Training
•Combines dramatic literature, theatre history, performance theory, and studio work across 10 required courses
•Core acting requirement (TAPS 0230 Acting or TAPS 0220 Persuasive Communication) is paired with TAPS 0250 Introduction to Technical Theatre and Production, combining performance training with production fundamentals
•Three-course theatre history sequence spans global performance from paleolithic era through contemporary work
•Four electives allow specialization in acting, directing, playwriting, or design/technical theatre
•Senior capstone project serves as culminating creative or scholarly work
Performance & Productions
•Sock & Buskin, founded in 1901, is one of the oldest continuously running college theatre companies in the U.S.
•Productions staged in the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts, including Stuart Theatre, Leeds Theatre, and Lyman Hall
•Students can participate in department productions regardless of whether they declare the TAPS concentration
•Rites and Reason Theatre, founded in 1970, focuses on Black theatre and performance
Notable Alumni
•Laura Linney '86 — four-time Emmy winner; three-time Oscar nominee; Broadway credits include The Little Foxes, The Crucible, and Time Stands Still •James Naughton '67 — two-time Tony winner for Best Actor in a Musical (City of Angels, Chicago) •Alfred Uhry '58 — only playwright to win the "Triple Crown" (Oscar, Tony, Pulitzer) for Driving Miss Daisy 