Theatre Arts

Get the education you need to be an actor on stage, TV or film with a theatre arts major. Or, you can work behind the scenes on set design or costumes. If you have a flair for the dramatic and want to make a career out of that fact, this is the program for you. Design-savvy students will have plenty of opportunity to build sets, do stage makeup or practice sound design while they attend WOU as well.

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Choose from B.A., B.S. or B.F.A

Four-year degree plan

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Sample four-year degree plan

Learning outcomes

Integrate theatrical processes from play writing to post-production; connecting ideas, synthesizing techniques and transferring that knowledge to current theatre production and future production beyond campus
Engage in creative thinking; synthesize existing ideas in original ways, characterized by a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking and risk taking
Incorporate processes of exploring and analyzing theatrical works through literary, stylistic and cultural dimensions of theatre

Career opportunities

Actor
Playwright
Costume designer
Stage technician
Drama critic

Theatre Arts minor

Want to learn acting, theatrical lighting or scenecraft? You can get an education in all three if you choose a minor in this program. In addition, you may explore costuming, international theatre and even directing when you enroll in those upper-division courses.