Senior Capstone Experience

The Theatre SCE

A student may complete the Theatre SCE in one of several ways:

• a traditional research thesis in the areas of theatrical criticism, theory, or history;
• a playwriting thesis in which the student writes, workshops, and produces a rehearsed reading of a full-length play;
• a production thesis in which the student serves as dramaturg, stage manager, designer, performer, or director of a departmental production.

Students may also propose alternative projects not listed above, to be developed and approved in collaboration with the faculty.

Students are strongly encouraged to collaborate on their SCEs, either by folding multiple SCEs into a single student-produced show (with all SCE students equitably sharing the duties and title of “producer”) or by completing the SCE as part of a faculty-directed production.