Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

Subject abbreviation: TFDP College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Keunpyo Root Park, M.F.A. Chair theatre.ucr.edu

Professors

Patricia Cardoso, M.F.A. Charles Evered, M.F.A. Rickerby Hinds, M.F.A. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Ph.D. Stuart Krieger, B.A. Bella Merlin, Ph.D. Robin Russin, M.F.A.

Professors Emeriti

D. Eric Barr, M.F.A. Haibo Yu, M.F.A.

Associate Professors

Donatella Galella, Ph.D. Kimberly Guerrero, M.F.A. Keunpyo Root Park, M.F.A.

Associate Professor of Teaching

Christophe Katrib, M.F.A. Annika Speer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

William Wohleb, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of Teaching

Christopher Scott Murillo, M.F.A.

Continuing Lecturers

Michael Bucklin, M.F.A. Louis Carazo, M.F.A.

The Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production offers a B.A. in Theatre, Film, and Digital Production. The major focuses on three broad areas of theatre and film: literature, history, and criticism; performance, design, direction, and technology; and the elements of production. Students have the opportunity to write, perform, direct, and design. Four stages are available for rehearsals and performances: the 500-seat proscenium University Theatre, the 150-seat Studio Theatre in the Arts building with state-of-the-moment equipment for facilities, and the 120-seat Rehearsal Lab.

Students are able to practice acting in faculty-directed shows, student productions, and class presentations. Special projects and studies are offered for advanced students to produce an original work or to study in more depth acting, directing, scenic design, or playwriting.

As part of the Theatre, Film, and Digital Production Department’s ongoing goal to provide a comprehensive and world-class program in the performing arts, a Filmmaking Track is offered for students who are primarily interested in pursuing the goal of becoming filmmakers. In addition to taking classes in filmmaking, screenwriting, acting, and technology, students will also take classes in literature and theory as requirements. Student assistantships, work-study, Gluck Fellowships, and scholarships such as the Chancellor’s Performance Award are available to students. For further information, call the Theatre, Film, and Digital Production Department, (951) 827-5568.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Theatre, Film, and Digital Production are as follows:

Lower-division requirements (9 units)

• 1. TFDP 099

• 2. TFDP 020

• 3. Either TFDP 010, TFDP 021, TFDP 022, TFDP 050,

TFDP 050S, TFDP 066, or TFDP 067

Track 1: Literature, History, Criticism and Dramaturgy Upper-division requirements (40/44 units)

• 1. Literature, History, Criticism and Dramaturgy

requirement (20 units)

• a) Literature, History, and Criticism em

phasis (12 units): TFDP 100, TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B

• 1) Eight (8) additional units from TFDP 121, TFDP 122, TFDP 123, TFDP 124A,

TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 127, TFDP 161, TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 191 (E-Z)

• b) Dramaturgy emphasis (12 units): TFDP 100, TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B

• 1) Eight (8) additional units from TFDP 103, TFDP 121, TFDP 122, TFDP 123,

TFDP 124A, TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 127, TFDP 161, TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 191 (E-Z)

• 2. Twelve (12) elective units from TFDP 101,

TFDP 102, TFDP 109, TFDP 110A, TFDP 115, TFDP 126A, TFDP 126B, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 152, TFDP 164A/CRWT 164A, TFDP 167, TFDP 169, TFDP 185/MUS 185 or TFDP 185S/MUS 185S, TFDP 199

• 3. Production requirement (8/12 units)

• a) Literature, History, and Criticism

emphasis: Eight (8) units from TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

• b) Dramaturgy emphasis: TFDP 174 (4

units) and eight (8) units from TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, or TFDP 175 Track 2: Writing for the Performing Arts Upper-division requirements (44 units)

• 1. Literature, History, and Criticism (12 units)

• a) TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B (8 units)

• b) Four (4) units from TFDP 122, TFDP 123,

TFDP 124A, TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 127, TFDP 191(E-Z)

• 2. Writing for the Performing Arts

(20 units)

• a) TFDP 164A, TFDP 164B, TFDP 164C

b TFDP 166A, TFDP 166B

• 3. Eight (8) elective units from TFDP 109,

TFDP 110A, TFDP 114, TFDP 115, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 152, TFDP 163, TFDP 165, TFDP 166C, TFDP 167, TFDP 169, TFDP 195, TFDP 198-I

• 4. Production requirement: Four (4) units

from TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

Track 3: Filmmaking Upper-division requirements (40 units)

• 1. Filmmaking (16) units
• a) TFDP 155 and TFDP 153A or TFDP 154

(8 units)

• b) Eight (8) additional units from TFDP 117, TFDP 130A, TFDP 130B, TFDP 142,

TFDP 144, TFDP 151, TFDP 153B, TFDP 156A, TFDP 156B, TFDP 157, TFDP 159

• 2. Screenwriting (4) units from TFDP 163

• 3. Sixteen (16) elective units from TFDP 100,

TFDP 101, TFDP 109, TFDP 115, TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B, TFDP 122, TFDP 123, TFDP 133, TFDP 149, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 152, TFDP 160, TFDP 161, TFDP 165, TFDP 167, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 180 (E-Z), TFDP 185/MUS 185 or TFDP 185S/MUS 185S, TFDP 191(E-Z), TFDP 195, TFDP 198-I

