THET222 | PlanetTerp

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Jennifer Newsham THET222 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/22/2025	I don't know how to describe her. She's such a character. She clearly cares a lot about the class, the content, and the classroom environment as well. The 10am push-ups were rough, and some of the writings/readings (especially the turnaround time on the Audition book) were rough as well. She tries to create a community within the classroom, and I would argue it worked very well. Actor Lit exams are rough. Coordinate with your classmates as much as possible for those. Quizlet is your best friend. 222 is a harder class than you expect. As far as I know, that's true for every professor. Jen gives lots of assignments with mildly unclear grading, but also lots of opportunities for extra credit. I ended above 100% easily. The worst part of class was easily being forced to see Deepe Darknesse. I don't know if I'd take a class with Jen again, but that's not because of her as a professor, just more that I don't know if I love her vibes.
Scot Reese THET222 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	I had so much fun in Professor Reese's class! I appreciated how he met each student where they were as far as confidence, experience, etc., and gave appropriate feedback on their performances that was specific to them. This helped each person tremendously grow throughout the semester regardless of whether they had never acted before or had been in 20 plays/musicals before this course. Each performance assignment (i.e. Basic Object Exercise, Scene) is typically performed twice and you are expected to take the feedback you were given by Professor Reese and your peers to change your performance in some way. If he sees that your class is hardworking and dedicated, he is more lenient on certain things (i.e. my class final got changed from a final scene/monologue of choice with ~8 hours of outside rehearsal time to learning the Thriller dance from a dance department faculty member in class). If you send your paper assignments to him in advance, he will provide feedback. If I could take this class again, I would! **Attendance: Mandatory + Strict Policy for Absences One tip: Get to know your classmates. The class size is small and he emphasizes that by the end of the class, you all will be naturally working together as an ensemble. Creating those relationships early on with your peers helps this process.
Jennifer Newsham THET222 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/03/2022	Love love love her! Super kind, definitely cares about her students. Works to help you succeed in the TDPS department as a whole, rather than just for the class.

Jennifer Newsham
THET222

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/22/2025

I don't know how to describe her. She's such a character. She clearly cares a lot about the class, the content, and the classroom environment as well. The 10am push-ups were rough, and some of the writings/readings (especially the turnaround time on the Audition book) were rough as well. She tries to create a community within the classroom, and I would argue it worked very well. Actor Lit exams are rough. Coordinate with your classmates as much as possible for those. Quizlet is your best friend. 222 is a harder class than you expect. As far as I know, that's true for every professor. Jen gives lots of assignments with mildly unclear grading, but also lots of opportunities for extra credit. I ended above 100% easily. The worst part of class was easily being forced to see Deepe Darknesse. I don't know if I'd take a class with Jen again, but that's not because of her as a professor, just more that I don't know if I love her vibes.

Scot Reese
THET222

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/23/2023

I had so much fun in Professor Reese's class! I appreciated how he met each student where they were as far as confidence, experience, etc., and gave appropriate feedback on their performances that was specific to them. This helped each person tremendously grow throughout the semester regardless of whether they had never acted before or had been in 20 plays/musicals before this course. Each performance assignment (i.e. Basic Object Exercise, Scene) is typically performed twice and you are expected to take the feedback you were given by Professor Reese and your peers to change your performance in some way. If he sees that your class is hardworking and dedicated, he is more lenient on certain things (i.e. my class final got changed from a final scene/monologue of choice with ~8 hours of outside rehearsal time to learning the Thriller dance from a dance department faculty member in class). If you send your paper assignments to him in advance, he will provide feedback. If I could take this class again, I would! **Attendance: Mandatory + Strict Policy for Absences One tip: Get to know your classmates. The class size is small and he emphasizes that by the end of the class, you all will be naturally working together as an ensemble. Creating those relationships early on with your peers helps this process.

Jennifer Newsham
THET222

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/03/2022

Love love love her! Super kind, definitely cares about her students. Works to help you succeed in the TDPS department as a whole, rather than just for the class.

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