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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts

Minor in Theatre Arts


The Theatre Arts Program at Penn offers students the opportunity to study theatre in the classroom and in production work under the guidance of faculty members who are experienced and trained actors, directors, designers, scholars, and teachers. Structured as a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum, the program offers a full range of courses in all areas of theatre study, among them: acting, directing, design, theatre history, dramatic literature, performance theory, playwriting, dramaturgy, musical theatre, as well as many other specialized topics. Students may also receive course credit for working on faculty-directed productions. Guest artist-teachers provide the opportunity for additional training in such areas as voice, movement, solo performance, physical theatre, etc. Penn takes advantage of its location—Philadelphia has a vibrant and active theatre community and we incorporate local productions in our classes and extra-curricular activities as often as possible. Students may also earn credit for course work conducted off-campus through such programs as Study Abroad and Penn Summer-in-London. Theatre Arts welcomes all Penn undergraduates to enroll in classes and participate in productions. Some students choose to take a class or two in theatre as part of their liberal arts education; others choose to major in theatre, making it the primary focus of their academic careers. Penn makes it possible for students to “double major,” and many Theatre Arts majors have a second area of focus in another department or school at Penn. Theatre Arts also offers a theatre minor. Eligible senior majors are invited to undertake an Honors Thesis Project, which is based in practical performance or scholarly research. Each year Theatre Arts mounts a production season, with plays directed by members of the faculty and by advanced majors, and all Penn students are welcome to audition. For nearly thirty years, the program has staged plays and performance pieces from many different places, periods, and genres. We offer workshops and staged readings. The educational philosophy of the Theatre Arts Program is that academic and artistic courses go hand in hand and that serious study in the classroom and applied work in the rehearsal room are both integral aspects of learning the rigorous and rewarding art of theatre-making.

Faculty Info:

Marcia Ferguson, Rosemary Malague, Cary M. Mazer, Jennifer Joan Thompson



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Antigone
(11/21/24 - 11/24/24)
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on behalf of The Theatre Arts Program
She Kills Monsters
(4/18/24 - 4/21/24)
University of Pennsylvania
Krapp's Last Tape
(2/22/22 - 2/22/22)
University of Pennsylvania-Theatre Arts Program
Krapp's Last Tape
(2/22/22 - 2/22/22)
University of Pennsylvania-Theatre Arts Program
The Skin of Our Teeth
(10/22/21 - 10/24/21)
University of Pennsylvania-Theatre Arts Program
EDGES in Broadway EDGES
(2/21/19 - 2/23/19)
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ANYTHING GOES-BEAUMONT'87
(12/7/17 - 12/9/17)
University of Pennsylvania
[title of show]
(8/31/17 - 9/2/17)
University of Pennsylvania
Ordinary Days
(8/20/15 - 8/23/15)
University of Pennsylvania
Lovemusik
(4/17/15 - 4/26/15)
University of Pennsylvania

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