Training
•Comprehensive education in theatre history, theory, and practice
•Coursework and production experience both onstage and backstage
•Classes in acting, directing, performance studies, design, dramaturgy, and playwriting
•Additional coursework in gender and theatre, race and performance, translation and adaptation
•Yearlong senior thesis — may include a production component (directing, design, devising, playwriting)
•Regular visits from nationally recognized artists and scholars
•Recent guests include Tim Miller, Anne Bogart, Meredith Monk, Bread and Puppet Theater, and Larissa FastHorse
•Collaboration with Portland theatre community including PICA, Portland Playhouse, and Artists Repertory Theatre
Performance & Productions
•Full season of student, faculty, and guest artist productions each year
•Two performance spaces: 180-seat Diver Studio Theatre and 99-seat Black Box
•Productions open to both majors and non-majors in all roles
•Recent productions include works by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Julia Cho, and Jen Silverman
Facilities
•Performing Arts Building (opened 2013) — shared with Music and Dance departments
•Earth Advantage certified with eco-roof, solar panels, and on-site stormwater management
•Scene shop, costume shop, design studio, performance laboratory, and multimedia lab
Study Abroad
•British American Drama Academy (BADA) in London
•National Theatre Institute at the Moscow Art Theatre School
