Welcome, PPD students, to Fall 2024!
This fall welcome message, which highlights Theater Arts & Dance (THEA 50 1st meeting, cancelled THEA classes, auditions, etc.), is going out to all PPD email lists as it may also interest our AGPM family members. Future messages focused on Theater Arts & Dance will normally go out only to people subscribed to the
THEA NOTES Google Group (you're welcome to
join if you're not already a member!).
DEPARTMENT FALL WELCOME – NEXT WEEK!
The faculty and staff of the Department of Performance, Play & Design invite you to our
Fall Welcome Day –
NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24!
- In-person & online
- CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
- 9:00–10:30 AM – PPD WELCOME PRESENTATION
For all students, new & returning! - Location: Theater Arts Center Mainstage & simulcast on Twitch.
- The welcome presentation is for the entire Department of Performance, Play & Design with department faculty & staff from the Theater Arts, Dance, and Art & Design: Games + Playable Media programs.
- 10:45–11:45 AM – THEATER ARTS UNDERGRAD ADVISING ORIENTATION (all new Frosh & Transfers expected to attend, all students welcome)
- 12:00–1:00 PM – THEATER ARTS CENTER FACILITIES TOUR
- Location: IN-PERSON ONLY, Theater Arts Center, meet in the outdoor atrium near the Ticket Office.
- Incoming Theater Arts graduate students: please see detailed fall information emailed to you separately.
FALL AUDITIONS
Fall quarter General Auditions for Upper and Lower Division Productions are almost here!
- Visit the Auditions page for access to all audition requirements, audition and callback dates, rehearsal and production dates, casting information, scripts, and more!
- NOTE:
- The General Auditions sign-up sheet will be posted in the Theater Arts Center Mainstage A building hallway, outside of the Green Room, on September 23rd at 9:00am. Sign-ups are first come, first served!
- Students who are cast in productions, or who have been selected to participate as designers, stage managers or dramaturgs, will be given a permission number to enroll through MyUCSC.
- Questions? Contact the Student Production Liaison about audition details - the...@ucsc.edu, or the Theater Arts Academic Advisor about how productions may satisfy major or minor requirements, etc. - theater-...@ucsc.edu.
THEA 126 Auditions on the first day of the class!
- THEA 126 Acting Studio III class auditions will take place at the first class meeting, Monday, Sept 30, 4:00PM, Theater Arts Center, TA Studio C100.
- Come prepared to deliver a monologue and/or a movement piece, 1-2 minutes in length, memorized/rehearsed.
- CLASS TOPIC THIS QUARTER: Clown and Physical comedy.
- Anyone may audition for this upper division course, but it is recommended for students who have taken at least an introductory acting technique course.
- Questions may be addressed to the instructor: pgal...@ucsc.edu.
- NOTE: THEA 21 Acting Studio I: Psychological Realism has been cancelled in fall and moved to winter quarter.
THEA FALL ENROLLMENT NOTES
First, some not so great news – cancelled fall classes:
- THEA 21 Acting Studio I – cancelled in fall and moved to winter quarter.
- THEA 17 Costume Construction – cancelled in fall; already scheduled for winter quarter.
- Need help finding a replacement class? - Schedule a Theater Arts advising appointment through Navigate Slug Success, or email Moon at theater-...@ucsc.edu.
THEA 50 Fundamentals of Theater Production:
- Mandatory first class meeting: Wednesday, October 2, 9-10:00 AM, Theater Arts Mainstage (TA 100). Required schedule and enrollment signups announced at the meeting.
- This course meets in-person one time only, on the date stated above.
- See information about the course, including the unusual TWO-PART enrollment process described in the Theater Arts Undergraduate Handbook, HERE.
- Questions?: theater-...@ucsc.edu
Seats are still open in these THEATER ARTS classes:
TA Offices J102, TuTh 01:30PM-03:05PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA 2nd Stage, TuTh 03:20PM-04:55PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA Lecture E100, MW 04:00PM-05:35PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instruction Mode: Asynchronous Online
Instructor: Henneman,C.N.
