Course Schedule (rev. 1/25/10)subject to change - noticed on class website

Week	Date	Topics	Assignment Due
1	1/26	Defining the Stage: The functions of theatre in society. Theatre Games: The elements of performance	REGISTER turnitin.com * class ID: 3083802 * enrollment password: Kahn127
1/28	Dramaturgy: Reading theatre scripts as theatre performance
2	2/2	Applied Dramaturgy
2/4	Setting the Stage: The historical context of "contemporary" theatre	READ Anna in the Tropics
3	2/9	Background: Realism, narrative and the American stage
2/11	Background: Anna in the Tropics	RESPONSE ESSAY Anna
4	2/16	Discussion: Anna in the Tropics
2/18	Background: Asian American Theatre	READ Yellow Face
5	2/23	Background: Yellow Face
2/25	Discussion: Yellow Face	RESPONSE ESSAY Yellow Face
6	3/2	Background: El Teatro Campesino and Luis Valdez
3/4	Protest theatre and social action	PERFORM SJSU Actos
7	3/9	Performance Strategies of Agit-Prop
3/11	Research in Contemporary Theatre
8	3/16	Theatre post-9/11	READ Bengal Tiger
3/18	Background: Bengal Tiger	PAPER PROPOSALS
9	3/22	Discussion: Bengal Tiger	RESPONSE ESSAY Bengal Tiger
3/25	TBA
10	SPRING BREAK
11	4/6	FURLOUGH DAY – No class meeting
4/8	Ethnographic Theatre	PAPER BIBLIOGRAPHY & ABSTRACT
12	4/13	Background: The Kite Runner	READ The Kite Runner
4/15	Discussion: The Kite Runner	RESPONSE ESSAY Kite Runner
13	4/20	Furlough Day- no class meeting
4/22	Background: "Queer" Politics and Queer Theatre	READ Angels in America pt. 1 SEE Yellow Face Production (April 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 & May 1 at 7pm)
14	4/27	Screen: Angels in America pt. 1	READ Angels in America pt. 2
4/29	Discussion	RESPONSE ESSAY Angels pt. 2
15	5/4	Discussion: Yellow Face production
5/6	Furlough Day- no class meeting
16	5/11	Discussion Angels in America
5/13	Course Review	RESEARCH PAPER
	5/2512:15-2:30	FINAL EXAM	Bring blue book