Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - CA 485 D100

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Contemporary Arts (5)

Class Number: 3207

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Jun 20, 2025: Tue, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

    May 12 – Jun 20, 2025: Thu, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

  • Prerequisites:

    One CA studio course at the upper level, a CGPA of 3.0 and an overall average of 3.5 in CA courses.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A studio course focusing on creative collaborations between artists of different disciplines. The emphasis is on the creation, analysis and critique of new compositions created in collaboration between senior students in dance, film, music, theatre and visual art.

COURSE DETAILS:

CA 485 in the 2025 Intersession is an opportunity to develop a full professional production of a new work of theatre called Eyes of the Beast, a Neworld Theatre production in association with UVic’s Climate Disaster Project.

The project is open to student actors, designers, production support, assistant directors, and APCS who want to observe, document, and write about the process.

Eyes of the Beast is a verbatim theatre adaptation of the multi-award-winning journalism by the Climate Disaster Project, a teaching newsroom based at the University of Victoria. Drawing from hundreds of testimonies from climate disaster survivors, this piece illuminates our current era of disaster through the stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.

If you are missing prerequisites or have questions, reach out to james_long@sfu.ca.

Schedule and Commitments

  • Intersession Classes Start: May 12, 2025
    • Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 am-1:30 pm.
  • Rehearsals: May 26 – June 14, 2025
    • Location: SFU Goldcorp, Room 4270
    • Full-time commitment (10:00 am-5:00pm) for actors and production support.
    • Different schedules will be developed for those working in design or critical response roles.
  • Technical Rehearsals: June 16–18, 2025
    • Location: Fei and Milton Wong Theatre
    • Full-time days, with possible evening sessions for tech setup.
  • Performances: June 18–22, 2025
    • Location: Fei and Milton Wong Theatre
    • Evening performances with matinees on the weekend.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • To provide students with the opportunity to participate in a new work of performance.
  • To develop the capacity to critically assess and further develop their own work as theatre aritsts and the work of others in the ensemble.
  • To serve as a moment of accumulation in an artist’s education in the Theatre & Performance program at the SFU’s School for Contemporary Arts.

Grading

  • Professionalism 30%
  • Rehearsal and Performance Journal and Documentation of Process 30%
  • Final Presentation 40%

NOTES:

As each student will be fullfilling different roles in the production, assigments may be customized to task.

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

To learn more about the academic disciplinary process and relevant academic supports, visit: 


RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.