戏剧专业 & 未成年人
Best School for Drama and Theater 艺术 in Wisconsin
行为. 直接. 构建. 设计. Do it all with Carthage 剧院.
New Play Initiative
Prominent American Playwrights Working with You.
Carthage 剧院 is committed to creating exciting, compelling new 剧院 works. 自2008年以来, Carthage 剧院 has commissioned playwrights of prominence from around the country and the world to create original plays for our department and work closely with our students to bring them to life. These works receive their world premieres here at Carthage. This unique opportunity means that our students collaborate with playwrights currently active in the highest levels of the 剧院 world.
Carthage is regularly invited to perform these plays at the Kennedy Center’s regional American College Theater Festival, resulting in dozens of national awards and commendations.
Learn more about the New Play Initiative
Performance 机会 for 戏剧专业
Students have many opportunities to be directly engaged in their craft as Carthage produces four faculty- or guest-directed Main Stage shows each year (one of which is always a musical) and multiple student-directed productions in our studio space.
我们的 舞蹈节目 features a yearly faculty-choreographed concert and a student concert. Student directors also stage 2-3 full-length productions yearly in our 80-seat studio space.
Courses in Carthage’s 剧院 program
Carthage 剧院 students can take 课程 in 剧院 history, directing, playwriting, dance, scene design, costume design, lighting, and more. Budding performers study acting theory, voice training, dance and movement, and scene work.
表演的学生 receive four semesters of acting theory, voice training, body alignment, and scene work. Students are involved in every aspect of theatrical production. These duties include hanging lights, sewing costumes, stage management, and many others.
Degree Options for 剧院 majors
Carthage offers bachelor of arts degrees in 剧院, 剧院 performance, technical direction, technical costume design, and technical stage management.
Carthage also offers teacher licensure, a 小舞, a costume design minor, and a degree in 音乐剧. 入学 to the program is contingent on an audition.
beyond the classroom
访问ing Professionals
In addition to commissioning guest playwrights through the New Play Initiative, Carthage regularly invites respected professional 剧院 practitioners to campus to work with students. Recent visiting professionals include Tony Award-winning scenic designer Todd Rosenthal, Steppenwolf casting director Erica Daniels, and Milwaukee Repertory Theater associate artistic director Sandy Ernst.
Student Organizations
剧院 majors may be interested in Neil- Futurists, a rule-breaking 剧院 group inspired by a Carthage class or improv group Merely Players. Alpha Psi Omega, a national honor society, honors top 剧院 scholars.