Course List
This page was last updated on June 9, 2026. All courses counting towards Theater, Dance & Media course requirements appear on these pages.
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2026 - 2027 Courses for TDM Credit
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(open to all; fulfills Production Studio requirement for concentrators)
Fall 2026
- TDM 90CR: Dance Production Studio: Contact Improvisation (Laura Quinton)
Spring 2027
- TDM90BR: Theatrical Production Studio (James Stanley)
Fall 2026
- GENED 1050: Act Natural (David Levine)
Spring 2027
- TDM 138H: Hamlet, Act 1 (David Levine)
- TDM 194S: Shows and No Shows (Stew)
Fall 2026
- TDM 194: The Making of a Musical: The Creative Process (Ryan McKittrick and Diane Paulus)
- TDM 196SS: The Singer-Songwriter: Intimacy, Parasociality, and the Confessional (Katelyn Hearfield)
- AFRAMER 146X: A Black History of Electronic Dance Music (george aumoithe)
- COMPLIT 101: Translating, Retelling, Performing, Illustrating (Spencer Lee-Lenfield)
- ENGLISH 121S: Shakespeare from Beginning to End (Stephen Greenblatt)
- ENGLISH 189VG: Video Game Storytelling (Vidyan Ravinthiran)
- ENGLISH 90CL: Comic Literature through the Ages (Daniel Donoghue)
- ENGLISH 90IK: Ibsen and Chekhov (Derek Miller)
- FYSEMR 34V: Broadway Musicals: History, Race, and Performance (Carol Oja)
- GERMAN 117: Sound, Story, Studio: German Radio Play (Lisa Parkes)
- HIST & LIT 90HO: New York Modern (Chloe Hawkey)
- SLAVIC 132: Russia’s Golden Age: Literature, Arts, and Culture (Julie Buckler)
- SLAVIC 187: Soviet Musical Imaginaries (Maria Sonevystsky)
Spring 2027
- TDM 141BD: Boston Goes Dancing (Laura Quinton)
- TDM 167MV: “Video Killed the Radio Star”: the History and Analysis of Music Videos (Katelyn Hearfield)
- COMPLIT 156: Songmaking and the Idea of Lyric (Gregory Nagy)
- MUSIC 20: Opera (Carolyn Abbate)
- WOMGEN 1113: Gender and Performance (Robin Bernstein)
Fall 2026
- TDM 109: Beginning Acting Through Scene Study and Monologue Work (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 119: Introduction to Voice and Speech (Erika Bailey)
- TDM 120: What’s so Funny?: Introduction to Improvisational Comedy (Remo Airaldi)
- TDM 121MV: Physical Approaches to Acting and Storytelling (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 134AD: The Actor/Director Collaboration (Brisa Areli Muñoz)
- TDM 136TC: Bodies/Spaces/Things: Theater Creation Lab (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 143: Gaga Movement (Ana Harmon)
- TDM 150VT: Visual Thinking and Creation for Theatermakers (Jeff Adelberg)
- TDM 155AI: Media Production in the Age of AI (Marlon Kuzmick)
- TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint: Operational Strategy & Production Leadership in Theater (Timothey Sullivan)
- TDM 167SC/MMH 712: Dramatic Writing for Social Change (Ricardo Perez-Gonzalez)
- TDM 169S: Singer + Song = Story (Stew)
- TDM/ENGLISH CKR: Introduction to Playwriting: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- AFVS 158BCR: Sensory Ethnography 3 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 63: Introduction to Time-Based Media (Karthik Pandian)
- ENGLISH CMWD: The Writer Directs: A Script to Screen Workshop (Musa Syeed)
- ENGLISH CTV: Writing for Television: Developing the Pilot: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- FYSEMR 35N: The Art & Craft of Acting (Remo Airaldi)
Spring 2027
- TDM 112R: Advanced Acting (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 115: Acting Shakespeare (Remo Airaldi)
- TDM 119B: Voice, Text, and the Performer (Erika Bailey)
- TDM 122GM: Generative Movement (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 130R: Directing (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 135B: Puppet Theater: Designing and Directing Visual Storytelling (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 154: Designing with Light (Jeff Adelberg)
- TDM 174B: Creative Producing: How to Resource Artistic Vision (Evan O'Brient)
- TDM 181M: Intersections: Theater, Democracy and Civic Practice (Dayron Miles)
- TDM/ENGLISH CAMR: Advanced Playwriting: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- AFVS 158AR: Sensory Ethnography 1 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 158BR: Sensory Ethnography 2 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- ENGLISH 179Y: Introduction to Dramatic Writing (Sam Marks and Musa Syeed)
Fall 2026
- TDM 98: Junior Tutorial (James Stanley)
- TDM 99A: Senior Tutorial (Laura Quinton)
Spring 2027
- TDM 97: Sophomore Tutorial (Derek Miller)
- TDM 99B: Senior Tutorial (Laura Quinton)
Fall 2026
- TDM 150VT: Visual Thinking and Creation for Theatermakers (Jeff Adelberg)
- TDM 155AI: Media Production in the Age of AI (Marlon Kuzmik)
- TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint: Operational Strategy & Production Leadership in Theater (Timothey Sullivan)
Spring 2027
- TDM 154: Designing with Light (Jeff Adelberg)
- TDM 174B: Creative Producing: How to Resource Artistic Vision (Evan O'Brient)
Fall 2026
- ENGLISH 121S: Shakespeare from Beginning to End (Stephen Greenblatt)
- ENGLISH 90CL: Comic Literature through the Ages (Daniel Donoghue)
- ENGLISH 90IK: Ibsen and Chekhov (Derek Miller)
