Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Theatre - Technical Theatre] From Rider University

The Theatre -?Technical Theatre?Program Highlights

• Exposure to and hands-on work in all facets of the theatrical experience
• Easy access to?two leading centers of theatre: New York City and Philadelphia
• Opportunities to?hone your skills?working on six annual campus main stage theatre productions ? including three musicals ? plus three operas and two cabarets, as well as student productions, ?black box? theatre and performing dance ensembles
• Master classes?with technical theatre professionals
• Internship and contract work?opportunities through Rider?s strong relationships with area professional theaters, including the McCarter Theater in Princeton, the Passage Theater in Trenton and the Riverside Theater (Bristol, PA)
• Increased marketability with the opportunity to?double major?in such area as arts administration, dance and education

Develop an understanding and mastery of skills needed for work in local community, regional and professional theater in such careers as:

• Set designer
• Model builder
• Makeup artist
• Costume designer
• Lighting designer
• Stage manager
• Stage technician
• Sound technician
• Set builder, painter, carpenter
• Prop maker
• Lighting operator