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Department of Visual & Performing Arts

Theatre Arts Program


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A Streetcar Named Desire

THEA 456 – Make-up (Fantasy I)

THEA 241 – Stagecraft The Country Mouse & The City Mouse

RBH – Community Outreach


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Theatre Arts Program

Mission and Vision

MISSION

The mission of the Theatre Arts Program is to provide excellent educational

opportunities, culturally enriching activities, diverse and life-changing artistic

experiences for our students, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State

University Campus Community, Greater Greensboro, and the NC triad

Region.

VISION

The vision of the Theatre Arts Program is to create theatre that reflects the

human experience from not only the African-American perspective but also

from a diverse global perspective and to become the premier training program

in acting and theatre technology that uses the arts as a means to impact local,

regional, national and international communities.


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It is one of the twenty-two accredited programs at the university as

well as historically being one of the longest accredited programs.

It has the distinction of being one of only two NAST accredited BFA

programs at an HBCU in the country and the only one in North

Carolina.

Accreditation

National Association of Schools of Theatre - Since 1988


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Degrees Offered

BFA Professional Theatre

Acting

Technology

The BFA degree is a curriculum specific degree that prepares the

students for a professional career in theatre. According to the

accreditation standards classes are usually small in size, to enable

students to develop the range of knowledge, skills, and competencies

expected of those holding a professional baccalaureate degree.

NAST standards state “classes in creative work should not exceed 16

students.”


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Current Student Enrollment

Majors : 50

Minors: 45

Student Accomplishments:

Breath, Boom chosen to compete at the

47th Region IV Kennedy Center American

College Theatre Festival in Albany, Georgia

Three students were selected to study Shakespeare for a month at

the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in Oxford, England

In recent years we have had five students to go to Disney as interns.

All five students presently work full time for Disney.


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Two endowed scholarships

»John Marshall Kilimanjaro

»Ida Jenkins

D. E. Coffey Scholarship

General Theatre Scholarships

Theatre Scholarships


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Over 115 graduates of the Theatre Arts program have gone on to

complete an MA, MFA or Ph. D in Theatre from the following

universities:

University of Delaware, Regents University, Brown University, Pace

University, UNC Greensboro, Virginia Tech, University of Florida-

Gainesville, University of California-Irvine, University of Nevada-Las

Vegas, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, New

York University, Michigan State University, California University,

University of Missouri at Kansas City, American Conservatory of

Theatre, California Institute of the Arts, University of Connecticut, and

Yale University.

Theatre Alumni


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75 graduates are currently working in the professional and/or

educational theatre/entertainment industry, including:

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Broadway

National and International Tours

Regional Theatre

Theme Parks

These professionals serve as actors, directors, technical directors,

technicians, designers, make-up artists, theatre managers, arts

administrators, stage managers, company managers, teachers, assistant

and associate professors, theatre program directors, recording artists,

dancers and choreographers.

High Schools

Colleges and Universities


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Number of full-time Faculty: 8

» 5 tenured, 1 tenure track, and 2 non-tenure track

» Seven have MFAs and one has a PhD from the following universities:

New York University, Purdue University, Michigan State University,

Southern Illinois University, University of Iowa, and Virginia Tech.

Number of Adjuncts: 3

» Adjunct faculty hold MAs and MFAs from University of North Carolina

at Greensboro and City University of New York

Number of Administrative Support Associate: 1

Faculty and Staff


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Professional Affiliations

Alpha Psi Omega (APO) – National Honor Society for Theatre; Frankie

Day, National President

Black Theatre Network (BTN) – Gregory Horton, National Consultant and

President 2003-2006

Disney – Disney select university (10 years)

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF)

National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)

North Carolina Theatre Conference (NCTC)

South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC)

Unified Resident Theatre Association (URTA)

United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)


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Community: Together, theatre students and faculty partner and

collaborate with community-based organizations who provide

services for the homeless, teenage pregnancy, and the elderly.

Educational: As part of their courses, majors and non-majors

provide workshops and present plays in Elementary, Middle, and

High Schools. They also connect with local, state, regional, national

and international arts organizations. The educational outreach plans

for the 2015-2016 academic school year will include bringing

students from Guilford County schools to attend productions, tour

the campus, and participate in workshops.

Outreach

Community, Educational, Recruitment


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Recruitment: Historically, we have participated in Aggie Nights and

we also visit six additional state selected high schools in Raleigh-

Durham and Charlotte. We provide a variety of workshops and

training activities. In 2007, we established a production-loan program

for high schools. Drama teachers may borrow costumes, props,

lights and set pieces. As a result of these efforts, 25 students over a

period of time have enrolled in our program.

