College Catalog: 2015-2016
School of Contemporary Arts (CA): Theater (B.A.)
Website: School of Contemporary Arts
Concentrations: Acting, Design/Technical,
Directing/Stage Management, Theater Studies.
Theater Program Productions / Performances
The Theater Major offers a comprehensive study of Theater in four areas of concentration: Acting, Directing/Stage Management, Design/Technical, and Theater Studies. Courses are offered in acting (stage, film/TV), directing, stagecraft, set design, lighting design, costume design, stage management, dramatic literature, theater history, and dance. Through a high level of active participation, students gain a broad perspective in all areas of theater while developing individual talents and skills in their chosen concentration. The Theater program produces four major productions each year directed by faculty and professional guest directors. The main season is supplemented by a variety of student directed projects and guest artist workshops.
Classes and productions take place in the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. This facility offers a 338 seat proscenium theater, a flexible experimental performance space, a dance studio/rehearsal hall, and fully equipped costume and scenery shops.
Teacher certification with a Theater major certifies students to teach grades K through 12. The program requires a combined course of study in Teacher Certification and completion of the Theater major. Students should refer to the Teacher Certification Program description in this Catalog, which outlines the requirements, and should seek faculty advisement.
Graduates of the Theater Program have gone on to graduate school while others have established careers in the professional theater as actors, directors, stage managers, and designers. In order to declare a concentration, you must meet with an advisor in the Theater Program. The required auditions / interviews for majors are held twice yearly.
Students completing this program receive a B.A. degree. A minor is available.
Outcome 1: Demonstrate broad understanding of theater history, literature, and theory in diverse settings.
Outcome 2: Critically evaluate performances and their elements in written form.
Outcome 3: Develop artistic and/or practical skills in their particular discipline.
Outcome 4: Apply creative thinking in analyzing visual, aural, and performance material.
Outcome 5: Synthesize practical and creative skills employing professional standards in theatrical production.
- Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a (W) below. Waivers only apply to General Education Requirements NOT School Core or Major Requirements.
- Transfer students with 65 or more credits are required to complete only one running crew. All students are required to take Theater Practicum.
- Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. Check with your advisor to see if any apply.
- Writing Intensive Requirement (six courses): three writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: First Year Seminar, Critical Reading and Writing, and Readings in the Humanities; the other three courses are taken in the major.
- Not all courses are offered each semester. Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.
THEATER MAJOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- SELECT ONE – (W) BADM 115 - PERSPECTIVES OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY OR
- (W) SOSC 101 - SOCIAL ISSUES
- CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II
- AIID 201 - READINGS IN THE HUMANITIES (W)
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-HISTORY CATEGORY: HIST 101-110
- SELECT ONE – GE-MATHEMATICS CATEGORY: MATH 101-121
- SELECT ONE – GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CATEGORY
- SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS REQUIREMENTS
- CNTP 101 - FIRST YEAR TOPICS (W) (satisfies first year seminar requirement)
- CA INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES: SELECT ONE (MUST be in discipline OTHER THAN major)
- AMER 311 - AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL CULTURE
- AMER 322 - AMERICAN ART I: CONTACT TO 1865
- ARHT 305 - AFRICA AND CINEMA (formerly 405)
- ARHT 311 - AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL CULTURE
- ARHT 322 - AMERICAN ART I:CONTACT TO 1865
- ARHT 325 - AMERICAN ART: 1865-1945
- ARHT 337 - PHOTOGRAPHY AND AFRICA
- ARHT 338 - EUROPEAN AVANT- GARDE ART & DESIGN
- ARHT 340 - PERFORMANCE AND ART
- ARHT 341 - IMPRESSIONISM AND AFTER
- ARTS 331 - ART AS THERAPY
- COMM 302 - CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM: FILM (formerly CNTP-312)
- COMM 310 - APOCALYPTIC VISIONS IN ANIME, FILM & MEDIA
- COMM 317 - MEDIA AND PERSUASION
- COMM 334 - BEYOND THE EDITING ROOM: HISTORY AND AESTHETICS OF FILM EDITING
- COMM 341 - TV NOIR AND AMERICAN CULTURE
- COMM 343 - CINEMA OF THE OTHER
- COMM 355 - NEW HOLLYWOOD CINEMA: 1968-1980 AND THE STUDIO SYSTEM
- COMM 359 - DIGITAL CULTURE
- COMM 360 - GOOD & EVIL IN DESIGN FILM & VISUAL MEDIA (formerly CNTP-328)
- COMM 363 - MEDIA & CULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA (formerly CNTP-363)
- COMM 367 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
