Design/Technology Concentrations
During the junior and senior year students may choose to pursue a concentration in either design or technology. Design students progress through theoretical design projects to assistant design positions on faculty-designed productions and/or designing their own shows. Technology students progress through general crew positions to supervisory positions. Exceptional students may qualify for a professional theatre internship as a final senior project. Technology majors will prepare for careers as technical directors, carpenters, riggers, scenic artists, stitchers, cutters, drapers, and lighting and sound technicians.
Well-trained designers and technicians will find career opportunities in the fields of regional theatre, Broadway, ballet, opera, contract scenic studios and costume houses, and motion picture production companies. Graduates under the current design/technology curriculum have a more than 90 percent placement rate in theatres or other arts organizations, including Nickelodeon Television, Cirque de Soliel, Blue Man Group, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Guthrie Theatre, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Goodspeed Opera, Alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Walt Disney World, Vincent Lighting, and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.
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Last updated August 13, 2009
