Undergraduate Program: BA in Theatre
General Information
The Department of Theatre offers a balanced, liberal arts education
that integrates production, design, and scholarship. Under this
curriculum,
students will gain a strong foundation in the theatre arts, and have
the opportunity to tailor the degree to their own interests and
strengths.
Additional advanced coursework is available as well, and is designed
to prepare students for their next step, whether it is into graduate
school, the profession, or another field entirely. The program encourages
students to get involved in productions beginning in their first
semester. Auditions,
reviews or interviews are not required for admission to the program.
At
just under two hundred students, the Department of Theatre's undergraduate
program is similar to that of a small college. This fosters collaboration
and support among the individual members and allows us to offer workshops
with alumni and theatre professionals in an intimate setting. We
require mandatory advising each semester to keep in touch with our
student base and assist them with curricular and co-curricular choices.
The Department sponsors annual events such as the Career/Internship
Fair and Alumni Career Panel to assist students in transitioning
into the professional theatre community.
For information about applying to the University of Maryland and pertinent admissions information, see: http://www.uga.umd.edu/admissions/
Opportunities
Creative
and Performing Arts Scholarships (CAPAs) award funds equivalent
to full in-state tuition and fees to outstanding undergraduate
Theatre majors for
academic excellence
and exceptional performance or design/production skills. These scholarships may be renewed
up to eight semesters for qualifying students. Up to four
scholarships may be awarded to fall incoming
Theatre majors at the Scholarship Audition Day held in January of each year.
View the Information
Page to check the qualifications. Audition
Application packets are due by 4 p.m. on December 19,
2007 (firm). Students will be invited to participated based on the strength of their application packet. When funds are available, CAPA awards are also made
to students currently in the program.
Theatre
Patrons Association Scholarships award $1000-2000 to
full-time students active in the theatre program. Awards
are based on service to the Department.
Up to four scholarships may be awarded at the beginning of each
semester and up to two scholarships may be awarded at the
January Audition Day to incoming
fall Theatre majors.
- Student
Theatre Groups at the University of Maryland
Undergraduate
Theatre Artists Society supports
undergraduate activities in the Department such as workshops,
a play reading series, community meetings, the Maryland Original
Works Festival (MOWF), community outreach, an annual spring
banquet, and more.
Erasable, Inc is an improvisational
comedy group.
Sketchup is
a sketch comedy performance group.
Kreativity supports diversity through theatre.
Playwrights-at-Perk supports readings of new works at a local College
Park coffee house.
Weekday
Players is a performace-based group with no performances
or rehearsals on the Sabbath.
Academic
internships allow students to explore potential career fields,
develop career related skills and abilities, observe professionals,
and network with relevant contacts. The Department supports
a variety of internships at the local, national, and international
levels. The vibrant Washington D.C. theatre community supports
many such opportunities and students are encouraged to take advantage
of them. Many performance students receive their first important
theatre credits as members of The National Players, a pre-professional
touring company in partnership with The
Olney Theatre Center. The Department
of Theatre is home to The Shakespeare
Globe Center Research Archive
- providing an opportunity for students to serve as interns on
campus or in London at the new Shakespeare
Globe Theatre.
Professional
Partnerships
- The
Department of Theatre and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company joined
forces to create Woolly/UM, a unique partnership based on a common
mission: to forge the future of American theatre through Maryland's
extraordinary work in developing young theatre artists and Woolly
Mammoth's nationally recognized efforts in the development and
production of new plays. This partnership has included staged readings
and "blended" productions in which students work with professional
artists and learn from affiliated artists who present master clases,
workshops and mentor-ships. In addition, the Department of Theatre
launched a collaborate venture with the African Continuum Theatre
Company this year to co-produce August Wilson's play The
Piano Lesson. Other producting ventures in the Washington area include
Round House Theater, Ford's Theatre, The Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts and Olney Theatre Center for the Arts. Scholarly
ventures include collaborations with the David C. Driskell Center
for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans
and the African Diaspora as well as the University of Maryland
Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Center for Teaching
Excellence. In addition we have had collaborative efforts with
the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Arrange a Visit
Visits to the Department of
Theatre should
be arranged one week in advance. We are glad to provide
a tour of the Theatre facilities, answer your questions about our
curriculum and activities, and give you a packet of information about
our Undergraduate Program. The University of Maryland can
be reached by
air (Washington Dulles, Baltimore Washington International, and
Reagan Washington National), train
(Metrorail, MARC, Amtrak), and automobile. Once in the Washington area,
College Park is easily accessible by Metro
and Shuttle-UM will
take you to the campus. For driving directions to the campus call 301.314.MAPS. Visits
to the Campus can also be arranged.
Contact Information
Misha
Kachman, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Theatre
2810 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1610
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Contact us via email with questions, comments and feedback,
or call us at 301-405-6676.
Department of Theatre, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
20742-1610
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