Theatre

Hampshire theatre is a process-oriented program that demands strong initiative and motivation from each student.

The Theatre Program centers on active participation and production from the first year of study onward, rather than limiting it to third and fourth year students. Applied theatre practices are equally important in the theatre program; therefore, community engaged learning is an integral part of the learning process. Our Child Drama and Community Program emphasize these elements.

Collaboration is strongly emphasized, and students from other concentrations are welcome to participate in productions. Theatre concentrators are responsible for all facets of the production process at Hampshire, from play selection to strike.

Yearly, Theatre Board (the program’s student-run governance body) produces a season of shows, play festivals, and dozens of student workshops.

In addition to these performance opportunities, students can choose to participate in a variety of production-oriented classes both at Hampshire and with the other four members of the Five College consortium.

• Where are the Dressing Rooms?
• Advanced Studies in Theatre Design
• Designing with Light
• Directing Contemporary American Drama
• Documentary Drama
• Classroom Drama: Theatre Education K-12
• Lightworks
• Little Course of Horrors: the Psychology of Terror and Humor in Theatre
• Opening the Instrument
• Playwriting
• Race, Empire, and the Renaissance Stage
• Everyone’s a Critic
• Setting the Stage for Social Action
• Staging Original Drama
• Storytelling as Performance: Voice, Body, Narrative
• Theatre of the Oppressed
• Take the Show on the Road
• Where Are the Dressing Rooms?
• Exploring Performance Space
• Word Play
• Writing a Child’s Voice for Theatre
• Projection Design for the Theatre
• Brecht in America (MHC)
• Chekhov and His Theatre (AC)
• Contemporary Canadian Drama (SC)
• Costume Design I and II (SC)
• Directing I and II (SC)
• Performance in Detonated Language (UMass)
• Sound Design I (AC)
• Stage Movement (UMass)
• Stage Management (Umass)

Requirements

• Common Application
• An academic paper in English
• Supplemental essay responses
• Current transcripts
• School report, including guidance counselor recommendation
• At least one letter of recommendation from a teacher
• Certification of Finances form
• TOEFL or IELTS score (Minimum TOEFL score of 91 or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Predicted grades for IB English A1 or A2, or for A-level English, will also be considered.
• Additional letters of recommendation, up to three

Scholarships

• MacArthur Foundation Grant Making Programs
• American Association of University Women
• Fulbright International Scholarship Program for non-US students