Training
•Bullet: Curriculum covers acting, directing, playwriting, design and theater history
•Bullet: Almost all department courses pair reading and critical writing with performance problems and exercises
•Bullet: Drama majors complete two practica: at least one DDF 300 Technical Practicum, with the second in DDF 300 or DDF 301 Performance Practicum
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Bolton Theater and Hill Theater are home base for drama students
•Bullet: Multiple mainstage shows, senior theses and student groups provide production opportunities
•Bullet: The department cites stars of stage and screen and Academy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning actors and playwrights among its alumni
Professional Development
•Bullet: Senior majors develop a major creative or scholarly project with faculty guidance
•Bullet: The capstone includes an oral discussion of the project and a six-hour written examination
•Bullet: Distinction is based on performance across the project, oral discussion and written examination
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Department courses are open to all Kenyon students, with majors receiving some preference for upper-level courses
•Bullet: Dance and film courses may count among the major's department electives
•Bullet: Up to two approved off-campus-study courses may count toward the major
•Bullet: Kenyon L.A. is a selective two-week program for rising juniors and seniors combining screenwriting with entertainment-industry career exploration
