Associate Professor Steve Ray, Chair
Theatre Division Mission Statement:
The Theatre Division of the Department of Performing Arts combines performance and production activities within a liberal arts environment to develop collaborative artists, while serving the community. By providing a strong foundation in the traditions and disciplines of theatre, the academic program encourages the artists to take risks, make compelling choices, and think independently. Our goal is to produce graduates who bring an informed awareness of the world to their lives and art, while preparing them for a variety of career paths.
Theatre Division Goals:
(As outlined by National Association of Schools of Theatre.)
- The ability to think conceptually and critically about text, performance and production.
- An understanding of playwriting and production processes, aesthetic properties of style, and the way these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces.
- An acquaintance with a wide selection of theatre repertory including the principal eras, genres, and cultural sources.
- The ability to develop and defend informed judgments about theatre.
The Theatre Division offers a curriculum that leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Theatre. Concentrations are offered in the following areas: Acting, Design and Technology, Directing, Theatre Education, and Theatre Entrepreneurship. Our curriculum seeks to promote an understanding of cultural history, an appreciation of meaning and form, a respect for and a facility with language, a sense of responsibility for the larger human community, and a firm grounding in the discipline and the creative processes involved in the making of theatre.
Through its curriculum and public season of performance, the Theatre Division is committed to exposure to and enhanced appreciation of the art of the theatre and the related arts of film and dance. The department division provides the means for involvement in the art of theatre for interested members of the University community.
Courses designed to develop basic competency in oral communication are regularly offered by the department.
The Theatre Education concentration, with its prescribed Education minor, includes specified courses leading to state licensure to teach theatre at the primary and secondary level.
Accreditation
UTC is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).
NATIONAL OFFICE:
National Association of Schools of Theatre, 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, Virginia 20190-5248
Telephone: (703) 437-0700
Facsimile: (703) 437-6312
Email: info@arts-accredit.org
Website: http://nast.arts-accredit.org
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