Disciplines
  • Broadcasting
  • Speech Communication
  • Theater 
Faculty
  • Anderson, Richard S. - Chair, Instructor, Speech Communication
  • Atha, Tom, Instructor, Theater Arts
  • Kragh, Allan O., Instructor, Broadcasting, Speech Communication
  • McKay, Colin W., Instructor, Theater Arts 
Adjunct Faculty
  • Augusztiny, Eric C., Theater
  • Bennett, Daphne N., Speech Communication
  • Cybulski, George K., Theater
  • Demas, Harry, Theater
  • GrayBallard, Robin L., Speech Communication
  • Hicks, Neill D., Speech Communication
  • Hogan, Kelley M., Theater
  • Ishida, James S., Theater
  • Kasnetsis, Michael E., Theater
  • Michel, Linda B., Speech Communication
  • Plumb, Kenneth O., Theater
  • Shick, Robert W., Theater
  • Sarracino, Louie, Speech Communication
  • Wallace, Juliet E., Speech Communication
Educational Programs
Degree Programs:

Theater
(Associate in Arts Degree) 
This two-year program is designed for the student who recognizes the social and occupational values of training in the theater arts. 

Note: Optional courses are listed for second, third and fourth semester programs.  Technical Majors are to enroll in Theater 325; Performance Majors are to enroll in Theater 291.  All others are to enroll in Theater 325.

Transfer Programs:

Speech
Speech Communication is the study of human symbolic interaction. Specific areas of interest include communication in one-to-one situations and small groups, business and professional speaking, organizational communication, public address and persuasion, advocacy and argument, the rhetoric of social-political movements, and aesthetic communication. Students and faculty seek greater understanding of the process of human communication, using both scientific and humanistic approaches. Epistemological aspects of critical thinking are central to all aspects of speech communication.

Theater
The study of dramatic art deals with the cultivation of voice and diction, acting technique, stage craft, lighting, make-up, stage direction, scene design, playwriting and the history and theory of the theater. A college degree with a major in dramatic art will be valuable to you if you are interested in any phase of dramatic art since a broad cultural background supplements imagination and quickens perception. Poise is a necessary attribute for those who are going to appear before an audience.

A dramatic artist may be any one of several people dealing with the various phases of theatrical entertainment; (1) the actor, (2) the workers in the front of the theater such as business managers, casting directors, publicity and clerical workers, and (3) the workers on the stage including the directors, managers, scenic artists and costume designers. A college degree with a major in dramatic arts for those aspiring to a theatrical career is greatly to be desired since the dramatic artist must have insight and appreciation beyond the average.
 
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