2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Theatre
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Associate Professor Blake Hackler, Division Chair
Professors: Blake Hackler, Stanley Wojewodski, Jr., Steve Woods
Associate Professors: Benard Cummings, Sara Romersberger, Anne Schilling, Gretchen Smith
Visiting Associate Professor: Robert Clare
Assistant Professors: Kristin Dana, Jennifer Thompson
Professors of Practice: Reiko Aylesworth, Tiana Blair, Cole McCarty
Visiting Lecturers: Carter Gail, Megan Winters
Adjunct Lecturers: Dawn Askew, Jason Biggs, Linda Blase, Amanda Capshaw, Justin Mosher, Melissa Panzarello Cox, Brandon Smith, Kathy Windrow
Production Manager: Dawn Askew
Costume Shop Manager: Melissa Panzarello Cox
Cutter/Draper: Amanda Hendrickson
Property Supervisor: Teila Vochatzer
Sound Engineer and Designer: Jason Biggs
Stage Lighting Supervisor: Cooper Simon
Stage Lighting Technician: TBA
Technical Director: Justin Mosher
Assistant Technical Director: Brandon Smith
Scene Shop Foreman: Steve Leary
The Division of Theatre offers three-year specialized professional training programs in acting and entertainment design leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree. The graduate training programs are committed to professionalism in attitude and practice. Only students with a serious interest in the theatre as an art – those committed to self-development and prepared to work responsibly and collaboratively in their discipline – should expect to enter and continue in graduate study.
The Division of Theatre is part of the Meadows School of the Arts, housed in the well-equipped facilities of the Owen Arts Center. These include the Bob Hope Theatre (a 384-seat proscenium theatre), the Margo Jones Theatre (a 112-seat “black box” theatre), the Greer Garson Theatre (a 255-seat theatre with a classical thrust stage), the Ruth Collins Sharp Drama Building, and the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library.
The Division of Theatre presents an annual subscription season of full-scale public productions chosen for their suitability for training, timeliness and public appeal. All theatre students are considered members of the Division of Theatre, and practical experience is considered a vital part of the theatre-training program.
The Division of Theatre observes a highly selective admissions policy in its graduate programs. The acting program admits eight students in alternating years. The design program admits approximately four students each year. Prospective students in all areas are strongly encouraged to visit the campus to gain a keener appreciation of the division’s training, the environment and the University.
The acting faculty auditions applicants for graduate study in acting. Applicants can choose to audition in Dallas, at the University/Resident Theatre Association’s three venues or at a number of the division’s own national sites. Appointments for on-campus auditions can be made by contacting the Meadows Student Affairs Office. On-campus auditions require the preparation of two monologues: one taken from a classical play and one from a modern or contemporary play for a total of four minutes or less. Students may sing but are not required to do so.
The design faculty interviews applicants for graduate study in scenery, costume and lighting design. Applicants can choose to interview in Dallas, at the University/Resident Theatre Association’s three venues or at a number of the division’s own national sites. Appointments for on-campus interviews can be made by contacting the Division of Theatre.
ProgramsMaster
CoursesTheatre
| General Topics |
THEA 5101/5201/5301, 5398/5399, 6101/6201/6301, 6216, 6217, 6315 |
| Acting |
THEA 5205–5210, 5303, 5304, 6107, 6108, 6111, 6114, 6205–6210, 6212, 6303, 6304, 6313, 6503, 6604 |
| Stage Design |
THEA 5221–5258, 5241, 5351–5357, 5373, 5374, 5375, 5379, 5398, 5399, 6119, 6120, 6215, 6316, 6317, 6319, 6351–6357, 6361, 6362, 6373 |
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