Theatre

Mission

The mission of the Chadron State College Theatre Studies Program is to prepare students for professional and educational theatre through a comprehensive program of practical application of knowledge bases and skills as well as sound analytical and theoretical development. Through a global perspective on theatre, its practices, and its history, students are provided the diversity necessary to their development as an individual and responsible member of a world society.

The course of study is designed to prepare the student for a career in theatre and to encourage personal and artistic growth in a student-centered environment that places equal value on both classroom study and practical application. To this end, the program is dedicated to providing a classroom experience strong in historical, theoretical, and process-oriented work combined with extensive practical opportunities in production in which students are encouraged and expected to play key roles as actors, designers, technicians, and directors.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon Completion of this program, students will:

  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of theatre as a collaborative art form.
  • Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of light, set, and sound design as well as voice, acting, and movement in performance.
  • Describe and apply the concepts that constitute the making of theatre and performance.
  • Distinguish between various genres in playwriting and performance and the intrinsic demands of these various genres.
  • Acquire and articulate a working knowledge of the vocabulary for describing and analyzing plays, scenes, designs and performances.
  • Demonstrate understanding and application of key concepts through assignments in design, costuming, lighting, directing, and /or performance.
  • Demonstrate understanding of theatre as a business with a grasp of unions, agents, and professional protocols.