THTR 319 Drama & Theatre in the United States
Beginning with a brief look at early popular entertainments, this course moves through the major periods and forms of theatre and drama up to the present. Representative works by Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, August Wilson, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet are studied, as well as plays by a wide variety of contemporary playwrights such as Mac Wellman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Tony Kushner and Diana Son. Attendance at relevant theatre productions in New York City is stressed.