Are you ready to do it all? In this BA program you'll pair behind the scenes knowledge with practical hands-on work while developing your acting, designing, building and directing skills. Our approach gives you a broad perspective of the theatrical production process and creative problem-solving skills you'll take into your career.
Once you've mastered the basics, you can choose to focus on one area of interest, from performance to design to directing. Students who show outstanding work in one area are recognized at graduation with distinction in their chosen field.
With the support of faculty inside and outside of the classroom, you'll have access to real-world opportunities with local, national and international theatre communities. Some students join theatre companies, while others channel creative and analytical abilities across other industries.
Theatre at DU Offers:
Opportunities to work directly with world-renowned actors, designers and directors
State-of-the-art rehearsal and performance spaces like the Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Real-world experience creating full productions from all periods and genres
Independent productions and collaborative projects that connect the classroom to the stage
A blend of creative, technical and managerial experience to prepare you for a wide range of careers
Degree Requirements
- Students complete a minimum of 45 credit hours for the theatre major.
- In addition to foundation courses, requirement areas include acting, directing, design & management, theatre history, studio, production and senior capstone.
- Distinction is available for students who demonstrate significant qualities of professional work in their field.
- Students complete 24 credit hours for the theatre minor.
See the DU Undergraduate Bulletin for more information about degree requirements.
Featured Courses
THEA 1800
Fundamentals of Theatre Design
About this Course
The work of the theatre designer is to transform a text into visual and aural expression, by planning and creating the physical environment of a live performance. Students will learn about -- and learn appreciation for -- theatre design in order to be better theatre artists (and audience members) themselves, through the applied practice of designing a "paper" production, collaboratively with a small team.
THEA 2870
Acting I
About this Course
Exploration of acting through physical and vocal exercises, followed by scene study. This course counts toward the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture requirement.
THEA 2890
Theatre History I
About this Course
This course examines the development of Western theatre and drama from the Ancient Greeks to the 19th-Century, concentrating on the intellectual, social and artistic foundations of theatre and drama. The course is designed to engage theatre from its theatrical, social, cultural, and historical contexts. The lecture-discussion format of this course is intended to foster an active engagement among the students with the theatre and drama of the past. Through in-class readings, discussions of the readings, written assignments, and presentations, students are encouraged to consider the material under investigation from sociohistorical and theatrical perspectives, as well as from the material's relation and relevance to the present. The focus is on theatre and drama representative of the major styles, authors, and genres from Fifth-Century B.C.E. into the early 19th-Century. This course counts toward the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture requirement.
DU's theatre program is an artistic hub that combines intensive study with hands-on experience.
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