Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2021 - CA 352 D200

Mainstage Playmaking (3)

Class Number: 7315

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

  • Prerequisites:

    CA (or FPA) 251.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The third playmaking course involves the director-led deconstruction/adaptation of a major dramatic text, or the development of an original composition. Provides the basis for the Mainstage presentation in the subsequent term. May repeat for credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Imagine that an 84 year-old woman invites you in for tea. She tells you what she saw from the window during the pandemic: an accident, the rare sighting of a Dalmatian, a couple she imagined as newly hitched. She shows you two perfectly choreographed small gestures that mean “Hello,” and “come inside.” She has you stand at the open window and, to your surprise, you see an accident, the rare Dalmatian, and a couple you could only describe as newly hitched on the sidewalk below. A younger woman stands in their midst and you’re instructed to invite her up using the gestures you’ve just learned. We might call this intimate exchange a ritualized act of welcoming.

Working between devised theatre and social practice while keeping the mainstage in spring at our horizon, we’ll develop "welcoming acts" in gesture, ritual, and ceremony. We’ll draw from a broad range of source materials, including meeting notes from welcoming committees in SFU's archives, Hallmark greeting cards, and welcome mats.

Grading

  • Attendance & General Participation 20%
  • Weekly Assignments 40%
  • Performance Presentations 40%

Registrar Notes:

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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

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Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.