THEATRE

Theatre is education for life. The communications, analytical and artistic skills learned as an Eckerd College Theatre Major will serve you in good stead in any field.

Students from our program have gone on to do advanced work in graduate programs, joined professional theatrical organizations, and formed great theatre companies.

Eckerd Theatre students develop skills in acting, directing, design and technical theatre. They acquire knowledge of plays, theatrical movements and innovators. They gain real world experience by completing internships, networking at professional theaters and conferences, and producing their own work. This eclectic training produces independent, adaptable, motivated and responsible creative thinkers - high in demand in every field of opportunity.

The academic requirements for theatre majors are 10 courses which include Stagecraft, Basic Acting or Human Instrument, two sections of Theatre Production, Theatre Internship (as an independent study), Performance and Design History, and four theatre electives. In addition, all graduating seniors participate in the capstone experience, TH 499 Senior Theatre Company, in which they form a theatre company that performs/designs a series of short plays intended to highlight their skills as performers, directors, and/or designers.

A suggested sequence of courses is as follows:

Freshmen

Basic Acting or The Human Instrument
Stagecraft
Theatre Production

Theatre Production
Theatre elective

Theatre Internship
Theatre elective
Theatre elective

Performance and Design History
Theatre elective
Senior Theatre Company

A minor in theatre requires five courses, of which at least two are at the 200 level or above. Three must be Eckerd College courses.