University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Explore the topics of acting, directing, voice, movement, stagecraft, design, theatre styles, history, critical theory, and dramatic literature in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Department of Performing and Visual Arts.

When you pursue a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts with an emphasis or a minor in theatre, you’ll learn the fundamentals and specialized knowledge needed to analyze and understand theatre theories and practices. There are multiple opportunities for you to participate in live theatrical productions every year.

The theatre emphasis complements a host of majors such as English, business, education, engineering, industrial technology, and music, but is open to all majors. Many students double major in fine arts-theatre and another field. Experience a project from inception to completion and learn to work as a team with the fine arts-theatre major and theatre and musical theatre minors. Theatre provides practical and theoretical skills that will be invaluable to future careers in any field.

In this program, you’ll experience a theatrical project from inception to completion and learn to work as part of a team. More than simply an acting degree, the Theatre Studies program will provide you with practical and theoretical skills that will be invaluable to your future career in any field you wish to pursue.