Concentration in Performance

A minimum of 46 semester credits—including 16 in performance, 8 in dramatic literature and theatre history, 4 in design, 4 in dance, 4 in departmental electives, 4 in theatre and performance theory, 2 in theatre laboratory, and 4 in the capstone—distributed as follows:

• Sixteen semester credits in performance chosen from the following:
  • TH 113 Acting I, Fundamentals
  • TH 213 Acting II, Realism
  • TH 217 Voice and Movement
  • TH 275 Introduction to Playwriting
  • TH 301 Directing
  • TH 313 Acting III, Style
  • TH 351 Rehearsal and Performance: Main Stage Production
  • TH 356 Devised Performance
• Four semester credits in pre-modern drama, chosen from the following:
  • TH 249 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
  • TH 280 Theatre and Society: Global Foundations
• Four semester credits in modern drama, chosen from the following:
  • TH 249 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
  • TH 283 Theatre and Society III: Modern Continental Drama
  • TH 381 British Theatre and Drama: 19th Century to Present
  • TH 382 American Theatre and Drama: 19th Century to Present
  • TH 383 Topics in Global Theatre and Performance
  • TH 385 Special Topics Seminar, Plays and Playwrights
• Four semester credits in design, chosen from the following:
  • TH 218 Fundamentals of Design
  • TH 220 Theatre Graphics
  • TH 234 Stage Lighting
• Four semester credits in dance chosen from the following:
  • TH 106 Fundamentals of Movement
  • TH 107 Ballet I
  • TH 108 Contemporary Dance Forms I
  • TH 201 Contact Improvisation
  • TH 208 Contemporary Dance Forms II
  • TH 209 Social Dance Forms
  • TH 214 Dance in Context: History and Criticism
  • TH 308 Dance Composition and Improvisation
• Four additional semester credits in departmental electives
• TH 340 The History and Theory of Modern and Contemporary Performance
• TH 110A Theatre Laboratory
• TH 450 Senior Seminar