Putting students center stage
As one of the most interdisciplinary art forms, theatre gives students opportunities to cover a wide range of topics during class.
Students explore the various roles of theatre artists including:
Real-life skills
Students use improvisation and work cooperatively in small groups. Study includes the evaluation of creative work and the examination of the relationship between audience and artist.
Students develop:
Theatre coursework
Explore
Basic theatre vocabulary and understanding of theatre as an art form while exploring various roles of theatre artists.
One semester
Foundations
Fundamental skills in voice, articulation, physical movement, expression and understanding dramatic structure.
Full year
Two-year experience
Elements
Focuses on character development through physical technique and language and text.
Full year
One- or two-year experience
Performance Ensemble
Advanced class focused on refining and mastering performance skills.
Full year
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”
Theatre faculty and staff
Examine the relationship between audience and artist.
Theatre is an interdisciplinary art form.