Production Opportunities

 

•Three performance spaces including a Black Box, 160 seat Proscenium Studio Theatre and 1200 seat Proscenium Auditorium (including an orchestra pit and fly capacities).

 •Diverse production seasons including classics such as Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptation of Greek tragedies entitled Iphigenia and Other Daughters; Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Chekov's Three Sisters; provocative contemporary plays and experimental workshops such as Fat Pig, The Normal Heart; Stop Kiss, The Serpent, The Baltimore Waltz, Dancing at Lughnasa and Lips Together, Teeth Apart; and musicals such as Cabaret, Godspell and the Alabama premieres of A Class Act and Side Show.

 •Numerous opportunities for student directors with B.F.A. Senior Project Productions, the spring theatre festival and independent projects (including original work).

 •Design opportunities for students within our mainstage, faculty-directed season as well as on student-directed projects in our Black Box theatre. Our shops are well-equipped and you will learn how to approach a play with both technically sophisticated and conceptually minimal productions.  Given that most contemporary theatre professionals will work within numerous kinds of theatres and budgets, we feel this span of production experience is an invaluable aspect of your education.

 •Additional performance and production opportunities can be explored through class showcases and lab workshops in courses such as Musical Theatre Styles II and Acting Workshop.  Many theatre majors also participate in the two original College Night "Purple and Gold" Homecoming musicals.

 You will leave UM with a well-rounded resume and range of experiences that will allow you to explore a variety of artistic styles and staging venues, including site-specific theatre. Freshman are cast and given production responsibilities at UM, and you are not competing with graduate students at auditions.