Theatre Arts
The engagement of the student in theatrical performance in order to help him or her to arrive at a fuller understanding of the relationships between drama as literature and theatre as enactment is an essential aspect of the Theatre Arts concentration track. The Theatre Arts track combines the study of dramatic literature, theatre history, and dramatic and theatrical theory with the opportunity to take practicum courses in various theatre arts, including playwriting, acting and directing, design, dance, and film and video making.
Course offerings are drawn from throughout the University and interdisciplinary work is stressed. In addition to an excellent faculty in Theatre, students have access to distinguished faculty members from such Departments and Programs as English, Classics, Comparative Literature, Africana Studies, Anthropology, Music, Modern Culture and Media, Religious Studies, American Civilization, and Literary Arts. Students can also take courses at the Rhode Island School for Design. Along with 
courses stressing scholarship and research, sequential practicum courses are available beginning in the Freshman year in acting and directing, playwriting, dance, and technical direction and design. Participation in exchange programs in the United States and abroad is possible and Double Concentration and Honors programs are also available.
Graduates in Theatre Arts from Brown are currently attending many of the finest graduate and professional theatre programs throughout the world and have attained a high degree of success in academic and professional theatre.