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UNI Department of Theatre

Our goal as a department is to produce high quality shows and use the process to educate our students. Here you will find information about our home, the Strayer-Wood Theatre; our faculty and staff that contribute to the life of our program; our academic programs and other experiential opportunities; scholarships; and some interesting historical material. There are also links to other UNI and regional cultural outlets.

Sincerely,
Eric Lange
Head, Department of Theatre

Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Theatre is to create theatre which excites, and which illuminates the human condition in ways that are relevant to students, audiences, community members, teachers and guest artists.  To this end, the department offers coursework and productions that are diverse, creative and participatory, serving students who want to prepare for a life in the theatre and also students who want to prepare a place for theatre in their lives.  We create theatre and, in this process, educate.

Learning Goals
Students pursuing study with our department will be provided with a theatre curriculum and a production environment which encompasses the following goals.  These goals, established by the faculty and achieved only through student commitment to the learning process, are meant to provide students preparing for a life in theatre with a solid foundation on which to build.  Continual examination of these goals allow for changes to keep our program on the leading edge of theatre education.

Goals and Alignments for General Degree Outcomes:
Goal One: Students will recognize the creative imagination and impulse and identify its relationship to artistic collaboration, standards, judgments, ethics and discipline.
 
  • Students will know and apply basic elements and practices of theatrical design,technology, production and management.
  • Students will know and apply basic acting skills.
  • Students will know and apply the basic skills and techniques needed in theatrical research.
Goal Two: Students will explore how the creative impulse can be shaped into a performance piece.
 
  • Students will know and apply basic elements and practices of theatrical design,technology, production and management.
  • Students will know and apply basic acting skills.
  • Students will know and apply directing skills.
Goal Three: Students will know and communicate how to analyze and interpret plays and other theatrical events from multiple perspectives, i.e. acting and performance, directing and designing.
 
  • Students will know the literature and history of Western theatre.
  • Students will know and apply basic directing skills.
  • Students will know and apply basic elements and practices of theatrical design, technology, production and management
  • Students will know and apply basic acting skills.
  • Students will know and apply the basic skills and techniques needed in theatrical research.
 
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