Women's contributions to the performing arts, focusing on contemporary American artists in such fields as theatre, film, dance, performance art, and other contemporary performance genres.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Additional written work and presentations are required.
Athena Title
Women in Performance
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will evaluate the human experience through the critical perspective of feminist drama, theatre, and performance.
Students will critique theatre, drama, and performance from a feminist perspective.
Students will appreciate plays, playwrights, performers, and directors who have contributed to the history of feminist theatre, performance, and theory.
Students will apply histories and theories of feminist performance in the formulation of performance interventions into social issues.
Topical Outline
I. The representation of women on the stage
a. Representative female characters in drama
b. A brief history of performance art
c. Feminism and performance art
II. Feminist theatre practice
a. From theory to practice
b. Representative feminist theatres
III. Women in performance, representative performance artists
a. Groundbreakers and pioneers
b. The contemporary scene
IV. Women and contemporary theatre
a. Playwrights
b. Directors
