This course will depart from traditional fundamentals of stage directing by familiarizing students with avant-garde and culturally diverse models for performance. Students will undertake a series of projects that will investigate these models through experiment with scripted and non-scripted materials. The course will be conducted primarily as a practicum in experimental directing, and its particular content will depend to some extent on student selections of performance projects. Prerequisite: TFMS 340 or consent of the instructor.