Kresge Acad 3105, TuTh 01:30PM-03:05PM + Secondary section
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA Studio C100, MW 09:20AM-10:55AM
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA Drama B100, MW 09:20AM-10:55AM
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA Mainstage A214, MW 09:20AM-10:55AM
Instruction Mode: In Person
TA 2nd Stage, TuTh 11:40AM-01:15PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements
TA Offices J102, MW 12:00PM-01:35PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
FYI - UCSC Music Department individual voice lesson auditions
Note that participation in most Music Department stage productions requires taking voice lessons and other commitments – details below.
- Tuesday, September 24, 2:15–5:00 PM, Music Center 131 (lower level).
- Click here for the signup sheet.
- Prepare two contrasting pieces, preferably with piano accompaniment. A pianist will be provided.
- NOTE:
- Individual lessons carry an extra fee.
- All lessons have an ensemble requirement.
- Students taking lessons have the opportunity to participate in Vocal Repertoire Class, and Opera Workshop and Scenes.
- Priority goes to Music majors/minors and Theatre Arts majors, but all UCSC
students are invited to audition.
Music Dept. productions this year include:
- Act 1 of Sondheim’s Into the Woods (Fall Quarter)
- Opera and Zarzuela scenes in Spanish (Winter Quarter)
- Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Spring Quarter)
FALL 2024 IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- Fall enrollment ADD/DROP/SWAP deadline: Wed, Oct 16
- Winter 2025 ENROLLMENT PREP WEEK: Thur-Wed, Nov 7–13
- On the first day of Enrollment Prep Week (formerly called Advising Week), the Winter Schedule of Classes Class Search will be available. You will also be able to see your winter enrollment dates in your MyUCSC portal and put classes in your shopping cart.
- This is an ideal time to meet with advisors to update your academic plan and discuss enrollment/class selection questions before enrollment opens following Enrollment Prep Week.
- Schedule appointments with academic advisors through Navigate Slug Success.
- Instruction Ends: Fri, Dec 6
- Finals week: Mon–Fri, Dec 9–13
- Holidays observed (no classes; administrative offices closed):
- Nov. 11–Veterans Day
- Nov. 28-29–Thanksgiving Holidays
- Dec. 24, 25, 31; Jan. 1–Winter Holidays
- The dates above, and other important university dates and deadlines for the entire academic year, are listed on the current UCSC Academic and Administrative Calendar.
SAVE THESE OCTOBER DATES!:
The 2024 Festival of Monsters, hosted by the
UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies, headed by Center Director Michael "Doc" Chemers, explores the way monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Global Learning Opportunities Fair
We hope you will attend our biggest event of the year where you can meet Global Learning staff, and explore study abroad/away programs. Join us to get all of your questions answered by program providers, Financial Aid, and more!
UCSC Career Success will be hosting several Career Fairs this fall, including one specific to Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - please mark your calendar!
JOIN THE THEATER ARTS DISCORD SERVER!
- See department and student announcements and chat with other Theater Arts Slugs!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS –
Anyone can subscribe to this
THEA NOTES email list, HERE! 
Final notes –
- Celeste Lagrange, who made our beautiful newsletters last year, has taken the position of Theater Arts Student Production Liaison this year! Congrats to Celeste, that's fantastic for her and us! It also means that our news may be less visually appealing for a while. 😕Rest assured, however, that you will still get the information you need – please read all THEA NOTES mailings if you don't want to miss important dates, deadlines and opportunities! 😃👍
- Heads up that Arts Division websites are getting a makeover this fall, including PPD sites (THEA and AGPM)! We are working hard preparing for the transition and will do all we can to make it smooth and to provide an improved online experience for all users.
I look forward to seeing you all do fantastic work this year!
Moon
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Division of the Arts Lead Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Theater Arts Graduate & Undergraduate Advisor
Department of Performance, Play & Design
• Theater Arts Advising and other department office staff are working a partially remote schedule at this time.
• Undergraduates will find answers to most advising questions in the
Theater Arts Undergraduate Handbook.
• MAKE AN UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING APPOINTMENT:
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