Theatre at NC

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Name of Department: Theatre

Name of Department Chair/Program Director: Dr. Shellie O’Neal

Welcome to the Theatre program. Our mission is to offer students programs of recognizable excellence, to promote drama and theatre as civilizing agents within society, and to address the emphasis of dramatic and theatrical styles, forms, and structures as they emerge as artistic responses to the changing world. Students in the NC Theatre program study acting, stage movement, stagecraft, and theatre history.

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Career Destination Map

Theatre (AA)

Career Opportunities

Drama Teachers, Postsecondary 

Set and Exhibit Designer 

Actors 

Sound Engineering Technicians

Producers and Directors 

Technical Directors/Managers

Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance 

Poets, Lyricists, and Creative Writers 

Costume Attendants 

Marketable Skills

• Active Listening
• Active Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Coordination
• Complex Problem Solving
• Instructing
• Learning Strategies
• Management of Personnel Resources
• Monitoring
• Negotiation
• Operation Monitoring
• Persuasion
• Quality Control Analysis
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Speaking
• Time Management
• Writing

Transfer Opportunities

The University of North Texas

• http://danceandtheatre.unt.edu/

The University of Texas at Arlington

• https://theatre.uta.edu/

Sam Houston State University

• https://www.shsu.edu/academics/theatre/

Texas A & M University – Commerce

• http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/colleges/humanitiesSocialSciencesArts/departments/massMediaCommunicationTheatre/Levels.aspx

Texas State University 

https://www.theatreanddance.txstate.edu/