{"id":4159,"date":"2020-05-04T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program&#038;p=4159"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:02:59","slug":"theater","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/program\/theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns full-width is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"larger has-medium-font-size\">The theater major at Transylvania encourages experience-based class work and participation in productions in our highly flexible and well-equipped Lucille C. Little Theater, even for students who don&#8217;t pursue a theater degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer beginning and advanced courses in acting, directing, technical theater and design, costume design and construction, theater history and dramatic literature and playwriting. In all our courses, we emphasize both theory and practice and offer students hands-on training through acting, constructing scenery and props, building costumes, writing plays, directing and attending plays in production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transylvania University Theater stages two to three major productions each year, representing a wide range of theatrical styles and literary genres, in addition to a number of student-directed plays. Recent productions include &#8220;Beware Wolf and Other Nightmares&#8221; &#8220;She Kills Monsters,&#8221; &#8220;Dying City&#8221; and &#8220;Lawrence Booth\u2019s Books of Visions,&#8221; adapted from professor Maurice Manning\u2019s award-winning book of poems. Casting is open to all Transylvania students with no pre-casting, putting first-year students on an equal plane with other students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Transy Theater Mentorship Program allows students to assume major responsibilities\u2014directing, stage management, producing and costuming, set and lighting design\u2014while working in a supportive environment with highly individualized faculty guidance. This is a rare opportunity for students to put into practice ideas and skills that they have studied, focus on an area of special interest and collaborate with other students and faculty on creative production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns program features is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-our-graduates-have-worked\">Where  Our Graduates Have Worked<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arkansas Children\u2019s Theatre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artistic director, Pandora\u2019s Box Productions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artistic director, Electricity Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant director, Folger Shakespeare Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director, Source Theater, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disney Entertainment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lexington Ballet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical director, Downtown Arts Center, Lexington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internships-our-students-have-completed\">Internships Our Students Have Completed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New York Stage and Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commonwealth Theatre Company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SITI Company Workshop in Saratoga Springs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodford Theater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athens West Theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courses-of-special-interest\">Courses of Special Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advanced Design: Lighting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building a Character<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Costume Design and Construction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imagining the Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern Drama and Theater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fundamentals of Play Directing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Topics: Laughing Matters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spectator as a Critic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theatrical Creatures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-our-graduates-have-studied\">Where Our Graduates Have Studied<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atlantic Theater Company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auburn University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florida State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savannah College of Art and Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lexington Children&#8217;s Theater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The New School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Louisville<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Miami<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opportunities-in-the-major\">Opportunities in the Major<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Actor in productions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Playwright<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical crew member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-semester-study-abroad-opportunities\">Semester Study Abroad Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Australia I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Australia II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>England I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/center-for-academic-and-professional-enrichment\/study-abroad\/opportunities\/globaltransy\">GlobalTransy<\/a>&nbsp;programs have at least two courses related to the major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in studying abroad for a summer? Take a look at our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/center-for-academic-and-professional-enrichment\/study-abroad\/opportunities\">summer study abroad opportunities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-cottage-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-crimson-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-contacts\">Contacts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#58;&#x74;f&#111;&#x77;l&#101;&#x72;&#64;&#116;&#x72;a&#110;&#x73;y&#46;&#x65;d&#117;\"><strong>Tosha Fowler<\/strong><\/a>, Chair of Theater; Director of Theater Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 233-8514<br><strong>Office:<\/strong> Mitchell Fine Arts 107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><br>Transylvania University&nbsp;<br>300 North Broadway<br>Lexington, KY 40508-1797<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Season&#8217;s Productions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 smaller aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Theater_2018.pdf\">Download the Theater Brochure<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-information\">More Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"form_a9192011-fd17-4c8f-8c75-476b0d847050\" class=\"slate-contact\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/apply.transy.edu\/register\/studentinquiry\">Request more information about Transylvania University<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theater major at Transylvania encourages experience-based class work and participation in productions in our highly flexible and well-equipped Lucille C. 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