WHO WE ARE
The Department of Theatre consists of artists and scholars who provide academic training, engaged learning, and creative exploration for students who wish to pursue careers in theatre, related fields, or advanced graduate education. We are committed to the highest standards of excellence, embracing equity and diversity, and promoting personal wellness and responsibility.
We offer BFAs in Actor Training, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts Design, Stage Management, Theatre Teaching, and a BA in Theatre Studies. Our programs enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the discipline of theatre—its processes, its products, and its unique ability to capture with depth and passion the truths of human experience. Each of our areas of study combines a rigorous, exciting theatre core with specialized courses that provide the freedom and flexibility for each student to meet their personal goals.
MISSION, VISION, & VALUES
The Department of Theatre engages in a continuous process of reviewing, revising, and developing policies and practices that support and advance our vision, including establishing consent-based practices in the classroom and rehearsal hall, developing transparent and equitable work-load policies for faculty, and adopting inclusive season selection and casting practices.
Our mission is
- To educate a diverse student body in current competencies, content-area knowledge, and self-advocacy skills, to produce graduates who are prepared to join the broader community of theatre practitioners and scholars or other fields of endeavor
- To conduct creative and scholarly research that is both rigorous and innovative
- To engage and serve our community in and through theatre activities and live performance
Our vision is
to build a community that supports play and creative risk-taking and that honors different cultures, experiences, and perspectives through theatrical storytelling
We believe in
- The power of theatre and live performance to create and serve communities, and that all people have stories that are worth sharing
- A developmental approach to teaching and learning theatre
- The life-affirming, joyful experience of sharing space to make meaning through dramatic storytelling
WHO ARE YOU?
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