Spring 2023

THEATER 25AC 001 - LEC 001

The Drama of American Cultures: An Introduction to Our Theater

Race and Performance

Roshanak Kheshti

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

Mo, We, Fr

11:00 am - 11:59 am

Morgan 101

Class #:26007

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 5

Enrolled: 115

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 120

Waitlist Max: 20

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Roshanak Kheshti

THEATER 203 001 001SEM

This course provides an introduction to theater through the study of values and issues fundamental to cultural identity, the comparison of selected cultural groups and their relationship to American society as a whole, and the study of drama as an instrument for understanding and expressing cultural identity. Theater of specific cultural groups to be included will be determined by the availability of live theater productions offered on campus and in the Bay Area.

Class Description

What is race? What is performance? How do these social phenomena intersect? How have public performances of civil disobedience changed racial discourses? What is a performance of civil rights? This course introduces students to core performance studies concepts through an examination of race and racialization in the US. We examine performance art, street performances and the intersection of the two to examine where civil society intersects with artistic expression.