THR 323 - Women and Theatre

Women and Theatre is a rigorous, academic study of the ways women create theatre. The course uses a historical lens to understand how women have been instrumental in the development of American theatre, how women work in theatre today, and students will look to how they will participate in the theatre of tomorrow. Course readings focus on dramatic literature, theory and criticism. Students read plays by and about women, engage with the criticism of the dramatic literature, and frame the dialogue through feminist theories of the theatre. This course can also count toward the women’s and gender studies program.