Theatre Arts B.A.

Located in a large urban area with a vibrant theatre community, our BA in theatre arts offers rigorous practice-focused train­ing with a nationally recognized faculty of working artists and scholars. Our students learn to be versatile, cross-disciplinary thinkers and artists, adept in collaboration and critique, and committed to a practice of cultural citizenship that sees theatre as an act of political and social consequence. Students benefit from access to an eclectic range of local theaters and from our unique emphasis on devised, ensemble-created theatre and physical approaches to performance. The BA curriculum provides students with the opportunity to both grow fundamental skills and challenge traditional forms and to understand the history and theory of theatre art and innovate its future. The BA offers five sub-plans: comprehensive, acting/performance, design and technology, directing/dramaturgy/playwriting/criticism, and social justice/applied drama.