![Technical theater shop instructor and students](/sites/default/files/styles/pagehero_sm/public/media/images/2023-02/Technical%20Theater%20Shop.jpg?h=a6c0a0ab&itok=zJxkMJay)
In Short
The technical theater concentration is designed to develop a general base of technical, analytical, managerial, and creative elements of theatrical production.
Set Designs through the Years
![Male and female actors on stage in front of fireplace](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_img_feature_sm/public/media/images/2023-11/Extremeties%202.jpg?h=de40cd9b&itok=q1CHSlro)
![The Diviners Student Production](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_img_feature_sm/public/media/images/2020-12/The%20Diviners_0.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=O_105WSr)
![Much Ado About Nothing Student Production](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_img_feature_sm/public/media/images/2020-12/Much%20Ado%20About%20Nothing_0.jpg?h=ebf8bede&itok=928zhwQD)
![Transcripts Part 1 The Women Student Production](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_img_feature_sm/public/media/images/2020-12/Transcripts%20Part%201%20The%20Women.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=g099A3wv)
Program Overview
Students are trained to become resourceful, imaginative, and technically competent people who integrate engineering and artistic techniques with theatrical settings. Students take courses in computer-aided design, stage lighting, scene design, stage management, and production planning.
Technical Theater Professor Cap Corduan was recently profiled in The Sentinel & Enterprise. She directed The Diviners in Fall 2018. Read about her in the Sentinel & Enterprise article.
Experiential Opportunities and a Look Inside the Courses
Internships
Study Abroad
Fall Production Set Building
Spring Production Set Building
Curriculum and Other Information
- BS, Technical Theater Concentration, Communications Media - Program information from the University Catalog.
- Four-Year Plan of Study - Required and elective courses for program completion.
B.S. in Communications Media
- Students should demonstrate proficiency in the core tools and skills of their discipline.
- Students should be able to apply aesthetic principles to their work by developing and defending a portfolio that demonstrates craftship and meets professional standards for their discipline.
- Students should be able to explain how their work fits in the historical and theoretical context of their discipline.
- Students should apply core theoretical principles to the analysis and critique of media.
- Students should recognize and apply ethical perspectives to their work.
- Lighting Director
- Scene Designer
- Set and Exhibit Designer/Technician
- Stage Manager
- Stage Production Manager