Theater Arts - Brandeis University

Theater Arts from Brandeis University is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Mission The mission of the Department of Theater Arts is to reveal the theater's unique ability to incorporate diversity and community in a sophisticated process of creative expression that results in plays and musical theater pieces of artistic and social significance. Through a two-fold path of academic inquiry and practical artistic experience, we help students develop an understanding of dramatic literature in theory and historical context as well as in action. Students have the opportunity to experience the strength and immediacy of live theater through the production and performance of plays and musical theater pieces, including dance and movement, in the multiple spaces of the Spingold Theater Center. The Department of Theater Arts views the theater as a centuries-old system for creating awareness of groups and their place in the wider universe of experience. In production, we examine the concept of "company" or "ensemble" as an integral part of developing an effective creative community. The theater group, utilizing the building blocks of time and space, applies the tools of physical movement, language, sound and music, light, and visual image in a rich collaborative process whose goal is the practical interpretation of important dramatic and musical theater works. In its creative process, the Department of Theater Arts continually reflects the mission of Brandeis University as a place where collaborative artistic achievement serves as a model for progressive human enterprise. The major in theater arts is designed to give students a solid foundation in dramatic literature, theory, and history (LTH), as well as the opportunity to explore specific areas of practical theater performance and production. In addition to completing required courses in LTH, students are free to concentrate in an area, or track, that suits their talents and interests, including: acting, dance and movement, directing, sound design, design/technical educational theater, and musical theater stage management . Students are also free to create, with the approval of the chair, an individualized curriculum from a broad range of courses. Courses may come from within the discipline or include selected courses from other disciplines, including a discrete track in LTH with one practicum in production. While always encouraging experimentation and adventure, the department stresses the cultivation of solidly rooted understanding, investigation, and development of skills. We ask students to explore their own creative impulses with honesty and intelligence. Students are expected to become involved in the department's production season in various ways, from performance to production work. View more details on Brandeis University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.