Theater - Indiana State University

Theater from Indiana State University is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Description: The University offers a bachelor of arts (B.A.) and a bachelor of science (B.S.) in theater. The Theater Program provides a broad and solid foundation in the artistic, intellectual, and practical aspects of theater that prepares students for professional careers as actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. The program is also excellent preparation for graduate studies. Course work includes a core of theater courses?plus a concentration that provides advanced training in one of the following areas: Acting Design and technology Directing and playwriting Educational theater Theatrical dance An important feature of the program is its emphasis on blending classroom learning with practical experience and extracurricular activities that result in exciting and challenging study. Students benefit from small classes taught by faculty who foster a positive working and learning environment. Students are encouraged to collaborate, experiment, and take initiative in the development of new work?including new student-written plays, multi-media performances, or imaginative interpretations of established plays. An active production schedule provides opportunities for students, at all stages of their college career, to act, direct, design, write original plays, and take on major technical responsibilities. The department sponsors master classes, workshops, and lectures by visiting theater professionals from all over the world, including noted actors, playwrights, directors, designers and technicians from New York, California, Chicago, Indianapolis, Ireland, Trinidad, Germany, and Russia. Crossroad Repertory Theatre , an in-residence professional summer theater company, offers students the invaluable opportunity to work with theater professionals from throughout the United States. Facilities include two theaters (a 240-seat proscenium theater and an intimate 200-seat theater), a laboratory rehearsal space, a computer laboratory for design and technical theater, primary scenic and costume studios, and a design classroom. Careers: Our graduates are currently working in professional theaters as actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. The program also prepares students to pursue graduate studies. The theater faculty work professionally outside the department and are able to offer experiences and contacts to students upon graduation. View more details on Indiana State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.