B.A. in Theatre

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Graduation Plan

Course Descriptions

Freshman Year
All Majors REGARDLESS OF AREA OF FOCUS

Fall  
THEA 2300 – Script Analysis
THEA 2333 – Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting

Spring
THEA 2332 – Stagecraft
THEA 1100 – Theatre Appreciation  or THEA 2410 Oral Interpretation

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall
THEA 3200 Stage Design Concepts
THEA Acting Elective (Acting Directing Concentration)

Spring
THEA 3230 Voice for the Stage
THEA 4330 or 4331 Theatre History I or II (depends on rotation)

Either Semester
THEA 2711 Theatre Practicum
Any THEA elective in area of concentration

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall
THEA 4337 Costume Design (Design Tech Concentration)
THEA Acting Elective (Acting Directing Concentration)
THEA elective
THEA 3711—Practicum—Professional Development

Spring
THEA 4330 or 4331 Theatre History I or II (depends on rotation)
THEA 4335 Scene Design or THEA 4336 Lighting Design (Design Tech Concentration)
THEA 3337 Directing (Acting Directing Concentration)
*Acting Directing Concentrations must take one upper division Design Class
THEA Elective

SENIOR YEAR

Fall
THEA 4711 Practicum—Capstone
THEA Electives (6 hours)

Spring
THEA 3337 Directing (Tech Design Concentration)
THEA Electives (6 hours)

You also need to complete your minor requirements – 15 credit hours, 12 of which need to be upper division.

Auditions for Georgia Southern Theatre’s Spring shows will take place at the Center for Art & Theatre (233 Pittman Drive) Tuesday, Dec. 3, with callbacks Wednesday, Dec. 4, if needed. Auditions begin at 6:30 p.m.  You can sign up for audition times on a sign-up sheet at the box office on the first floor of the building starting Monday, Nov. 11. We encourage you to audition for both shows and ask that you leave 20 minutes between your audition slots.  You do not need to have anything prepared for the auditions. We encourage you to read the scripts ahead of time.

Auditions for spring:

“John Proctor is the Villain” by Kimberly Belflower

At a high school in a one-stoplight town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As the students delve into the American classic, they begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero. With deep wells of passion and biting humor, this comedy captures a generation mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, discovering that their future is not bound by the past and that they have the power to change it all.

Content Note: This play deals with issues of sexual abuse in conversation, never on stage. 

Click here for the script.

Cast  3M/6W * PA’s will play additional students

Carter Smith – Teacher – late 30s, smart and sensitive, a great teacher, charming, engaging, and goofy.  This role will be played by Professor John Goshorn.

Shelby Holcomb – student, 16, F. people have always underestimated her.

Beth Powell – student, 17, F. nervous and ambitious and enthusiastic. kind of like if Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller had a baby and raised her in the Deep South.

Nell Shaw – student, 17, F. from Atlanta. just because she’s ahead of the curve and ballsy as hell doesn’t mean she isn’t also vulnerable.

Ivy Watkins – student, 16, F. sheltered. from old Southern money. fiercely loyal and always well-intentioned. resist the urge to play her as a mean girl.

Raelynn Nix – student, 16. a cheerleader type who’s always lived her life by other peoples’ standards. razor-sharp but has no idea – until she does.

Mason Adams – student, 17, M. on the basketball team. earnest and affable.

Lee Turner – student, 16. M. a good ol’ boy. he’s always been good at getting what he wants.

Bailey Gallagher – counselor, 24. sweet and genuine. this is her first real job out of college. she’s doing her best.

William Wycerlys “The Country Wife” adapted by Rachel Atkins

In this updated version of the William Wycherley classic, Margery Pinchwife is a new bride, just arrived in the city with her husband and sister-in-law as Harry Horner, a notorious playboy, spreads the false rumor of his own impotence as cover for his affairs with the “honorable” women of society, including Sir Jaspar’s wife and her cohorts in the so-called “virtuous gang.” Horner’s former friend and possibly lover, Jack Pinchwife, desperately tries to keep Margery under his control and locked away from the temptations of city life, while also marrying off his sister Alithea to Sparkish, a ridiculous fop. Margery makes her escape, Sparkish and Mr. Pinchwife show their true selves, Horner adds Margery to his conquests, and Alithea finds a better match with Horner’s friend Harcourt. Throughout, Alithea’s maid Lucy manipulates behind the scenes of everyone’s schemes, exposing a tangled web of sexual innuendo, social hypocrisy, code-switching, lies, and intrigue that leaves no stereotype unturned.

Click here for the script.

Cast & Characters

Margery Pinchwife: Newly married to Jack. Her mask is an innocent, guileless, obedient country bumpkin, and she presents it to almost everyone except Alithea and Lucy. She learns quickly and is smarter than she lets on. 

Alithea Pinchwife: Younger sister of Jack, witty, straightforward, and honorable. Margery’s ally, but she is beholden to and powerless under her controlling brother. Engaged to Sparkish out of obligation, she falls in love with Harcourt. 

Lucy: Alithea’s sensible, intelligent, and insightful maid. Resourceful in organizing and executing a variety of schemes, she also works for others when it suits her, including Horner and Harcourt. Knows everybody, sees everything, understands how to use information to her advantage, and plays the long game. 

Lady Fidget: Married to Sir Jasper Fidget and the leader of the “virtuous gang” of Society ladies. Her mask is the upright and honorable Society wife, which she uses with her husband and in public, in order to enjoy herself with her friends and lovers in private. 

Mistress Squeamish: Cousin of the Fidgets, one of Lady Fidget’s sidekicks in the “virtuous gang” of Society ladies.  

Dainty Fidget: Unmarried sister of Sir Jasper Fidget, one of Lady Fidget’s sidekicks and the most innocent/inexperienced of the “virtuous gang” of Society ladies. 

Harry Horner: A notorious City playboy, rake and wit. He wears a variety of masks: the impotent eunuch in public and in front of the husbands whose wives he wants to sleep with; the loyal buddy to his friends; the smitten lover to his sexual conquests. 

Jack Pinchwife: Newly married to Margery. An aging former playboy, he is now the archetypal jealous husband: obsessive, tyrannical, suspicious and violent. He attempts to mask these qualities behind a show of strength, but does not succeed. 

Sparkish: A shallow, self-centered, would-be playboy who considers himself a wit, but is thought a ridiculous fool by everyone else.  He wants admiration, and Alithea’s dowry. 

Sir Jasper Fidget: An oblivious and gullible Society gentleman, married to Lady Fidget. Believes he is more aware and insightful than he is.

Frank Harcourt: A witty, rakish, but honest friend of Horner’s. Falls in love with Alithea, which brings out his better nature, although he still employs trickery to attain her.