Concentration in Theatre for Young Audiences  

The concentration in Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) focuses on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for continuing work in this field.  The concentration requires 8 courses or 32 credit hours of coursework.  The breakdown of this coursework includes the three-term Dramaturgy I sequence (12 credit hours), a minimum of three terms (12 credit hours) of Production Practice assignments in The Theatre School’s Playworks Series and/or a TYA Internship—in which the student serves as assistant director, dramaturg, or assistant dramaturg, and two additional courses (8 credit hours) as approved by the student’s advisor, as follows:

• Dramaturgy Sequence I   
• THE 234 DRAMATURGY I: INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATURGY    
• THE 235 DRAMATURGY I: INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION DRAMATURGY  
• THE 236 DRAMATURGY I: TYA AND PLAYWORKS DRAMATURGY
• Three (3) courses from among the following:
• THE 271 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 272 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 273 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 371 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 372 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 373 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 471 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 472 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 473 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 490 THEATRE STUDIES INTERNSHIP
• Two additional courses as approved by the advisor.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.  Courses should be chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. Students are strongly encouraged to utilize these courses to pursue a minor or second major.  

Concentration in Directing

The concentration in Directing focuses on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for continuing work in this field.  The concentration requires 8 courses or 32 credit hours of coursework that includes the first two quarters of the Dramaturgy I sequence (8 credit hours), two courses chosen from a corpus of four, depending on the student’s directorial focus and interests (8 credit hours), a combination of two production practices and/or internship (8 credit hours), and two additional courses approved in consultation with the student’s advisor.  The breakdown of this coursework is as follows:

• The first two quarters of the Dramaturgy I sequence
• THE 234 DRAMATURGY I: INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATURGY
• THE 235 DRAMATURGY I: INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION DRAMATURGY
• Two courses from the following:
• THE 236 DRAMATURGY I: TYA AND PLAYWORKS DRAMATURGY
• THE 334 DRAMATURGY II: CLASSICAL DRAMATURGY
• THE 335 DRAMATURGY II: NEW PLAY DRAMATURGY
• PRF 418 NEW PLAY WORKSHOP
• PRF 419 NEW PLAY WORKSHOP
• Two courses from the following:
• THE 271 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 272 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 273 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE I
• THE 371 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 372 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 373 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE II
• THE 471 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 472 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 473 THEATRE STUDIES PRODUCTION PRACTICE III
• THE 490 THEATRE STUDIES INTERNSHIP
• Two additional courses as approved by the advisor.

Open Electives 

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.  Courses should be chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. Students are strongly encouraged to utilize these courses to pursue a minor or second major.