Theatre Arts

Department Chair: Ezra LeBank

Department Office: Theatre Arts (TA), Room 221

Telephone: (562) 985‑7891

Faculty: Anthony Byrnes, Andrea Caban, Martha Carter, Adrian Centeno, Michelle Gibbs, Anne D’Zmura, Jeff Janisheski, Ezra LeBank, Emily MacDonald, Hugh O’Gorman

Undergraduate Advisor: Adriane Howze (562) 985-4042

Graduate Advisor: Josh Nathan (562) 985-4070

Administrative Coordinator: Katie Speer (562) 985-7891

Career Possibilities

Actor • Director • Stage Manager • Lighting Designer • Costume Designer • Scenic Designer • Technical Director • Teacher • Theatre Administrator • Theatre Manager • Director of Development • Box Office Manager • Managing Director • Artistic Director • Marketing Director • Playwright • Dramaturg • Dialect Coach • Choreographer • Intimacy Director • Fight Director • Stuntperson • Arts Technician • Supreme Court Justice

(Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see the Career Development Center website.)

• College: College of the Arts  
• Course: THEA  

Introduction

The Department of Theatre Arts offers a B.A. in Theatre Arts with three options: a versatile Theatre Arts B.A., and focused options in Technical Theatre: Scenic/Costume/Lighting Design and Performance: Acting. Each B.A. degree program offers exposure across a broad range of highly transferable skills in the dramatic arts supporting future employment in theatre, film and television, education, live entertainment, and events.

The Department of Theatre Arts offers graduate study leading to the Master of Fine Arts degrees. The candidate is urged to observe the general requirements stated in this Catalog, as well as the specific departmental requirements stated here and, more fully, in the Department Program Planners, available upon request from the department.

Students work in all areas in the student-run Theatre Threshold, and the professionally-modeled California Repertory Company. Department productions are attended by thousands of audience members annually from the university and Long Beach communities, and are frequently reviewed by local and regional press. Guest artist workshops are hosted in all areas of the dramatic arts, featuring industry professionals from the Los Angeles theatre, film and television industry. 

CSULB is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). The Theatre Arts Department is also a member in good standing with the Theatre Communications Group, the United States Institute of Theatre Technology, the University/Resident Theatre Association, and the International Theatre Institute of the United States.

Admission for the MFA in Theatre Arts and BFA in Acting programs are temporarily suspended.

Programs

• Business Administration, M.B.A./Theatre Management, M.F.A.
• Theatre Arts, Option in Acting, M.F.A.
• Theatre Arts, Technical Theatre/Design Option, M.F.A.

• Acting, B.F.A.
• Theatre Arts, B.A.
• Theatre Arts, Performance: Acting Option, B.A.
• Theatre Arts, Technical Theatre: Scenery/Costume/Lighting Design Option, B.A.

• Theatre Arts Minor

Courses

• THEA 525 - Theatrical Critical Theory
• THEA 530A - Acting I
• THEA 530B - Acting I
• THEA 531A - Acting II
• THEA 531B - Acting II
• THEA 540 - Non-traditional Material Use in the Theatre
• THEA 541 - Portfolio Development
• THEA 543 - Special Applications In Theatrical Makeup
• THEA 544 - Visual Concepts in Theatre Design
• THEA 545 - Computer Aided Design for the Theatre
• THEA 546A - Advanced Costume Design I
• THEA 546B - Advanced Costume Design I
• THEA 547 - Costume Technical Skills
• THEA 548A - Advanced Lighting Design I
• THEA 548B - Advanced Lighting Design I
• THEA 550 - Computer Graphics for Theatre
• THEA 552 - Collaborative Studies
• THEA 554 - Textile Applications in Theatre Design
• THEA 555 - Virtual and Automated Lighting Design
• THEA 556A - Advanced Costume Design II
• THEA 556B - Advanced Costume Design II
• THEA 564A - Movement I
• THEA 564B - Movement I
• THEA 565A - Movement II
• THEA 565B - Movement II
• THEA 574 - Directing
• THEA 580A - Scene Design I
• THEA 580B - Scene Design I
• THEA 583 - Theatrical Patterning Methods
• THEA 584 - Rendering and Painting for Theatre
• THEA 585A - Scene Design II
• THEA 585B - Scene Design II
• THEA 590 - Selected Topics - Graduation Design
• THEA 602 - Seminar in Theatre Management II
• THEA 614 - Advanced Period Scene Study
• THEA 628 - Writing for the Theatre Professional
• THEA 648A - Advanced Lighting Design II
• THEA 648B - Advanced Lighting Design II
• THEA 649A - Advanced Lighting Design III
• THEA 649B - Advanced Lighting Design III
• THEA 656A - Advanced Costume Design III
• THEA 656B - Advanced Costume Design III
• THEA 685A - Scene Design III
• THEA 685B - Scene Design III
• THEA 686 - Theatrical Tailoring
• THEA 690 - Selected Topics in Theatre
• THEA 694 - Selected Topics in Theatre Arts
• THEA 696 - Aesthetic Theory and Conceptualization
• THEA 699 - MFA Thesis/Project