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Drama
Emeriti: (Professors) Helen W. Schrader, Carl Weber; (Associate Professor) William S. Eddelman; (Senior Lecturers) Susan Cashion, Patricia Ryan
Chair: Peggy Phelan
Drama Division
Professors: Jean-Marie Apostolidès (French and Italian; Drama), Harry J. Elam, Jr. (Humanities; Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education), Peggy Phelan (Drama; English), Alice Rayner (Drama; Graduate Studies Committee Chair), Rush Rehm (Drama; Classics; Stanford Summer Theater)
Assistant Professors: Branislav Jakovljevic (on leave 2009-10), Jisha Menon (Acting Undergraduate Faculty Adviser)
Professors (Teaching): Michael F. Ramsaur, Janice Ross
Senior Lecturer: Connie Strayer
Lecturers: Jeffrey Bihr, Erik Flatmo Gambatese, Daniel Klein, Kathryn Kostopoulos
Visiting Artists: Matthew Goulish, Lin Hixson, Robert Perillo, Rob Melrose
Guest Lecturer: Linda Apperson
Artists in Residence: Amy Freed, Cherríe Moraga,
Institute for Diversity in the Arts and Black Performing Arts Division
IDA Faculty Director: Harry J. Elam, Jr.
Executive Director (IDA): Georgina Hernandez
Director (CBPA): Robert Moses
Dance Division
Director: Janice Ross
Lecturers: Kristine Elliott, Diane Frank, Aleta Hayes, Richard Powers, Ronnie Reddick
Visiting Artists: Ann Carlson, Ralph Lemon, Muriel Maffre
Artist in Residence: Robert Moses
Mail Code: Drama, 94305-5010; Dance, 94305-8125
Drama Department Office: 551 Serra Mall, Memorial Auditorium, Room 144
Dance Division Office: 375 Santa Teresa Street, Roble Gym, Room 2
Phone: Drama (650) 723-2576; Dance (650) 723-1234
Student Services Email: sdbaker@stanford.edu
Web Site: Drama, http://drama.stanford.edu
Web Site: Dance, http://dance.stanford.edu
Courses offered by the Department of Drama are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under the subject codes DRAMA and DANCE.
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
The Drama Department integrates theory, criticism, and performance. Convinced that scholarship is strengthened by direct engagement in performance, and that performance is enhanced by practitioners whose analytic skills have been honed in scholarship, the department produces more than a dozen productions each academic school year, including canonical plays, commissioned dance works, experimental projects, and the works of visiting artists.
MISSION OF THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN DRAMA AND DANCE
The mission of the undergraduate program in Drama is to provide a strong non-conservatory program for students studying Drama and Dance in a liberal arts context. Joining academic research with performance and technical practice, department majors pursue areas of interest in acting, directing, playwriting, dance, design, stage management, performance theory, and cultural studies. Students explore these fields in a collaborative environment with close faculty contact. One of the requirements of the major is to fulfill a stage management course, generally in the junior year, which allows students practical exposure to managing and/or crewing a production. It is essential that students understand the concrete workings of theater in order to appreciate its history and literature. With faculty collaboration, students of Drama and Dance integrate research, theory, intellectual engagement, and performance. During the senior year, students have the option of completing a senior project in addition to completing the 60 units required for the major.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:
- the ability to find organic and meaningful ways of integrating theory and practice.
- the ability to perform critical and theoretical analysis within the discipline.
- effective research and writing skills that complement practical work.
Graduate Programs in Drama
The mission of the graduate program in Drama is to produce students who work on the leading edge of both scholarly and performance practice. The Ph.D. program in Drama emphasizes the combination of theory and practice. Graduate students complete a program with a study of critical theory and textual history and an understanding that such theory is informed by practical elements in directing, acting, writing, and design.
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