Training
•~10 performance events annually including plays, dance concerts, devised work, and showcases
•Three on-campus theaters for mainstage and intimate productions
•Faculty are active professionals in their fields
•Balanced curriculum spanning artistic training, technical skills, and theater literature/history/theory
•Senior thesis requirement — substantial artistic project in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, stage management, playwriting, or technical theater
•Open to all students — both majors and non-majors participate in productions
Degree Flexibility
•Acting (Devising Performance, Voice and Speech, Advanced Acting)
•Design, Management, and Technical Theater (Scene, Lighting, Costume Design, Stage Management)
•Directing (Introduction to Directing through Advanced Directing)
•Theater Studies and Dramaturgy
•Playwriting (Introduction through Advanced Playwriting)
•Study abroad credit may be applied with department permission
•Cross-listed courses with Dance, Music, and other departments
•Prepares students for graduate work in humanities, professional training, or direct career entry
