Technical Theatre - Certificate of Achievement

The Technical Theater Training program graduates highly trained and specialized scenic technicians who have learned a sound working knowledge of their craft and a respect for the skills and technologies associated with their chosen profession. Program Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate basic competency using technical theater systems for scenery, lights and sound in the production and realization of scenery, lighting plans and/or audio plans for live events. Serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designers and or crew heads in the realization of a fully produced theater event. Identify theater literature and visual styles practices, systems, and historical context used within the realization of theater events. 

15-20

The Technical Theater Certificate is intended to address a need for our students interested in working in technical theater. It will give students both classroom instruction and practical experience in a broad range of disciplines including lighting, set construction, audio, costuming and stage management. It is a central tenet of the program that classroom instruction is reinforced with crew assignments on main stage productions. A student who completes the certificate will get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technology in the various disciplines. They will also learn the collaborative process and the work ethic necessary for working in professional theater. In order for the training to be useful to our students, we must stay current with rapidly changing technology and practices in our industry. Recently, there has been a push to include LED lighting fixtures into the inventory of professional theaters. Those fixtures require lighting consoles that can logically process parameters for intensity, color and other functions. Similar changes are occurring in audio.  

THART100 Intro to Theatre                                                                               3 UNITS

THART122 Sound for Stage and Screen                                                          3 UNITS

THART123 Light Design Fundamentals                                                           3 UNITS

THART 129 Fundamentals of Costume Design                                                3 UNITS

THART134 x 4 Technical Theater Workshop                                                    1 UNIT    

THART145 Advanced Theater Practicum I                                                         3 UNITS

THART 164 Fundamentals of Scenic Design and Stage Management            3 UNITS

THART 165 Fundamentals of Stage Makeup                                                      3 UNITS

                                                                                                                                 19 Units