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The Theatre Department at Central provides a stimulating education environment that enhances students understanding of self and other through the design, creating, and performance of live theatre. Through educational excellence, experiential learning, and modeling the collaborative process, a degree in theatre from Central equips students to make quality artistic contributions for audiences at large.

Program Options

Performance

Coursework in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with Specialization in Performance emphasizes the training and development of the actors instrument, imagination, and emotional life. In addition to acting classes, BFA Performance students study voice and dialect work, movement techniques, stage combat, studies in Shakespeare, and more. Students apply their classroom learning to departmental productions which model the collaborative process.

Technology, Design, and Production

Coursework in this area guides students in the practical application of techniques and theory to prepare them for productive participation in the professional world. This rigorous and progressive course of study includes classes in stagecraft, costuming, lighting, sound, script analysis, and other important technical aspects of theatrical production. Students apply their classroom learning in departmental productions which model the collaborative process.

What You'll Gain

Expanded collaboration skills

Deepened cultural appreciation

Increased confidence

Improved time management

Tools to effectively communicate

Ability to cultivate leadership skills

Expanded self-confidence

Hands-on learning experiences

Multiple production opportunities each year involving faculty, guest directors, and student-produced projects

Learning Outcomes

Analysis: Students will analyze interrelationship of theatrical disciplines in performance or design by constructively critiquing classwork, theatrical production and performances.

Technique: Students will demonstrate the mastery of performance craft by applying research to a practical or theoretical creation.

Collaboration: Students will demonstrate the ability to work in a team in an environment reflective of professional theatre practice.

Productivity: Students will exhibit preparedness by actively participating in the mounting of productions.

Career Preparation

Students studying theatre at Central receive hands-on training. Through classwork and production roles, students participate in the collaborative process of creating theatre that mimics the experience of the professional world.

A theatre degree from Central prepares students for a variety of career options:

Theatre Artist – Actor, Director, Designer, Manager, Producer, Dramaturge

Educator – Professor, Teacher, Director, Arts Administrator

Technician – Props Artisan, Technical Director, Master Carpenter, Head Electrical, Board Operator, Seamster

Manager – Producer, Stage Manager, Production Manager, Exhibit Operator, Event Manager

Designer – Production Developer, Scenic Designer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Costume Designer, Projection Designer