Program Overview
•Bullet: BA degree with 35-36 credits in the major area
•Bullet: Designed for students who have a second major or multiple minors
•Bullet: Solid grounding in theatre history, literature, performance, and design/production practices
•Bullet: No audition required for admission to the theatre major
•Bullet: Part of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Texas's oldest university (founded 1840)
Curriculum
•Bullet: Theatre Core: Design Fundamentals, Fundamentals of Acting, Theatre Laboratory (6 semesters), Theatre History, Theatre Capstone
•Bullet: Movement and Voice course required
•Bullet: Choice of Devising or Playwriting
•Bullet: Choice of Costume Design, Scenic Design, or Lighting Design
•Bullet: One additional upper-level Theatre course
•Bullet: 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio with close faculty mentoring
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Multiple mainstage productions each season across three performance venues
•Bullet: Student directors given opportunities to direct fully produced productions in the black box
•Bullet: Opera Theatre open to all students by audition
