Department of Theatre Arts

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The Department of Theatre Arts offers training in both the practical and academic aspects of theatre. Undergraduates may specialize in acting, directing, design and technical theatre, theatre history and criticism, or any combination of these.

While the department is not a professional school, the presence of strong graduate programs creates the atmosphere of professional training. Instead of the protected environment of a conservatory, undergraduate theatre training at Pitt takes place within the context of the liberal-arts experience at a large, urban university.

The department recommends that students declare this major as early as possible. For more information, please contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Don Mangone at dmangone@pitt.edu.

Programs

• Theatre Arts, BA

• Theatre Arts Minor

Courses

• MUSIC 1341 - WEST AFRICAN PERFORMING ARTS
• MUSIC 1970 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

• THEA 0115 - THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
• THEA 0375 - INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
• THEA 0505 - ENJOY PERFORMANCES
• THEA 0800 - INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE ARTS
• THEA 0804 - THEATRE AND COLLABORATION
• THEA 0810 - INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC ART
• THEA 0825 - CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL STAGES
• THEA 0830 - INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE
• THEA 0840 - INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE DESIGN
• THEA 0842 - INTRODUCTION TO STAGECRAFT
• THEA 0850 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
• THEA 0880 - THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
• THEA 1100 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT 1
• THEA 1101 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT 2
• THEA 1102 - ACTING 1
• THEA 1103 - ACTING 2
• THEA 1104 - ACTING 3
• THEA 1105 - ACTING THE CLASSICS: ANCIENT ATHENS TO SHAKESPEARE’S GROUP
• THEA 1109 - PERFORMANCE LAB
• THEA 1110 - DIRECTING 1
• THEA 1111 - DIRECTING 2
• THEA 1120 - DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE IN CLASSROOM
• THEA 1121 - THEATRE FOR CHILDREN
• THEA 1226 - STAGECRAFT 2
• THEA 1227 - SCENE PAINTING
• THEA 1229 - STAGE MANAGEMENT 1
• THEA 1230 - STAGE LIGHTING 1
• THEA 1231 - STAGE LIGHTING 2
• THEA 1235 - SCENE DESIGN 1
• THEA 1240 - COSTUME PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY
• THEA 1245 - STAGE MAKEUP
• THEA 1246 - COSTUME DESIGN 1
• THEA 1338 - MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
• THEA 1341 - WORLD THEATRE: 500 BCE TO 1640
• THEA 1342 - WORLD THEATRE: 1640 TO 1890
• THEA 1343 - WORLD THEATRE: 1890-Present
• THEA 1351 - GREEK AND ROMAN THEATRE
• THEA 1360 - THEATRE CRITICISM
• THEA 1361 - FORMS OF JAPANESE THEATRE
• THEA 1365 - PLAYWRITING 1
• THEA 1366 - PLAYWRITING 2
• THEA 1390 - NEW PLAY PRACTICUM
• THEA 1391 - SPECIAL TOPICS: THEATRE DESIGN
• THEA 1392 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE
• THEA 1393 - THEATRE AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
• THEA 1401 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• THEA 1404 - PERFORMING
• THEA 1480 - DIRECTED PROJECT SCENERY/PROPS
• THEA 1481 - DIRECTED PROJECT COSTUME/MAKEUP
• THEA 1482 - DIRECTED PROJECT LIGHTING/SOUND
• THEA 1483 - DIRECTED PROJECT DIRECTING/PERF
• THEA 1484 - DIRECTED PROJECT BUSINESS MGT
• THEA 1485 - DIRECTED PROJECT STAGE MANAGEMENT
• THEA 1486 - DIRECTED PROJECT DRAMATURGY
• THEA 1487 - DIRECTED PROJECT UNDERGRAD TEACHING ASSISTANT
• THEA 1488 - THEATRE PRODUCTION
• THEA 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: THEATRE ARTS
• THEA 1500 - MODERN ACTING
• THEA 1501 - SHAKESPEARE ACTING
• THEA 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
• THEA 1901 - INTERNSHIP
• THEA 1903 - SEMINAR IN THEATRE ARTS

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