Associate Professor of Theatre, Director of Theatre Program
Phone: 478.757.5250
Email: flively@wesleyancollege.edu
Address: Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210
Education: B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Certificate in French, Sorbonne; Studies in English, Harvard-Radcliffe.
Co-editor, Madame la Mort and Other Plays (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998)
Courses taught include:
THE110 Theatre Practice and Criticism.
Goal: To look at plays, performance history, and/or theatrical practices. To develop skills in the analysis, enactment, and interpretation of performance events, theatre literature, or theatre criticism.
Content: A particular area of theatre or performance will be closely studies through reading and active performance. Expertise in acting will not be required or expected, but short performances will help students analyze performance events during class discussion.
Gen. Ed. Category: Text analysis.
THE125 Acting I.
Goal: To introduce students to the fundamentals of acting and to develop the physical, vocal, and emotional freedom necessary for effective dramatic expression.
Content: Theatre exercises and games, monologues, inmprovisation, and scene study.
Gen. Ed. Category: Artistic expression.
THE130 Yoga and Relaxation for Actors.
Goal: To introduce gentle yoga techniques to release tension, improve vocal and physical espressiveness, and enhance the creative spirit.
Content: Students will gain strength and flexibility through stretching, breathing, exercises, guided deep relaxation, and vocalization. Instruction focuses on each person progressing at her own pace without competition.
THE235 Introductory Performance and Production.
Goal: To introduce students to all phases of acting and design work.
Content: Participation in the rehearsal/performance/design process of a Wesleyan College Theatre production. Content will vary with production assignment.
THE320 AdvancePerformance and Production.
Goal: To provide students with advanced acting and design experiences.
Content: Participatin on an advanced level in the rehearsal/performance/design process of a WesleyanCollee Theatre Production. Content will vary with production assignment.
Prerequuisite: Permission of the instructor.
THE451 Directed Independent Study.
Goal: To teach the student critical thinking and research.
Content: To be determined by the specific nature of the proposed project. Student-proposed topic to be studied in depth, subject to approval by the instructor. Student and instructor determine specific content.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and approval of division chair.
THE452/199 Field Study.
Goal: To provide students with practical experience in the theatre arts through an internship or independent project.
Content: To be determined by the nature of the specific project. May gain credit for experience in summer stock during the summer months, or in such places as special education schools, off-campus theatre classes, or local theatres during the school year.
Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty sponsor and division chair.