THEATER 15

Introduction to Directing

Theater · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Investigation of role of director in theatrical production and theories of play direction, with emphasis on analysis and interpretation of dramatic work and its realization in production.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

Nothing — this is an entry point.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

THEATER 15

THEATER 160Fundamentals of Play Direction
- THEATER 163ADirecting for Stageanother path to it
THEATER 163ADirecting for Stage
- THEATER C163DDirecting Project for Stage
- THEATER C263DDirecting Project for Stage
THEATER 163BDirecting for Stage
- THEATER C163DDirecting Project for Stageanother path to it
- THEATER C263DDirecting Project for Stageanother path to it
THEATER 163CDirecting for Stage
- THEATER C163DDirecting Project for Stageanother path to it
- THEATER C263DDirecting Project for Stageanother path to it

4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.