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.

I’m also a minor!

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

Four-year degree plan

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credits required for the Theatre Arts major

students enrolled in the Theatre Arts program

students per class on average in the Theatre Arts program

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of master's degree can be completed as an undergrad at WOU

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

credits required for the Theatre Arts minor

Faculty

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.

NOAH ADAMS

Creative Arts Events Manager, Theatre/Dance
adamsn@wou.edu

CORRIE COWART

NTT Assistant Professor, Theatre/Dance
cowartc@wou.edu

TIM COWART

Coordinator of the Dance and Theater Programs, Theatre/Dance
cowartt@wou.edu

ALLISON CROSS

Hourly, Dance, Theatre/Dance

RAISSA FLEMING

NTT Lecturer, Theatre/Dance
flemingr@wou.edu

SCOTT GRIM

Professor, Theatre/Dance
grims@wou.edu

CJ HAWKER

Hourly Scenic Painter for Theatre, Theatre/Dance

SANDRA HEDGEPETH

Associate Professor, Deptartment Head, Theatre/Dance
hedgepes@wou.edu

MADISON MALVEAUX

Hourly, Dance, Theatre/Dance

MOISES MARTINEZ-TREJO

Hourly, Dance, Theatre/Dance

NICOLE MORGAN

Program and Facilities Coordinator, Theatre/Dance
morgann@wou.edu

MICHAEL PHILLIPS

Professor, Theatre/Dance
phillipm@wou.edu

JESSICA POST

NTT Assistant Professor, Dance, Theatre/Dance
postj@wou.edu

KINDRA STEENERSON

NTT Assistant Professor, Theatre – Directing & Performance, Theatre/Dance
steenersonk@wou.edu

DARRYL THOMAS

Professor, Theatre/Dance
thomasd@wou.edu

ALANNA VOLK

Hourly, Dance, Theatre/Dance

LESLIE WATANABE

NTT Assistant Professor, Theatre/Dance
watanabel@wou.edu

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