加州大学-伯克利

Within the Theater and Performance Studies Department we understand performance to be a mode of critical inquiry and research, a means of creative expression, and a vehicle for public engagement. The theater events that take place within the department are the means by which students engage with theater performance on the physical, intellectual, and aesthetic levels. It is our hope that you will not only grow as performers but also as artists, thinkers, makers, viewers, and participants in the whole of the artistic event.

The theater training and academic courses offered by our department are geared toward the student who is interested in learning about theater and performance from multiple perspectives. As either a major or minor in Theater and Performance Studies, you will study with nationally and internationally known faculty, respected for their scholarly research and for their creative work. Our graduates have gone on to professional careers in all theatrical fields and graduate schools all over the world. Our alumni include professional actors on stage and screen, arts journalists, stunt actors, directors, producers, playwrights, and more.

Honors Program

Majors in the Department of Theater and Performance Studies with an overall GPA of 3.3 in the University may, with the approval of the department, apply to complete an honors project. There are two types of honors projects:

Written-Only Thesis
Written Honors Essay and Production

Learning Goals for the Major

• Ability to synthesize a well-organized argument from textual or other evidence and to express it in formal written form
• Proficiency in research methods (i.e., utilization of public and private archives, libraries, electronic databases, oral histories or textual and performance analysis)
• Collaborative skills
• Foundational stagecraft and production skills and knowledge (design, craft and technology, stage management, new media)
• Literacy in foundational dramatic texts and fundamental concepts of performance theory
• Basic history of Euro-American theater practice including issues of race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism in the performing arts
• Basic acting technique