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

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credits required for the Theatre Arts major

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

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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.

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

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

NICOLE MORGAN

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

MICHAEL PHILLIPS

Professor, Theatre/Dance
503-838-8433 | phillipm@wou.edu | RA 104

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