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Playwriting, Minor

The playwriting minor is designed for students interested in writing for stage and screen.

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Uniting the study of significant works of drama with the creative writing process, students explore diverse styles of plays, playwrights, theories, forms, and movements.  This minor includes course options from the Departments of English, Communications Studies, and Media and Screen Studies.

Co-Op Opportunities 

  • Central Square Theatre
  • Company One Theatre
  • Huntington Theatre Company
  • Boston Playwrights Theatre
  • Manhattan Theatre Club
  • Lincoln Center
  • Vineyard Theatre

 

Multidisciplinary Skills

  • Collaboration
  • Empathy
  • Script analysis
  • Storytelling

Career Opportunities

  • Dramaturg
  • Playwright
  • Arts Administrator
  • Director

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Theatre

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Photo of the production Rules of Play by Kate Franklin (’21)

Rules of Play

Theatre

This play dramatizes Greek life and hookup culture on college campuses to illuminate the harms associated with these patriarchal systems and the part they play in the pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses.

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Photo of the production Rules of Play by Kate Franklin (’21)
2023 Data Theatre Workshop

Data Theatre Workshop - Spring 2023

Theatre

Bridging multiple disciplines, this process incorporates data science, participatory modeling, material deliberation, and theater.

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2023 Data Theatre Workshop
Capstone Productions – Spring 2023

Capstone Productions – Spring 2023

Theatre

This year, we present the first-ever Capstone Festival: a collection of brand-new creative practice research projects independent from our traditional productions.

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Capstone Productions – Spring 2023

Assistant Costume Design – Everyman

Theatre

Costume Design for 'The Goods', in the Northeastern Theatre Department's Production of Everyman

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Image from the Stitching Earthly Scars work showcase.

Stitching Earthly Scars

Theatre

In the spring of 2022 Meryl showed her art exhibition "Stitching Earthly Scars" at her artist studio at the Distillery Gallery. The Exhibition included photographs, her 12 completed looks, and a 60 minute film.

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Image from the Stitching Earthly Scars work showcase.
Communication Studies

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Communication Studies

Class: MSCR 1230 Introduction to Film Production sec. 2 Instructor: Seth Mulliken, Assistant Teaching Professor Spring 2018

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Found Signals

Communication Studies

Class: MSCR 1230 Introduction to Film Production sec. 1 Instructor: Seth Mulliken, Assistant Teaching Professor Spring 2018

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Zine

Communication Studies

A zine exploring the effects of imposter syndrome on non-men in the music industry.

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"Scientists Model Immune Variation and Responses to Flu Vaccination" by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Addressing Science-related Misinformation: Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences and NGO Responses

Communication Studies

The key focus of the research is the relationship between vaccine hesitancy and climate change denial because of misinformation, specifically on how it is perceived because of social media.

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"Scientists Model Immune Variation and Responses to Flu Vaccination" by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Health Campaign Message Design

Communication Studies

Susan Mello, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Class: COMM 4102 Health Communication Campaigns Spring 2018

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