Program Recognition
•Bullet: Highly selective department — founding member of National Unified Auditions
Training
•Bullet: Core curriculum in production techniques, costume construction, makeup, color and design, graphic communications
•Bullet: Scenic, costume, and lighting design courses
•Bullet: Specialized courses in architecture and costume history, rendering, metalworking, rigging, carpentry, CAD
•Bullet: Director/designer collaboration coursework
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Hands-on production experience in all areas
•Bullet: Three venues: 482-seat Shanklin Theatre, May Studio Theatre, and John David Lutz Theatre Lab
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Jacob Climer '02 — MFA Carnegie Mellon; costume designer for Broadway, regional theatre, and opera •Bullet: Adela Kuehn '04 — Senior Technical Director at Walt Disney Imagineering (Shanghai Disneyland)
•Bullet: Robert Tintoc '06 — MFA UC San Diego; Production Designer at Universal Studios Hollywood
•Bullet: Brandon Bagwell '12 — MFA Boston University; freelance designer in NYC; Hemsley Lighting Mentorship winner •Bullet: Joshua Marsh '08 — assistant costume designer for HBO's Girls and Netflix's Orange Is the New Black •Bullet: John Creech '87 — owner of JCDP, scenic fabrication shop in Brooklyn
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: BFA track: 120 total hours with 63 major-requirement hours built around a 15-hour Design and Technology Core
•Bullet: All completed theatre courses must include 27 hours in design/technical production and/or costume construction, a heavier technical-hours load than the BS track
•Bullet: Rounded out by Theatre Electives and 16 hours of Free Electives; no associated-study requirement outside theatre (per the official degree checklist)