- COMM 377 - GLOBAL MULTICULTURAL MEDIA ISSUES (formerly CNTP-327)
- MUSI 309 - MUSIC AND GENDER
- MUSI 313 - MUSIC ONLINE
- MUSI 325 - WRITING ABOUT MUSIC
- MUSI 335 - AVANT GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
- MUSI 365 - CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- THEA 341 - FASHION AND POLITICS
- THEATER MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
- THERE ARE FOUR CONCENTRATIONS IN THE THEATER MAJOR:
1. ACTING CONCENTRATION
2. DIRECTING/STAGE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
3. DESIGN/TECHNICAL THEATER CONCENTRATION
4. THEATER STUDIES CONCENTRATION - ACTING CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED COURSES:
- THEA 021 - RUNNING CREW I
- THEA 022 - RUNNING CREW II
- THEA 120 - THEATER PRACTICUM
- THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION
- THEA 221 - BASIC ACTING
- THEA 232 - HISTORY OF THEATER
- THEA 233 - DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN THEATER
- THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- THEA 260 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT
- THEA 303 - INTERMEDIATE ACTING
- THEA 312 - AUDITIONING
- THEA 315 - CLOWNING AND COMEDY
- THEA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING OR
- THEA 427 - SCENE STUDIES
- DESIGN/TECH COURSE: SELECT ONE
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 212 - SCENIC ART
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 227 - STAGECRAFT: LECTURE AND LAB
- THEA 229 - SET DESIGN
- THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN (formerly 335)
- ELECTIVES: SELECT ONE
- LITR 224 - AMERICAN DRAMA
- LITR 244 - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
- LITR 268 - SURVEY OF GREEK DRAMA
- LITR 272 - MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA
- THEA 130 - STAGE MAKEUP
- THEA 135 - BASIC MODERN DANCE
- THEA 140 - TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DANCE
- THEA 145 - TANGO I
- THEA 150 - BALLET I
- THEA 165 - JAZZ DANCE I
- THEA 204 - HISTORY OF COSTUME & FASHION
- THEA 206 - 20th CENTURY FASHION, ART & CULTURE
- THEA 213 - PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
- THEA 245 - BASIC PLAYWRITING
- THEA 265 - CHOREOGRAPHY I
- THEA 267 - MODERN DANCE II
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 329 - STAGE MANAGEMENT
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 332 - ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 343 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT II
- THEA 353 - ACTING FOR FILM AND TV
- THEA 427 - SCENE STUDIES
- CAPSTONE COURSES:
- CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR
- THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS
- THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY
- DIRECTING / STAGE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED:
- THEA 021 - RUNNING CREW I
- THEA 022 - RUNNING CREW II
- THEA 120 - THEATER PRACTICUM
- THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION
- THEA 221 - BASIC ACTING
- THEA 232 - HISTORY OF THEATER
- THEA 233 - DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN THEATER
- THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- THEA 242 - PRODUCING THE PLAY
- THEA 329 - STAGE MANAGEMENT
- THEA 351 - ADVANCED DIRECTING
- SELECT TWO: (only one may be a costume course)
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 229 - SET DESIGN
- THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN (formerly 335)
- ELECTIVES: SELECT TWO
- MUSI 320 - MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP
- THEA 135 - BASIC MODERN DANCE
- THEA 140 - TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DANCE
- THEA 145 - TANGO I
- THEA 150 - BALLET I
- THEA 165 - JAZZ DANCE I
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 204 - HISTORY OF COSTUME & FASHION
- THEA 206 - 20th CENTURY FASHION, ART & CULTURE
- THEA 213 - PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 229 - SET DESIGN
- THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN (formerly 335)
- THEA 245 - BASIC PLAYWRITING
- THEA 260 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT
- THEA 265 - CHOREOGRAPHY I
- THEA 267 - MODERN DANCE II
- THEA 303 - INTERMEDIATE ACTING
- THEA 310 - CRAFT OF COSTUME II
- THEA 315 - CLOWNING AND COMEDY
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 325 - ADVANCED LIGHTING DESIGN
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 332 - ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 338 - ADVANCED COSTUME DESIGN
- THEA 341 - FASHION AND POLITICS
- THEA 342 - PRODUCING THE PLAY II
- CAPSTONE COURSES:
- CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR
- THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS
- THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY
- DESIGN / TECHNICAL THEATER CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED:
- THEA 021 - RUNNING CREW I
- THEA 022 - RUNNING CREW II
- THEA 120 - THEATER PRACTICUM
- THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION
- THEA 221 - BASIC ACTING
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 227 - STAGECRAFT: LECTURE AND LAB
- THEA 229 - SET DESIGN
- THEA 232 - HISTORY OF THEATER
- THEA 233 - DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN THEATER
- THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN (formerly 335)
- THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- THEA 242 - PRODUCING THE PLAY
- THEA 329 - STAGE MANAGEMENT
- DRAMATIC LITERATURE: SELECT ONE
- LITR 224 - AMERICAN DRAMA
- LITR 244 - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
- LITR 268 - SURVEY OF GREEK DRAMA
- LITR 272 - MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- SUGGESTED ELECTIVES:
- THEA 130 - STAGE MAKEUP
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 204 - HISTORY OF COSTUME & FASHION
- THEA 206 - 20th CENTURY FASHION, ART & CULTURE
- THEA 212 - SCENIC ART
- THEA 242 - PRODUCING THE PLAY
- THEA 310 - CRAFT OF COSTUME II
- THEA 325 - ADVANCED LIGHTING DESIGN
- THEA 330 - DRAFTING FOR THEATER AND TELEVISION
- THEA 338 - ADVANCED COSTUME DESIGN
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 341 - FASHION AND POLITICS
- THEA 342 - PRODUCING THE PLAY II
- THEA 390 - TOPICS:
- CAPSTONE COURSES:
- CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR
- THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS
- THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY
- THEATER STUDIES CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED:
- ARHT 225 - HISTORIES AND CONCEPTS OF 20TH CENTURY ART OR
- ARHT 240 - ART, ARTISTS, AND SOCIETY
- COMM 216 - MEDIA AND CINEMA STUDIES OR
- COMM 229 - WORLD CINEMA MOVEMENTS
- THEA 021 - RUNNING CREW I
- THEA 022 - RUNNING CREW II
- THEA 120 - THEATER PRACTICUM
- THEA 217 - VISUAL IMAGINATION
- THEA 221 - BASIC ACTING
- THEA 232 - HISTORY OF THEATER
- THEA 233 - DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN THEATER
- THEA 239 - BASIC DIRECTING
- THEA 245 - BASIC PLAYWRITING
- THEA 351 - ADVANCED DIRECTING
- DRAMATIC LITERATURE: SELECT ONE
- CNTP 466 - ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER
- LITR 224 - AMERICAN DRAMA
- LITR 244 - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
- LITR 268 - SURVEY OF GREEK DRAMA
- LITR 272 - MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- DESIGN/TECH ELECTIVES: SELECT TWO
- THEA 130 - STAGE MAKEUP
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 204 - HISTORY OF COSTUME & FASHION
- THEA 206 - 20th CENTURY FASHION, ART & CULTURE
- THEA 212 - SCENIC ART
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 227 - STAGECRAFT: LECTURE AND LAB
- THEA 310 - CRAFT OF COSTUME II
- THEA 325 - ADVANCED LIGHTING DESIGN
- THEA 329 - STAGE MANAGEMENT
- THEA 330 - DRAFTING FOR THEATER AND TELEVISION
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 341 - FASHION AND POLITICS
- THEA 390 - TOPICS:
- CAPSTONE COURSES:
- CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS OR
- THEA 435 - ADVANCED THEATER PROJECTS
- THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY
Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.
- At least 1/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student’s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.
THEATER MINOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- Students must complete FIVE total courses and participate in at least one production to complete the Minor in Theater
- REQUIRED:
- THEA 221 - BASIC ACTING
- THEATER DESIGN OR TECHNICAL THEATER: SELECT ONE
- THEA 203 - THE CRAFT OF COSTUME I
- THEA 212 - SCENIC ART
- THEA 226 - BASIC LIGHTING FOR STAGE AND TV
- THEA 227 - STAGECRAFT: LECTURE AND LAB
- THEA 229 - SET DESIGN
- THEA 235 - COSTUME DESIGN (formerly 335)
- THEATER HISTORY AND/OR DRAMATIC LITERATURE: SELECT TWO
- THEA 232 - HISTORY OF THEATER
- THEA 233 - DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN THEATER
- THEA 245 - BASIC PLAYWRITING
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- PRODUCTION REQUIREMENT: Student must perform, direct, or serve on crew of one mainstage theater production.
- THEATER COURSE 300/400 LEVEL: SELECT ONE (no double counting)
- CNTP 466 - ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER
- THEA 303 - INTERMEDIATE ACTING
- THEA 310 - CRAFT OF COSTUME II
- THEA 312 - AUDITIONING
- THEA 315 - CLOWNING AND COMEDY
- THEA 321 - BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATER (formerly CNTP 320)
- THEA 322 - AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
- THEA 323 - AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
- THEA 325 - ADVANCED LIGHTING DESIGN
- THEA 326 - ADVANCED ACTING
- THEA 328 - CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
- THEA 329 - STAGE MANAGEMENT
- THEA 330 - DRAFTING FOR THEATER AND TELEVISION
- THEA 331 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1950-1960
- THEA 332 - ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE
- THEA 334 - THEATER & SOCIETY 1960-1975
- THEA 337 - COSTUME & FASHION IN BRITAIN
- THEA 338 - ADVANCED COSTUME DESIGN
- THEA 341 - FASHION AND POLITICS
- THEA 343 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT II
- THEA 351 - ADVANCED DIRECTING
- THEA 353 - ACTING FOR FILM AND TV
- THEA 427 - SCENE STUDIES
- THEA 460 - CONTEMPORARY THEATER & THEORY
General Education Requirements
Four Year Plan
Graduation Requirements
The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts
Faculty Profiles
Theater Program Productions 2004 – Present