The OCU School of Theatre has two major changes coming to its curriculum. The changes include the introduction of an on-camera course and a new focus on global history in the theatre history course.
One of the changes is the addition of a second Bachelor of Fine Arts track. The two BFA tracks are Stage and Screen and On-Camera Acting. Stage and Screen is the new title for the current BFA Acting track, which trains students in musical theatre, classical Shakespearean acting, and on-camera acting.
On-Camera is the new track, which includes seven semesters of screen work, with classes in commercials and voice-overs and 27 hours in the OCU film department with training in writing, directing, producing, and editing. The new tracks will begin in the Fall 2022 semester.
Head of Performance Lance Marsh noted the growth in on-camera acting work, mainly as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
The second curriculum change is in the Theatre History course. The department is working on a variety of ways to include diversity and inclusion in the program. Some of the changes are expanding the theatre history classes to include theatre from around the world, rather than focusing on theatre that originated in the ‘west.’
They will also provide topic courses on a wide range of theatre history, with topics rotating every semester. The main skills taught in these courses are the ability to engage in history and implement it in the art form.
The School of Theatre will be presenting two main-stage productions in the Spring 2022 semester. “Marisol” will run from Feb 3 to 6, and “School of Lies” will be running from March 31 to April 3r. There will be four Stage II productions going up alongside them.
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