2015-2016 Recruitment Focus

A) August Wilson Monologue Competition

B) National Shakespeare Competition

C) Mentorship Exchange Days with selected arts high schools and

community colleges.

Outreach continued…

Community, Educational, Recruitment


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The Paul Robeson Theatre (seats 346)

Costume Shop and Storage Area

Scene Shop

Sound/Lighting Studio

Design Lab

Dance/Movement Studio

Studio Theatre/Black Box (seats 55)

Studio Theatre Dressing Rooms

Paul Robeson Theatre

Facilities


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Since the dedication of the Paul Robeson Theatre, the program has

produced over 160 plays. The 2014-2015 Theatre Season included

All the World’s A Stage (Student produced), Smokey Joe’s Café

(Musical), Breath, Boom (Social Drama), No Dwelling: Homeless in

America (Original Docudrama).

According to NAST standards, theatre students should engage in varied

theatre genres throughout there four years of study.

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Productions

Comedy

Drama

Musicals

Classical Theatre

Children’s Theatre

Contemporary Theatre

Urban Theatre

Social Theatre

Adbsurdist Theatre

Devised and New

works


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2014-2015

Theatre Season

Breath, Boom

All the World’s A Stage

Smokey Joe’s Café

No Dwelling:

Homeless in America


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On average the Theatre Arts program has 100 subscribers yearly

Subscriber base has increased by 35% in the past five years

Season Subscribers have…

Assisted with increasing community audiences

Consistently given to student scholarships and special programs

Served as mentors to Theatre Arts majors

Donated time and resources to the Theatre Arts program

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Season Subscribers


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Since 2004, 12 students have studied abroad in the following countries:

Brazil, Costa Rica, England, Ghana, and South Africa. This summer

three students are scheduled to go to Argentina and England.

International Study Abroad

University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

British American Drama Academy

Oxford, England


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Intellectual Climate

We create theatre professionals,

patrons of the arts, and lifelong theatre-goers

Excellence in Teaching, Creative Research, and Engagement

Our curriculum includes writing and technological strategies

Our faculty have received Regional, National, and International

recognition and awards

Our faculty, students, and productions engage the campus and the

broader community locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally

Preeminence 2020

Embracing Our Past, Creating Our Future


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Premiere Research, Science, and Technology-Infused institution

The Theatre Arts program is consistently researching new trends in

the areas of arts advocacy, technology, design, production content

and creative capital

The Theatre Arts program embarks on four to six major research

projects a year (productions)

The Theatre Arts program is in the process of creating research that

highlights and support the importance of STEM education and its

direct connection to STEAM

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Entrepreneurial Spirit and Civic Engagement

The Theatre Arts program’s established touring company has

performed and generated revenue and scholarships for the past 20

years

Civic Engagement is a signature component of all programming

within the Theatre. The program has mounted productions that

address domestic and gang violence, homelessness, health and

economic disparities, racism, and homophobia just to name a few.

All of these events are accompanied by panel discussions,

community talk-backs, resource and research materials.

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Diverse Campus and Inclusive Campus Community

The Theatre Arts Program engages two types of communities those

who participate in the creation of the productions and those who attend

the productions.

Production Creators

Majors and non-majors, university staff, faculty, and members from

the surrounding communities

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Diverse Campus and Inclusive Campus Community continued…

Audience Members

The venue of a “Theatre” allows for diverse individuals to come

together to have an experience that may or may not reflect them,

their beliefs, or social status. But it allows those individuals the

opportunity to explore their differences in an environment of

entertainment, education, and enlightenment. It opens up an

opportunity to understand and embrace the rich dimensions of

diversity contained within each individual.

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Academic and Operational Excellence

BFA Nationally Accredited Program

70% of the Theatre students consistently on Dean’s List

Theatre students have received numerous scholarships/honors

Students learn a variety of advanced production technology (analog

and digital)

Mount 4 mainstage productions per year

The following are areas of operational excellence within the theatre:

Lighting, sound, props, set construction, costume design, dramaturgy,

acting, directing, front of house, box office, marketing, rehearsals,

research, load-ins and strikes

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Individual:

Helps enhance learning in core curriculum subjects

Improves human capital: skills and creative abilities

Improve self esteem and confidence, assume

leadership roles and improve overall school

performance

Community:

Increases social capital and community cohesion

Promotes neighborhood cultural diversity

Fosters a “creative environment” that spurs

economic growth in creative industries

IMPACT of the Arts


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“We need people who think with the creative side of their brains -

people who have played in a band, who have painted, who have

acted in a play…it enhances symbiotic thinking capabilities, not

always thinking in the same paradigm, learning how to kick-start

a new idea, or how to get a job done better, less expensively.”

–Annette Byrd, GlaxoSmithKline