The Northeastern Department of Theatre is dedicated to creativity, collaboration, and excellence in the pursuit of innovative ways to see, to investigate, and to make theatre for a new generation. We offer students a transformative theatre education by aligning performance and production with academic inquiry and professional experiential learning. Our multidimensional students develop a unique understanding of professionalism and entrepreneurship as the foundations of meaningful careers. We embrace diverse methods, philosophies, and measures of success. Through values of generosity, integrity, respect, and rigor, we explore theatre as a living art that engages with our global society and the moment in which we live.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) must be met through general electives.
Theatre Major Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Stages | ||
| THTR 1000 | Theatre at Northeastern | 1 |
| THTR 1101 | Introduction to Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 1120 | Acting 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1131 | Technical Theatre 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1270 | Introduction to Theatrical Design | 4 |
| THTR 2325 | From Script to Stage | 4 |
| THTR 4100 | Senior Career Seminar | 1 |
| Theatre Texts and Context | ||
| At least one the Theatre Texts and Contexts course must be at the 2000-level or above. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Race, Power, and Performance | ||
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Classics of 20th-Century American Drama | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Making Theatre | ||
| THTR 1100 | Production Experience 1 | 1 |
| THTR 2000 | Production Experience 2 | 1 |
| THTR 3702 | Rehearsal and Production: The Art of Collaboration | 1 |
| THTR 4702 | Capstone Rehearsal and Performance | 4 |
| Advanced Technique | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Students concentrating in theatre performance should complete THTR 3300, THTR 3450 or THTR 3550. | ||
| Students concentrating in production should complete THTR 3550 or THTR 3600. | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Acting 3 (Theatre Performance Concentration) | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
Electives
Complete the following electives or choose one of the concentrations below.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete five of the following: | 20 | |
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Movement for the Actor | ||
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Classics of 20th-Century American Drama | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Boston Theatre Experience | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Fashion Construction and Pattern Making | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Voice and Speech for the Actor | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Designing Combat for the Stage | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Musical Theatre Performance 2 | ||
| Performance Studies | ||
Theatre Major Credit Requirement
Complete 61 semester hours in the major. The performance and production concentrations require 68 semester hours.
Program Requirement
132 total semester hours required
Theatre Performance Concentration
A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses in the performance concentration.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | ||
| THTR 1260 | Movement for the Actor | 4 |
| THTR 2342 | Acting 2 | 4 |
| THTR 2600 | Voice and Speech for the Actor | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Boston Theatre Experience | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Fashion Construction and Pattern Making | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Designing Combat for the Stage | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Musical Theatre Performance 2 | ||
| Performance Studies | ||
Theatre Production Concentration
A minimum grade of C is required for all theatre courses in the production concentration.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Design and Production | ||
| Complete four of the following: | 16 | |
| The Evolution of Fashion and Costume | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Fashion Construction and Pattern Making | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Fashion and Costume Design in Film and Television | ||
| Classics of Global Theatre | ||
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Rebels of Modern Drama | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Boston Theatre Experience | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Fashion Construction and Pattern Making | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Devised Theatre Project: Collaborative Performance | ||
| Designing Combat for the Stage | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Musical Theatre Performance 2 | ||
| Performance Studies | ||
Theatre, BS
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 1000 | 1 | THTR 1131 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | 0 |
| THTR 1100 | 1 | Theatre texts and context #1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| THTR 1101 | 4 | Theatre elective #1 | 4 | ||||
| THTR 1120 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 2000 | 1 | Co-op #1 | Co-op #1 | 0 | Elective | 4 | |
| THTR 1270 | 4 | Online elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| THTR 2325 | 4 | ||||||
| Theatre Elective #2 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 3702 | 1 | Co-op #2 | Co-op #2 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Theatre texts and context #2 | 4 | Online Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Theatre elective #3 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| THTR 4100 | 1 | Theatre advanced technique | 4 | ||||
| Theatre elective #4 | 4 | THTR 4702 | 4 | ||||
| Theatre elective #5 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||