Required Core Courses for Specific Concentrations:
Students majoring in theatre arts must complete a concentration in one of the following areas: performance, design/technical, dramaturgy, theatre in education, or theatre studies.
Additional Requirements:
In addition to the required foundation and core courses, a major in theatre arts requires:
Reading of 100 plays over a four-year period, beginning with ancient Greek classics through contemporary theatre; most plays will be covered in theatre courses;
Completion of an interdisciplinary minor, such as art, business administration, rhetoric and communication, fashion design, English, or music.
All majors and minors with a concentration in performance, theatre in education, or theatre studies are required to participate in the following:
- Annual audition: students will present two audition pieces, specific requirements to be determined annually;
- Audition workshop: majors will participate in a total of two workshops, minors in one; or students may elect to take THEA 398 to fulfill the workshop requirement;
- Arts management workshop: majors and minors will participate in one workshop over a four-year period.
- Some of the above requirements, determined by the faculty, may be waived for transfer students.
Additional Information
Theatre arts majors and minors should seriously consider the Dominican-in-London fall semester in their junior or senior year. An eight-credit tutorial in any aspect of British theatre provides the opportunity to study in one of the great theatre capitals of Europe. Options include working with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC personnel, as well as other British theatre/media professionals. The semester practicum requirement is waived for London participants.
