Major Overview
The Drama Program in the Residential College is designed for theatremakers who seek to learn their craft holistically and connect their arts practice to important issues facing our society. We define the term “theatremaking” as the practice and study of all aspects of the art form, including performance, design, playwriting, and scholarship, not as distinct disciplines but as a single collaborative practice in service to drama that is grassroots, community-engaged, independent, and, above all, committed to social change.
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Requirements for the Drama Major
Minimum Credits: 35
Building on community-engaged disciplines and programs across the college,
the Drama Program is committed to exploring what theatre can do in our society. Rather than investing in what the field is or has been, we are motivated to ask what it might become in, and for, the future.
Students engage with these questions in courses that combine theory with practice and that often culminate in public performances. In addition, students have more formal opportunities to present their work – as existing scripts, adaptations, or completely original works – for the University, the local community, and beyond.
Students within the major elect one foundational requirement course and one capstone requirement course, with the remaining coursework chosen from a list of approved electives to reach the minimum 35-credits.
Advising for RC Drama
Interested in learning more? Ready to declare your Drama Major? Make an advising appointment below!
Drama & Community-Engagement
Several community-engaged programs within the Residential College also focus on theatatrical arts. Learn more about using theater to engage with the community, workshop through trauma, or visit incarcerated artists: Telling It, Prison Creative Arts Project, and Shakespeare in the Arb.
Courses that count toward the foundational requirement (choose one):
Courses that count toward the capstone requirement (choose one):
Other courses — electives (choose a minimum of 27 credits):
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