BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Furman University

Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This free service makes it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations.

With the new school year in full gear, BWW has updated the fully-interactive Student Show Calendar with 2011-2012 student productions. We have also made it easy for schools to upload photos, videos, cast lists, articles and other media content for each of their shows. In addition, BWW will be combing through all content regularly and will launch weekly feature stories highlighting productions locally and nationally that have provided us with this extra content. 

In this week's School in the Spotlight edition, we're thrilled to introduce BWW readers to the Department of Theatre Arts at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina! 

Offering a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, the Department of Theatre is "designed to train students to be generalists in the theatre" by promoting the importance of an all-encompassing education in the theatre arts. Students are encouraged to learn and apply a diverse skill set that affords them the knowledge and practical experience necessary for careers in performance, technical theater, administration, publicity, and dramaturgy. Department courses include introduction to theatre, digital technology, acting, stagecraft, scenic and lighting design costume design, directing, and theatre history. In addition, all theatre majors are required to participate in the school's production season. To learn more about the BA of Arts in Theatre, click here.

The Department of Theatre's production season produces three major plays and showcases eclectic works which cover a range of periods and style. Past shows include 'Lysistrata', 'Dead Man's Cell Phone', 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee', and 'Circle Mirror Transformation'. To check out photos of these - and other - past productions, visit the digital image archive here! 

The current production on The Playhouse stage is Christopher Durang's 'Beyond Therapy', directed by Rhett Bryson. The show premiered last night, April 12, and runs thru April 21. For tickets, call the Box Office at 864-294-2125.

To learn more about the Department of Theatre Arts at Furman University, click here. 

Congratulations to students and faculty at Furman University for earning this week's Spotlight mention and for your continued success in the arts!

Questions/concerns/suggestions related to BWW's student center can be addressed to studentcenter@broadwayworld.com.

Photo of 2010 production of 'The American Dream' by Edward Albee