DEVELOP artistic abilities, sensibilities, and creativities with integrity, confidence, and critical thought. EXPERIENCE performance as a transformative agent of social, cultural, political, and personal change. CHOOSE your specialization:
Theory and Practice
Technical Production
History and Dramaturgy
Theatre and Performance Studies (TAPS) at GSU considers performing the stories of others, as we
ll as of the self, imperative for initiating and sustaining a dialogue of shared human experience across identities, diversities, and desires. TAPS provides students with an understanding of the role of storytelling on stage and in everyday life, awareness of cultural diversity and civic engagement, as well as heightened communication, leadership, teambuilding, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. The program seeks to create well-rounded students, cultivating creative, critical, collaborative, and compassionate voices that move toward fulfilling careers and meaningful lives. Beyond course work that targets performance technique, application, design, history, analysis, theory, and criticism, students are asked to participate in main stage productions throughout their program of study, providing continued opportunities to enhance their skills. Furthermore, students are encouraged to gain professional experience by participating in internship opportunities throughout the Chicagoland area. Ultimately, TAPS prepares students—as artists, citizens, and scholars—for work in all aspects of theatre, whether onstage, backstage, or in arts administration; for employment in civic engagement, activism, nonprofit organizations, public relations, among others; as well as for graduate study. For more information, contact Dr. Patrick Santoro, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, at .
