Theatre Major

Requirements for the Major

Theatre majors may choose one of the following emphases: a General Theatre, Performance, Design, or Dramaturgy/Playwriting (history, criticism, theory and dramatic literature).

1. Core courses: a) Thea 1, Introduction to Acting OR THEA 004 PO , Theatre for Social Change; or Thea 5, Introduction to Chicano Theatre and Performance. b) THEA 002 PO , Visual Arts for the Theatre; c) One course in Mime, Modern Dance and/or Ballet. THEA 013 PO - Corporeal Mime  (half course) or THEA 014 PO - Corporeal Mime and Pedagogy , or DANCE10A or B (or equivalent) and /or DANCE 12A or B (or equivalent.). (This requirement may be met by one full-credit course, or a combination of two half-courses, which can be in a single subject, or spread out among two of the three above); d) THEA 020A PO - Theatre Crafts: Costumes, Scenery and Properties  or THEA 020B PO - Theatre Crafts: Lighting and Sound ; e) Two of THEA 110 PO , THEA 111 PO  and THEA 112 PO  and THEA 113 PO  and one of the 115 series (Theatre History and Dramatic Literature, THEA 115D PO , THEA 115J PO , THEA 115M PO , THEA 115N PO , THEA 115O PO ); f) THEA 189H PO - Dramatic Theory and Criticusm  [1/2 course]; g) THEA 190H PO - Senior Seminar  [1/2 course]; h) THEA 191H PO  [1/2 course]; and i) All majors must complete four production crew assignments by graduation. (THEA 052C PO  or THEA 052H PO )
2. Additional required courses:
   General Emphasis: Completion of all core courses listed above. THEA 191H PO  must be taken as full credit.
   
   • Performance Emphasis: THEA 012 PO - Intermediate Acting ; THEA 017 PO - Make-up  [1/2 course]; Three credits in advanced acting: either three of the Thea 100 series (THEA 100A PO , THEA 100B PO , THEA 100E PO , THEA 100F PO , THEA 100G PO ), or two of the Thea 100 series and performing a lead role in one of the Department’s major productions (THEA 199). (This second option requires approval of the faculty as whole) and THEA 192H PO - Senior Project in Performance . [1/2course]: one half-course or the equivalent Alexander Technique (53C); one half-course or the equivalent THEA 054C PO - Voice for the Actor . Design Emphasis: THEA 017 PO - Make-up  [1/2 course]; THEA 020A PO - Theatre Crafts: Costumes, Scenery and Properties  and THEA 020B PO - Theatre Crafts: Lighting and Sound , (whichever course not taken as part of core requirements above); THEA 080 PO - Scene Design for Stage and Screen ; THEA 081 PO - Costume Design Stage & Screen ; THEA 082 PO - Lighting Design Stage and Screen ; One crew assignment required as part of the core above must be as an assistant designer to a member of the permanent faculty in the area or areas of the student’s planned senior project. This assignment is a prerequisite for the Senior Project in Design and THEA 193H PO - Senior Project in Design  [1/2 course]
   • Dramaturgy/Playwriting Emphasis: Any two of the THEA 110 PO , THEA 111 PO , THEA 112 PO  and THEA 113 PO  sequence and/or the Thea 113 series not already taken as part of the core requirement. All Dramaturgy students must take THEA 115D PO - Theatre and Dance of Asia .
   • Pre-approved courses in other departments may be used in fulfilling these requirements. THEA 140, Writing for the Performance; THEA 141 PO - Dramaturgy . A half credit as either an assistant director or a stage manager for a faculty directed production, (THEA 052H PO  or 19) and THEA 194H PO - Senior Project in Dramaturgy , [1⁄2 course.]

Students majoring in theatre are expected to participate actively in the department production program, which normally includes four major productions, a dance concert and a number of student-directed productions. Theatre majors are also expected to attend workshops, lectures and other events sponsored by the department as part of their educational enrichment.

Declared Theatre majors and minors must take all required courses within the major for letter grade. Academic credit is available for students involved in performance and/or production activities under faculty supervision. (See THEA 051C PO - Theatre Performance  and THEA 051H PO - Theatre Performance and Pedagogy , and/or THEA 052C PO - Theatre Production Practicum  and THEA 052H PO - Theatre Production .)