Theatre majors pursue a rigorous course of study designed to develop creative, analytical, interpretive, and interpersonal skills that are applicable to a wide range of professional pursuits. We emphasize the expansive and provocative ways that the study of theatre illuminates and integrates knowledge from a variety of disciplines.

Requirements for the Theatre Major (8-11 courses, 32-44 credits)

Core Requirements (8 courses, 31-32 credits)

All students must take:

• THETR 229 Acting I

Select two:

• THETR 225  Introduction to Theatre Arts I
• THETR 226  Introduction to Theatre Arts II
• THETR 227  Introduction to Theatre Arts III
• THETR 405  Play Analysis
• THETR 455  The American Resident Theatre
• THETR 489  Performance Studies

Select one:

• THETR 237  Introduction to Stage Management
• THETR 250  Introduction to Stagecraft
• THETR 251  Introduction to Design
• THETR 337  Stage Management II

Select any one approved dramatic literature, history, theory, or criticism course listed here:

• ENG 113, 114, 213, 315, 319, 324, 325, 326, 333, 368, 374, 399, 405,              
• THETR 225, 226, 227, 307, 310, 404, 405, 450, 455, 460, 489, 507, 510

Select any one art history, studio art*, music history, studio music, or musical theatre course listed here:

• ARH 101, 102, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 316, 321
• MUH 101, 102, 110, 210, 211, 221, 223, 227, 233, 335
• ADF S101, S143, S151
• ADFA S201, S212, S251, S252
• ADG S100, S201, S208, S219, 224
• THETR 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 310, 460

Select any one approved theatre course of 300 or higher and any one approved theatre course of 400 or higher.

Practicum Requirement

All theatre majors are required to have two theatre department performance and two theatre department production experiences.

THETR 220A or 120A track performance experience for actors, directors, playwrights, dramaturges and stage managers. THETR 220B or 120B track production experiences for designers, run crew, load-in crew, board-operators, and stage managers.

Both THETR 120A and 120B are non-credit courses. Students may elect to take THETR 220A and 220B for variable credit.

Transfer students with more than 30 credits may complete this requirement with only one performance experience and one production experience.

*Unlike most courses in CAS, all NESAD studio art courses will remain at three credits in compliance with accreditation mandates.