THEATER 15Introduction to Directing
Theater · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
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.
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 Stage
- THEATER C163DDirecting Project for Stage
- THEATER C263DDirecting Project for Stage
- THEATER 163BDirecting for Stage
- THEATER 163CDirecting for Stage
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.