Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre

Curriculum

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All B.F.A. students are required to complete a core of 37 credits distributed as follows:

  • Introduction to Acting
  • Introduction to Stagecraft
  • Script Analysis; Stage Management
  • Costume Laboratory
  • Introduction to Theatre Design
  • Orientation to Directing
  • Production Laboratory
  • Advanced Production Laboratory
  • Individual Problems in Theatre Studies or Special Group Studies
  • Advanced Individual Problems in Theatre Studies or Advanced Special Group Studies
  • Principles and Theories of Theatrical Costuming
  • History of the Modern Theatre or American Theatre History
  • History of Theatre to 1642
  • History of Theatre, Neoclassical Through the Nineteenth Century

Specialization Areas

Acting/Music Minor

For acting students with specific interests in musical theatre and vocal performance, URI Theatre offers a partnership with the Music Department resulting in a Music minor.

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In addition to these requirements, you can choose from one of the following areas of specialization:

Acting

Students selecting acting must complete an additional 40 credits distributed as follows: Introduction to Voice and Movement, Basic Acting I and II; Intermediate Acting I and II; and Scene Study; Makeup, Dance for the Musical Theatre, Stage Combat or Singing for the Musical Theatre. Additional credits in special workshop classes are completed as students play roles in major productions or student-directed workshops.

Design and Theatre Technology

Students selecting design and theatre technology must complete an additional 31 credits distributed as follows: Individual Problems in Theatre; Special Group Studies; Principles and Theories of Theatrical Costuming; Stage Costume Design; Scenic Design; Stage Lighting; and 12 credits selected from: Scene Painting, Advanced Individual Theatre Studies; Advanced Special Group Studies; Professional Internship; Stage Costume Technology; Advanced Costuming; Special Workshop in Design and Technical Theatre; Advanced Scene Design; Advanced Stage Lighting.

Stage Management

Students selecting stage management must complete an additional 30 credits distributed as follows: Introduction to Management and Supervision; Oral Communication for Business and Professions; Individual Studies in Theatre; Special Group Studies; Theatre Management; Stage Costume Design or Scene Design; Stage Lighting; Advanced Individual Studies in Theatre; Advanced Special Group Studies; Advanced Theatre Management.

Directing

Students selecting directing must complete an additional 33 or 35 credits distributed as follows: Individual Problems in Theatre Studies or Special Group Studies; Play Direction; Playwriting; Theatre Management; Stage Costume Design or Scene Design or Stage Lighting; Advanced Individual Problems in Theatre Studies or Advanced Special Group Studies; the following courses: Topics in Theatre, Theatre Architecture in Western and Non-Western Drama, Aesthetics and Criticism of the Theatre, Special Research Project; completion of a one year sequence in acting selected from either of the following (1) or (2): (1.) Basic Acting I, Basic Acting II; Acting Workshop I, Acting Workshop II: (2) Scene Study I, Scene Study II; Acting Workshop I, Acting Workshop II.