Theater New York University

Overview

Theater and performance have shaped the civic, religious, and ideological lives of human beings throughout history. Plays and performances do not represent only what we know and what we have done; they are also tools that can demonstrate the possibility of new worlds, new modes of social interaction, and how we might revise our relationship to the past.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the Theater BA program offered at New York University are expected to have acquired:

• An understanding of theater as a field of inquiry, research and innovation as interpreted within a framework that includes aesthetics, culture, history, theory, self, and society;
• The ability to articulate in written and oral form concrete ideas about theater and Theater Practice while employing robust theoretical and critical underpinnings;
• An interdisciplinary understanding of theater as a practice that interconnects a network of texts and ideas and in which the study of theater is related to other fields of scholarly endeavor;
• Ability to use theatrical stagecraft including lighting, scenic and costume design and their corresponding technical software and digital programs;
• Ability to create theater in a range of styles and collaborative approaches and in so doing the ability to apply a range of performance and process theories and methodologies including close reading of plays and performance texts.
• The ability to conduct rigorous research including the use of library resources, performance archives, and digital technologies.