. She has also studied at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow and the Indonesian Institute for the Arts in Bali. She currently serves as the director of arts education at Northlight Theatre. Page 2 of 2