- ENGLISH CMWD: The Writer Directs: A Script to Screen Workshop (Musa Syeed)
- ENGLISH CTV: Writing for Television: Developing the Pilot: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- FRSEMR 35N: The Art and Craft of Acting (Remo Airaldi)
- FYSEMR 34V: Broadway Musicals: History, Race, and Performance (Carol Oja)
- GENED 1050: Act Natural (David Levine)
- SLAVIC 132: Russia’s Golden Age: Literature, Arts, and Culture (Julie Buckler)
- TDM 109: Beginning Acting Through Scene Study and Monologue Work (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 119: Introduction to Voice and Speech (Erika Bailey)
- TDM 120: What's So Funny?: Introduction to Improvisational Comedy (Remo Airaldi)
- TDM 121MV: Physical Approaches to Storytelling and Acting (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 134AD: Actor-Director Collaboration (Brisa Areli Muñoz)
- TDM 136TC: Bodies/Spaces/Things: Theater Creation Lab (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint: Operational Strategy & Production Leadership in Theater (Timothey Sullivan)
- TDM 167SC/MMH 712: Dramatic Writing for Social Change (Ricardo Perez-Gonzalez)
- TDM 169S: Singer + Song = Story (Stew)
- TDM 194: Making of the Musical (Ryan McKittrick and Diane Paulus)
- TDM/ENGLISH CKR: Introduction to Playwriting: Workshop (Sam Marks)
Spring 2027
- ENGLISH 179Y: Introduction to Dramatic Writing (Sam Marks and Musa Syeed)
- MUSIC 20: Opera (Carolyn Abbate)
- TDM 112R: Advanced Acting (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 115: Acting Shakespeare (Remo Airaldi)
- TDM 119B: Voice, Text, and The Performer (Erika Bailey)
- TDM 122GM: Generative Movement (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 130R: Directing (Marcus Stern)
- TDM 135B: Puppet Theater: Designing and Directing Visual Storytelling (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 138H: Hamlet, Act 1 (David Levine)
- TDM 174B: Creative Producing: How to Resource Artistic Vision (Evan O'Brient)
- TDM 181M: Intersections: Theater, Democracy and Civic Practice (Dayron Miles)
- TDM 194S: Shows and No Shows (Stew)
- TDM/ENGLISH CAMR: Advanced Playwriting: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- WOMGEN 1113: Gender and Performance (Robin Bernstein)
Fall 2026
- TDM 121MV: Physical Approaches to Storytelling and Acting (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 136TC: Bodies/Spaces/Things: Theater Creation Lab (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 143: Gaga Movement (Ana Harmon)
Spring 2027
- TDM 122GM: Generative Movement (Pete Simpson)
- TDM 135B: Puppet Theater: Designing and Directing Visual Storytelling (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 141BD: Boston Goes Dancing (Laura Quinton)
Fall 2026
- AFRAMER 146X: A Black History of Electronic Dance Music (george aumoithe)
- AFVS 158BCR: Sensory Ethnography 3 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 63: Introduction to Time-Based Media (Karthik Pandian)
- ENGLISH CMWD: The Writer Directs: A Script to Screen Workshop (Musa Syeed)
- ENGLISH CTV: Writing for Television: Developing the Pilot: Workshop (Sam Marks)
- ENGLISH 189VG: Video Game Storytelling (Vidyan Ravinthiran)
- GERMAN 117: Sound, Story, Studio: German Radio Play (Lisa Parkes)
- TDM 136TC: Bodies/Spaces/Things: Theater Creation Lab (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 150VT: Visual Thinking and Creation for Theatermakers (Jeff Adelberg)
- TDM 155AI: Media Production in the Age of AI (Marlon Kuzmik)
- TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint: Operational Strategy & Production Leadership in Theater (Timothey Sullivan)
- TDM 196SS: The Singer-Songwriter: Intimacy, Parasociality, and the Confessional (Katelyn Hearfield)
Spring 2027
- AFVS 158AR: Sensory Ethnography 1 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 158BR: Sensory Ethnography 2 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- GENED 1072: Video Commune (Karthik Pandian)
- TDM 135B: Puppet Theater: Designing and Directing Visual Storytelling (Kate Brehm)
- TDM 154: Designing with Light (Jeff Adelberg)
Fall 2026
- AFVS 158BCR: Sensory Ethnography 3 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 63: Introduction to Time-Based Media (Karthik Pandian)
- GENED 1050: Act Natural (David Levine)
- GERMAN 117: Sound, Story, Studio: German Radio Play (Lisa Parkes)
- TDM 143: Gaga Movement (Ana Harmon)
- TDM 169S: Singer + Song = Story (Stew)
Spring 2027
- AFVS 158AR: Sensory Ethnography 1 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- AFVS 158BR: Sensory Ethnography 2 (Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
- GENED 1072: Video Commune (Karthik Pandian)
- TDM 181M: Intersections: Theater, Democracy and Civic Practice (Dayron Miles)
- TDM 194S: Shows and No Shows (Stew)
Fall 2026
- ENGLISH 121S: Shakespeare from Beginning to End (Stephen Greenblatt)
- ENGLISH 90CL: Comic Literature through the Ages (Daniel Donoghue)
- ENGLISH 90IK: Ibsen and Chekhov (Derek Miller)
- SLAVIC 132: Russia’s Golden Age: Literature, Arts, and Culture (Julie Buckler)
Spring 2027
- COMPLIT 112: Songmaking and the Idea of Lyric (Gregory Nagy)
- MUSIC 20: Opera (Carolyn Abbate)
- TDM 115: Acting Shakespeare (Remo Airaldi)
- TDM 138H: Hamlet, Act 1 (David Levine)