School of Theater Participants
David Haugen, Psycho-Physical Acting Through Expanding & Contracting Energy, 2008
This interactive workshop explored how we can expand and contract energy which affects our inner and outer states. The movements and vocalizations were created through the use of will and imagination.
David Russell, Mask-making, 2007
Students were asked to take a single idea or thought (freedom, mystery,
water, etc.) and create a mask as a visual representation of that idea.
Materials such as beads, feathers, paper, dried flowers, cloth and sequins
were provided to spark ideas and creativity. At the end of the
session, each student shared his/her mask with the class along with an
explanation of how the creative process worked in the selection of materials
for the finished mask.
Erik Ramsey, Playwriting, Fall 2006
This professor wanted to utilize the Kennedy Museum of Art located at
the Ridges in Athens, so the class got to take a field trip for this
activity! The students were asked to view the various exhibitions and
think about how they each reacted differently to the same work. The
lively, thoughtful conversations about perception, engagement and narrative
process associated with viewing works of art reflected the active interaction
between the professor and the students. No right or wrong answers,
just a dialogue of thoughts and contemplations.
David Russell, Costumes/Props, Fall 2004, 2005
Puppet making was the project of choice for this professor. He divided
the class into groups of 4 or 5 students and gave each group an “emotion” ,
such as love, envy, liberty, and passion, to translate into a moveable
puppet. Students were provided with boxes of odds and ends, props,
beads, feathers, materials, etc. and given free reign to create a life
sized puppet. Organized bedlam might be a good way to describe
the activity they were undertaking! At the end of the class period,
each group introduced their “puppet” to the class and provided
an explanation of the emotion they were portraying.
