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, Gianni Downs at downs@pitt.edu.

Programs

• Theatre Arts, BA

• Theatre Arts Minor

Courses

• THEA 0115 - THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
• THEA 0375 - INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
• THEA 0505 - ENJOY PERFORMANCES
• 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 0880 - THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
• THEA 1023 - FRENCH THEATRICAL WORKSHOP
• 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 1110 - DIRECTING 1
• THEA 1111 - DIRECTING 2
• THEA 1112 - CONTEMPORARY BLACK FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS
• THEA 1227 - SCENE PAINTING
• THEA 1229 - STAGE MANAGEMENT 1
• THEA 1230 - STAGE LIGHTING 1
• THEA 1231 - STAGE LIGHTING 2
• THEA 1233 - SOUND DESIGN 1
• THEA 1235 - SCENE DESIGN 1
• THEA 1240 - COSTUME PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY
• THEA 1245 - STAGE MAKEUP
• THEA 1246 - COSTUME DESIGN 1
• THEA 1247 - TECHNIQUES IN PERFORMANCE PEDAGOGY
• THEA 1250 - ADVANCED THEATRE DESIGN
• THEA 1315 - CONTEMPORARY ACTOR TRAINING
• THEA 1331 - NEW PERFORMANCE METHODS
• THEA 1338 - MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
• THEA 1339 - MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE 2
• THEA 1341 - WORLD THEATRE: 500 BCE TO 1640
• THEA 1342 - WORLD THEATRE: 1640-1890
• THEA 1343 - WORLD THEATRE: 1890-PRESENT
• THEA 1349 - DISABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
• 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 1406 - MUSICAL THEATRE APPRECIATION
• THEA 1407 - INTRO MUSICAL THEATRE DESIGN
• THEA 1408 - IMMIGRANTS AND THE MUSICAL
• THEA 1409 - QUEER BROADWAY
• 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 1489 - DIRECTED PROJECT IN ONE-ACTS/LABS
• THEA 1491 - DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATRE
• THEA 1492 - DRAMATURGY IN MUSICAL THEATRE
• THEA 1493 - DIRECTED PROJECT IN VOICE
• THEA 1495 - PERFORMANCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE
• THEA 1496 - DIRECTED PROJECT IN RESEARCH
• 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
• THEA 2207 - WORLD THEATRE: 1890-PRESENT

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