Theater Arts
This studio-based course is an introduction to design for the performing arts.
Program Highlights
Residential Tuition :
$5,298
Commuter Tuition:
$3,198
Session 1:
July 6, 2025
July 18, 2025
Barnard College, Columbia University
New York, New York
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Course Overview
Utilizing the elements and principles of stage design, it covers the development of concepts for visual narrative through critical script and text analysis, research, and discussions of professional best practices. Practical projects explore the relationships between environment, object, and text, and enact examples of
visual metaphor/storytelling via varied mediums (specifically scenery, light/projection, and costumes).
Meet your instructor
Brian Healy
Theater Arts Cal Poly SLO
Brian holds an MFA in Theatrical Design and a B.A. in Theatre. He has taught lighting design, scenic design, stagecraft, and dramatic theory for 23 years. is an Associate Professor of Stage Design and Technical Production, and Department Chair of Cal Poly Theatre and Dance.
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