Program Recognition
•NAST accredited — one of only 150 programs in the U.S.
•Designated Center of Excellence in the Arts by the University of Louisiana System
Training
•Applied Theatre assignments place students on NSU productions and collaborative events
•Production + Design electives include scenic painting, lighting, sound design, costume construction, stage management, rigging, props crafts, drafting, and technical production
•THEA 4540 Portfolio and Career Management is built into the academic map
Professional Development
•Students attend a postmortem for every production and present developing portfolios to Production + Design faculty and peers
•Spring portfolio reviews progress from an introductory résumé and portfolio draft to job-focused cover letters and a senior capstone presentation
•The academic map encourages summer theatre employment and offers Summer Theatre Workshop for credit
Facilities
•Scene, costume, lighting, sound, and paint shops support production work
•The design lab includes digitizer tablets, Adobe tools, Vectorworks, AutoCAD, and a large-format color plotter
