0 or 3 credits
Fall 2026 Studio Lecture Upper Division
A project course in utilizing the principles of design as they can convey an environment and its qualities to further dramatic action. Emphasis on the interrelationship among all aspects of production and how light becomes a building block toward total picturization. Offered in alternate years.
Learning Outcomes1Understand of how light works and is manipulated in theatrical design.
2Develop familiarity further with the process a designer uses in designing lights for a performance and how that process relates to the collaboration with other theatre artists.
3Communicate design and production ideas to collaborators through different drawings, research, and presentations.
4Reinforce conceptually generating a lighting design and seeing it through to its completion for a theatrical performance.
5Communicate ideas, articulate concepts and project requirements, and execute problem-solving strategies in order to successfully fulfill an entry-level technology role in a stage production.
6Develop skills and knowledge further, including significant technical mastery to acquire an entry-level skilled technologist position in professional live entertainment.
Prerequisites
made by Purdue students.