Overview
This culminating course integrates analytical, dramaturgical, directing, performance, and collaborative skills developed throughout the queer drama curriculum. Students conceive and complete a substantial capstone project, which may include an original play, devised performance, directing project, performance installation, critical-creative portfolio, or another approved practice-based investigation.
Students develop a research-informed proposal defining artistic goals, methods, collaborators, audience, ethical considerations, accessibility provisions, timeline, and evaluation criteria. Through structured milestones, they undertake research, dramaturgical development, rehearsal or production, feedback, revision, technical preparation, public presentation, and post-performance assessment.
Seminar and studio work address project management, permissions and citation, community accountability, consent and care, sustainable production, access riders, documentation, publicity, professional communication, and the relationship between artistic practice and social context. Assessment emphasizes sustained inquiry, ethical and accessible practice, collaborative leadership, professional presentation, and critical evaluation of artistic impact and limitations.
Learning Outcomes
- Conceive and justify a sustained queer performance project through a research-informed proposal.
- Integrate critical research, dramaturgical analysis, and artistic form in the development of an original or adapted work.
- Manage an individual or collaborative creative process using realistic schedules, documentation, communication, and resource plans.
- Apply ethical, consent-based, accessible, and community-accountable practices to rehearsal, production, presentation, and documentation.
- Evaluate peer, supervisor, audience, and contextual feedback and implement appropriate revisions to the project.
- Present a completed performance, installation, portfolio, or critical-creative artifact using professional standards of preparation and communication.
- Critically assess the project's artistic, social, methodological, and practical impact, including its limitations and opportunities for further development.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Studio | 3 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Practicum | 2 hours | Weekly | Second term |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Project proposal and approval documentation | 10.00% |
| Deliverable | Process portfolio and milestone documentation | 20.00% |
| Test | Peer review and progress presentation | 10.00% |
| Capstone | Public capstone performance or presentation | 40.00% |
| Assignment | Reflective essay or oral defense | 15.00% |
| Attendance | Professional participation and collaborative practice | 5.00% |
Prerequisites
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.