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Arts: Theater

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Acting for Readers Theater – In-Person
Item Number: W26ARTS327A
Dates: 1/9/2026 - 3/13/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 16
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room D
Instructor: Robbi McMinimy, Daniel Stephens

In this acting course, participants will collaborate with students in the Adapt a Script for Readers Theater course to create and present a 10- to 15-minute staged performance, utilizing a radio/readers theater format. Students will learn about staging and blocking, as well as vocal techniques working with a professional voice coach. Class sessions will include lecture and discussion on the elements of putting together a dynamic readers theater production, as well as rehearsal time. The course will culminate in a readers theater performance before a live audience at SOU’s Meese Auditorium. Some time spent outside of class will be necessary for participants to prepare their roles. Everyone is welcome, and no previous experience is required.

Adapt a Script for Readers Theater – In-Person
Item Number: W26ARTS300A
Dates: 1/9/2026 - 3/13/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 6
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room C
Instructor: Robbi McMinimy, Daniel Stephens

In this course, students will participate in the process of adapting a script from a short story or other genre into a 10- to 15-minute staged performance, utilizing a radio/readers theater format. The source script must come from a previously published work. Students will also have the opportunity to direct their project, as well as act in classmates’ productions before a live audience at SOU’s Meese Auditorium. Each class session will include lecture and discussion of script examples and script format. The course will culminate in a readers theater performance of each student’s final script. This course will be taught in conjunction with Acting for Readers Theater. Research and script writing will require some work outside class. Everyone is welcome, and no previous experience is required.

Broadway Musicals: Small Hits and Near Misses, Part 2 – In-Person
Item Number: W26ARTS386A
Dates: 1/5/2026 - 2/23/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 7
Maximum Enrollment: 53
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room D
Instructor: Lee Fishel

This course will review Broadway musicals that were hits of their time but are rarely produced anymore or, conversely, were considered failures in the initial run but are now considered minor classics. Whenever available, filmed productions of the original stage version will be used rather than less faithful Hollywood movie adaptations. Each session will feature a production video. Due to length, some productions will be divided into two sessions. Titles for this term include: “Kiss Me, Kate” (Porter), “Half a Sixpence” (Heneker), “Curtains” (Kander & Ebb) and “Lady in the Dark” (Weil & Gershwin). Time is allotted during each session for class discussion. Enrollment in Broadway Musicals, Part 1, is not a prerequisite.

NOTE: There is no class on Monday, Jan. 19.

On Stage – In-Person
Item Number: W26ARTS387A
Dates: 1/7/2026 - 2/11/2026
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 28
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room A
Instructor: Robin Engel

Do you have a desire to be on the stage, or do you have stage fright but think it might be worthwhile to overcome that fear? In this class what we mostly do is have fun! You will learn about and participate in several onstage activities, including storytelling, stand-up comedy, improv and acting. Get an insider’s look into what it takes to be on stage. Don’t fret, there will be no audience other than your classmates. There will be some lecture, but mostly you’ll be working on the skills of writing and performing. Discover new horizons and build your confidence while you explore the art of storytelling, craft a joke and get comfortable being on a stage. It’s exhilarating, enlightening, eye-opening and downright entertaining.

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