Theatre Style & Creation Class at Denison

Geoffrey Nelson is teaching two sections of the class “Theatre Style and Creation” at Denison University during the current semester. Those enrolled range from freshmen to seniors, with majors ranging from economics to biology to psychology to communications.

“Theatre Style and Creation” is in effect a hands-on introduction to the process of making theatre, as students undertake creative projects (writing a short play, acting in a scene and designing set, costumes, lights or sound for a show) in addition to more academic work. Both theatre history (especially the Greek and Elizabethan periods) and dramatic literature (contemporary plays such as Angels in America and How I Learned to Drive and filmed performances of classics such as Oedipus Rex by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and As You Like It by the Globe Theatre) are included in the syllabus as well as readings on the production process.

Nelson taught both acting and directing classes at Denison last year, as well as directing Tartuffe.