• 4. Production requirement: Four (4) units

from TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

Track 4: Acting and Directing Upper-division requirements (40-44 units)

• 1. Acting/Directing (16 units)

• a) Acting emphasis: TFDP 109, TFDP 110A,

TFDP 110B (12 units)

• 1) Four (4) additional units from TFDP 111A, TFDP 111B, TFDP 111C, TFDP 111D,

TFDP 112 (E-Z), TFDP 113 (E-Z)

• b) Directing emphasis: TFDP 109, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B (12 units)

• 1) Four (4) additional units from TFDP 110A, TFDP 112 (E-Z), TFDP 113 (E-Z),

TFDP 117, TFDP 153A, TFDP 154

• 2. Literature History and Criticism (12 units):

TFDP 100, TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B

• 3. Electives (4) units from TFDP 066, TFDP 101, TFDP 110A, TFDP 110B, TFDP 111A, TFDP 111B, TFDP 111C, TFDP 111D, TFDP 112 (E-Z),

TFDP 113 (E-Z), TFDP 115, TFDP 121, TFDP 122, TFDP 123, TFDP 124A, TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 127, TFDP 136, TFDP 149, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 152, TFDP 154, TFDP 155, TFDP 160, TFDP 161, TFDP 163, TFDP 185/MUS 185 or TFDP 185S/MUS 185S TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 180 (E-Z), TFDP 191 (E-Z), TFDP 195, TFDP 198-I

• 4. Production requirement (8-12) units from

TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

Track 5: Production and Design Upper-division requirements (40-44 units)

• 1. Production and Design (16 units)

• a) TFDP 101 (4 units)

• b) Twelve (12) units from TFDP 131,

TFDP 132, TFDP 133, TFDP 135, TFDP 136, TFDP 142, TFDP 143, TFDP 145, TFDP 149, TFDP 180 (E-Z)

• 2. Literature, History, and Criticism

(12 units)

• a) TFDP 100 (4 units)

• b) Eight (8) units from TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B, TFDP 121, TFDP 122, TFDP 124A,

TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 161, TFDP 176/DNCE 128/ANTH 128/AST 128, TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 191 (E-Z)

• 3. Four (4 units) from TFDP 109, TFDP 115,

TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 152, TFDP 160, TFDP 195, TFDP 198-I

• 4. Production requirement (8-12) units from

TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

Track 6: General Theatre, Film, and Digital Production Upper-division requirements (40 units)

• 1. Twelve (12) units of Literature, History,

and Criticism: TFDP 100, TFDP 120A, TFDP 120B

• 2. Twelve (12) units of Additional

Requirements from TFDP 101, TFDP 103, TFDP 109, TFDP 121, TFDP 150A, TFDP 150B, TFDP 131, TFDP 132, TFDP 133, TFDP 135, TFDP 136, TFDP 138, TFDP 143, TFDP 145, TFDP 149, TFDP 153A, TFDP 154, TFDP 163, TFDP 164A/CRWT 164A, TFDP 166A

• 3. Electives (8) eight units from TFDP 115,

TFDP 122, TFDP 124A, TFDP 124B, TFDP 125 (E-Z), TFDP 152, TFDP 161, TFDP 176/DNCE 128/ANTH 128/AST 128, TFDP 177 or TFDP 177S, TFDP 185/MUS 185 or TFDP 185S/MUS 185S, TFDP 180 (E-Z), TFDP 191 (E-Z), TFDP 195, TFDP 199

• 4. Production requirement (8) units from

TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174, or TFDP 175

The minor in Theatre, Film, and Digital Production follows the structure of the major requirements by exposing students to each of the areas that are essential to the creation of theatre and film, with the opportunity to take an additional course for depth or more exposure. The inclusion of production courses TFDP 170, TFDP 171, TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174 and TFDP 175 gives the students the opportunity to put course work into the proper context and provides them with a practical understanding of the workings and problems of production. The minor in Theatre, Film, and Digital Production provides students with a basic understanding in major areas of study including performing arts literature, performance, and design. It also introduces the nonmajor to the discipline, providing breadth for those students majoring in unrelated disciplines.

Requirements for the minor (20 units)

• 1. TFDP 100, TFDP 101, TFDP 109

• 2. Four (4) units from TFDP 170, TFDP 171,

TFDP 172, TFDP 173, TFDP 174 or TFDP 175

• 3. One 4-unit upper-division course se

lected from the department’s Literature, History, Criticism area or the Performance, Direction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Design, and Theatre Technology area.

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.

Education Abroad is an excellent opportunity to learn more about another country and its culture while taking courses to earn units toward graduation. Students should plan study abroad well in advance to ensure that the courses taken fit with their overall program at UCR. Consult the departmental student affairs officer for assistance. For further details, visit Education Abroad at ea.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4113.

See Education Abroad in the Educational Opportunities section in the beginning of this catalog.

The Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production in conjunction with the Department of Creative Writing offers the M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. See Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts in this catalog for more information and program requirements.