Academics

 

McNeese Theatre Production Guidelines

 

 

 

An Introduction to Theatre Arts at McNeese

The Theatre Arts program at McNeese State University is the academic unit responsible for implementing our artistic, scholarly and academic mission as part of the Department of Performing Arts.  The McNeese Theatre Bayou Players are the theatre production unit responsible for implementing our artistic mission as theatre practitioners. As such it functions as an all-University resource, serving the cultural needs not only of the University but also of the community and region of which it is a part.

 

Our affiliation with the College of Liberal Arts reflects our view of theatre and to some extent the order of our priorities. First of all, we view the theatre as a way of ordering, clarifying and understanding the human experience. From this point of view, we see ourselves as humanists, sharing the general goal of discovering and putting into communicable form conclusions about human beings and the world as they interact with it. Insofar as we are artists as well as scholars, our particular means to that end includes the creation of theatre art as well as teaching and scholarship. As a result, we serve the University and the surrounding region in three capacities: as teachers, as scholars, and as artists.

 

AS TEACHERS our contribution to the liberal education of all the students with whom we come in contact is first to help them make the art of theatre an integral part of their cultural lives and to develop a sensitive, informed understanding, and critical appreciation for theatre. For those students who wish to specialize and major, we offer fundamental education and training for future teachers, scholars, and professional theatre artists.

 

AS SCHOLARS our responsibility extends beyond the immediate University community, and we share with theatre scholars throughout the world the task of studying, enriching, and transmitting the heritage of theatre arts. Theatre productions are our laboratory to practice and access the theatre process.

 

AS ARTISTS it is our conviction that theatre arts should be an integral part of any cultural community and readily accessible to all. Therefore, our function as artists is to provide the highest possible quality of such art for the members of the cultural community in which McNeese State University resides.

 

 

 

Required Theatre Courses for B.A. in Theatre Arts:  Performance Concentration

 

                                                                              1st Year                                                                                          

                                                    THEA 150                     Intro to Theatre

                                                    THEA 176                    Intro to Stage Movement

                                                    THEA 171                     Beginning Acting

                                                    THEA 272or273         Introduction to Jazz Dance

                                                                                           or Introduction to Tap Dance

 

________________________________         2nd Year_______                       ________________________

                                                    THEA 212                    Beginning Voice & Diction

                                                    THEA 260                     Script Analysis

                                                    THEA 261                     Fundamentals of Tech Theatre

                                                    THEA 213                    Stage Dialects

                                                    THEA 295                    Intermediate Acting

                                                    THEA 264                     Make-up Design

 

______________         __________________3rd Year__________________            _________       ____                 

                                                    THEA 375                    Dance for Musical Theatre

                                                    THEA 472                     History of the Theatre to 1800

                                                    THEA 390                    Advanced Acting

                                                    THEA 475                     Contemporary Theatre History

 

___________________________       _____4th Year______                             _______________________  

 

                                                    THEA 400                     Theatre Career Management

                                                    THEA 473                     Directing

                                                    THEA 410                     Senior Showcase

 

Performance Concentration, Total Hours: 21   THEA 176, 212, 213, 272 or 273, 295, 375, 390

 

 

Theatre Arts Minors   ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

THEA 150, THEA 171, THEA 260, THEA 261, 4 credits of approved performance/production courses (THEA 291, THEA 292, THEA 391, THEA 392 or additional performance/production courses) and 6 semester credit hours of 300 or 400 level theatre courses.

 

Please Visit the McNeese Catalog of Courses for more information