Training
•Bullet: BA Theatre Arts provides a solid base in acting, directing, technical theatre and design, performance, history, literature, and theory across an 85-credit curriculum
•Bullet: Elective credits allow a general course of study or added depth in acting (Acting I through Acting Shakespeare, plus Directing I/II) or technical theatre (scenecraft, lighting and sound, costuming, and design aesthetics)
•Bullet: Coursework builds hands-on production skills from script analysis through public performance
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: One Mainstage production each term in the 619-seat Rice Auditorium, plus staged readings, student-directed plays, and studio shows
•Bullet: WOU Summer Theatre fully mounts a play each summer alongside faculty, community members, and guest professionals
•Bullet: Students find opportunities both on stage and on technical/design crews — lighting, sound, scenic construction, properties, and costume construction
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Alec Manley Wilson — BFA Acting grad; Modern Family, Broad City, Great News; MFA from Harvard's A.R.T./Moscow Art Theater Institute •Bullet: Josiah Bania — actor and playwright (Yale School of Drama MFA); work seen at Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, and American Repertory Theater
Facilities
•Bullet: Rice Auditorium, the department's mainstage venue, seats 619 in the main house and 52 in the studio theatre
