CICS - Northtown Campus – Theater Art 132: Theater Production, Direction, and Management Dual Credit

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Completion of this class with a “C” grade or higher will earn the student 3 college credits from Wright College, transferable to other universities to take the place of a fine arts course. Step into the roles of the stage manager, director, and producer as you explore your personal worldview and aesthetic preferences as well as the needs of your audiences while you select scripts, and develop a guiding vision for them. Consider the many off-stage career paths in finance, marketing, and business administration that keep the doors of the theatre open as you organize financial and logistical records for a production, develop publicity, and pitch scripts that you choose. Develop a personal portfolio of artifacts to use in future interviews and applications, and compose your first official Philosophy of Directing. Production and direction of plays; experience in play selection, theater organization, scheduling, audience analysis, box office and record keeping, and publicity. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.