Theatre in Depth
The Theatre & Dance Department offers a wide array of courses in the literature, history, and theory of the theatre. The Theatre Program also collaborates with many programs across campus to offer a wide-ranging curriculum — including theatrical traditions from numerous historical eras and geographic locales.
All theatre students take at least five of these Theatre Scholarship courses. Recent course offerings include:
Dramatic Literature:
- African American Drama
- Shakespeare
- Shakespeare Reproduced (Shakespeare on Film)
- Modern Drama
- Postwar Drama
- Contemporary Irish Drama
- Pinter and Stoppard
- French Theatre
- German Drama
- Spanish Theatre in the Golden Age
- Russian Drama
Theatre History:
- Post-Independence African Theatre
- Nineteenth Century American Theatre
- Cultural History of the American Musical
- Queer Performance in the Twentieth Century
- Contemporary Drama and Performance Art
- Renaissance Plays in Process
- Restaging the Restoration (Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre)
- Opera
Theatrical & Aesthetic Theory:
- Performance Studies
- Feminist Theories of the Theatre
- Philosophy and the Arts
- Bodies of Knowledge
- Religion and the Performing Arts in India
- Black Aesthetics
Not all courses are offered every semester. Additional courses meeting the major requirements are offered through study abroad programs in London and Tuscany.
Take a look at the College Course Catalog.
