Theatre
Theatre and English, BA
Students in the combined major in English and theatre integrate knowledge of the art of theatre, including performance, design, and production, with literary studies, digital humanities, and creative writing.
The Department of English and the Department of Theatre offer an interdisciplinary combined major in English and theatre. Students in the combined major in English and theatre integrate knowledge of the art of theatre, including performance, design, and production, with literary studies, digital humanities, and creative writing. The combined major offers both classroom and experiential learning in the practices of making theatre, playwriting, and dramaturgy with the study of the diverse historical, cultural, and aesthetic contexts of English and American literatures. Students develop the capacity for interpreting a variety of texts through performance and writing to engage diverse audiences.
Co-op Opportunities
Disney ABC Television Group
Actor's Shakespeare Project
American Repertory Theatre
Arts Boston
Boston Ballet
Boston Lyric Opera
Bridge Repertory Theater
The Broadway League
Center stage
Central Square Theatre
Citi Center for the Performing Arts
Classic Stage Company
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Company One
Dixon Place
Hanover Theatre
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Huntington Theatre Company
Lincoln Center
Manhattan Theatre Club
Miami Theater Center
New Repertory Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Salem Theatre Company
Second Stage Theatre
Speakeasy Stage
StageSource
Stoneham Theatre
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Offensive
Vineyard Theatre
Zeitgeist Stage
Career Opportunities
Actor
Director
Playwright
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Arts Administrator
Singer
Dramaturg
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Stagehand
Production Manager
Multidisciplinary Skills
- Collaboration
- Empathy
- Writing
- Script analysis
- Voice and speech
- Movement
- Acting
- Research
- Technical theatre
- Design
- Directing
- Stage management
- Singing
- Stage combat
- Critical thinking
Learning Outcomes
1. Apply a broad and deep knowledge of theatre as an art form to their work, including:
• Foundational skills in performance, design, and production
• Comprehensive understanding of theatre history, theory, and literature
• Oral, visual, written expression of ideas with clarity and originality
2. Make theatre with integrity
• Create or interpret a play
• Collaborate generously
• Apply a personalized technique to the process of making imaginative, innovative theatre
3. Make informed choices as theatrical entrepreneurs through professional readiness
4. Reflect on the cultural, social, and ethical impact and contributions that theatre has made to societies and communities