Theatre

The B.A. degree program in Theatre offers a broad perspective of the academic and professional field, permitting great elective choice, and preparing students for a variety of career options. Following completion of the required sequence of courses, which expose the student to all facets of the theatre field, the student may take upper level elective courses in any one of these facets to gain a mastery of that subject. The student should be advised that further graduate and/or professional study is strongly recommended upon completion of the bachelor’s degree before a student may be considered prepared to enter the professional theatre world.

In addition to completing the required curriculum for this degree program, students are encouraged to attend and participate in the numerous faculty and student-directed productions the program offers. These opportunities annually include four main-stage productions, New Play Collaboration projects, and the One-Act Play Festival.

All Theatre majors, and other interested students from the College-at-large, take courses in theatre production at Aaron Davis Hall, which contains two main-stage theatres, and a studio theatre, and at the Compton-Goethals studio theatres. All these spaces boast state-of-the-art scenic, lighting, and sound equipment.

Most courses are open to non-majors without prerequisites, including THTR 12700, THTR 13100, THTR 13200, THTR 13400, THTR 13600, THTR 23800, THTR 23900, THTR 24000, THTR 33000, and THTR 33100; non-majors may register for any other course in the program provided they follow the prerequisite sequence. All students are welcome to participate in the many open-call auditions for productions held each year.