Theater - Marlboro College

Theater from Marlboro College is a Campus Bachelor Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Core courses offered in theater help students to develop skills in a range of theater craft areas (acting, directing, playwriting, design and technology) and aim to cultivate knowledge of dramatic literature, theater history and performance theory and criticism. All theater courses tend to explore the subject matter from broad perspectives. For example: an acting course may consider intellectual history or behavioral psychology; readings of Shakespeare may spawn inquiries into how different cultures have ?appropriated? Shakespeare's plays over the past 400 years; and investigations of stage lighting design may involve some probing of Renaissance painting and principles of physics. We aim to build methods of learning and develop skills such as the ability to read critically, to research, to analyze and interpret, to formulate ideas and visualize concepts, to test and evaluate alternative perspectives and to question rigorously one's own judgments and those of our predecessors. Faculty endeavor to expose students to as many opportunities as possible, to explore their own interests and expand their understanding, to act and direct, to write and to develop means and methods of artistic control. Performance work is regarded as a craft, a discipline and a medium for expression. Students are also encouraged to explore the world of theater beyond the Marlboro campus. By the time they graduate, students on Plan in theater will normally complete the following course work: At least three semesters in dramatic literature, theater history, criticism/theory At least two semesters in studio courses (acting, directing, playwriting) At least one semester design and/or technical theater At least two semesters of theater projects, one semester of which involves design, tech, stage or crew management Plans in theater are usually a combination of: A focused area of study involving research, analysis and written critical interpretation An artistic project often coordinated with their research Other representative artistic or creative work View more details on Marlboro College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.