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.
Choose from B.A., B.S. or B.F.A
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
Related majors
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.
credits required for the Theatre Arts minor
Faculty
NOAH ADAMS
Creative Arts Events Manager, Theatre/Dance
adamsn@wou.edu
JEB BURRIS
NTT Visiting Assistant Professor, Theatre/Dance
burrisj@wou.edu
ALLISON CROSS
, Theatre/Dance
crossa@wou.edu
RAISSA FLEMING
NTT Lecturer, Theatre/Dance
flemingr@wou.edu
SCOTT GRIM
Professor, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8417 | grims@wou.edu | RA 106
SANDRA HEDGEPETH
Associate Professor, Deptartment Head, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8739 | hedgepes@wou.edu | RA 107
DAVID JANOWIAK
Professor, Division Chair, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8593 | janovid@wou.edu | RA 101
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Professor, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8433 | phillipm@wou.edu | RA 104
NICHOLAS WILSON
Events Manager for Rice Auditorium/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre/Dance
wilsonn@wou.edu
RYAN WRIGHT
Technical Director, Theatre/Dance/Adjunct Lecturer, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8861 | wrightr@wou.edu | RA 112A
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Contact Us
Phone: 503-838-8310
Box Office Phone: 503-838-8462
E-mail: janovid@wou.edu
Location: Rice Auditorium (RA 105)
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