2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Drama and Theatre Arts

The Drama and Theatre Arts program at Athens State University is designed to expand the activities and educational opportunities in the dramatic and theatre arts by offering students with any experience level in college theatre to seamlessly transfer into completing a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theatre Arts with Athens State University. Students earning a BA in Drama and Theatre Arts with Concentrations will acquire various fundamental performance and production techniques, develop dramaturgical skills by learning to critically analyze dramatic literature, dramatic theory, as well as current trends in the arts. Drama and Theatre Arts majors are also desirable employee candidates in a variety of areas such as acting, directing, teaching, community arts programs, directing, playwriting, producing, designing, set construction, production management, education, community activism, and art center management. The required academic training through research and scholarly writing accompanied by practical artistic experience with three annual mainstage productions, will allow Drama and Theatre Arts graduates to create a professional portfolio that is immediately applicable to continue their studies in an MA or MFA program in Drama, Theatre Arts, Theatre, Dance, Performance Studies, Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts Administration and many other areas.