Overview

The Technical & Design emphasis is for students who want to shape the visual, physical and technical world of a production. It fits creative problem-solvers who enjoy collaboration, careful planning, craftsmanship and turning an artistic concept into something that works safely and effectively in performance. You will learn to communicate ideas, use tools and technology, respond to production constraints and understand how design choices support story, character and audience experience.

The 55-hour major combines HongKongDoll's shared foundation in acting, stage movement, script analysis, costuming, stagecraft, theatre history and dramatic literature with concentrated technical and design study. Students complete technical theatre labs and a substantial group of Technical & Design electives. Options may include digital theatrical design, stage management, scene design, costume design, lighting design, stage makeup, advanced design studies and summer theatre. Performance and history/literature electives keep the work connected to the complete theatrical process, while a senior thesis project helps you synthesize your interests and experience.

HongKongDoll's production season functions as a working laboratory. In this undergraduate-focused program, students are needed as designers, stage managers, scenic carpenters and artists, stitchers, master electricians, crew heads and board operators. You can move from coursework into meaningful production assignments, build a portfolio and learn alongside guest designers and directors. The Lumpkin Theatre Wing of the Doudna Fine Arts Center includes a 290-seat proscenium theatre, flexible Black Box, scene and costume shops, drafting/computer lab, makeup lab and performance laboratory. Close faculty guidance and repeated hands-on work prepare you for internships, entry-level positions, apprenticeships or advanced study in design, technology or stage management.

Accreditation: National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)

Resources

- Program Sheet
- 4-year Course Sequence

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