Department of Theatre and Dance

Department Office located in the 2nd Floor of the Robinson Hall building, Room 220

Open hours 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Dept. Phone: (510) 885-3118

Faculty

Professor Emeritus

Thomas C. Hird, M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles

Professors

Darryl V. Jones (Chair), M.F.A. The Boston University School of Theatre Arts

Ann Fajilan, M.F.A. University of California, Davis

Nina O. Haft, M.F.A. University of Wisconsin

Rhoda Helfman Kaufman, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Marc Jacobs, M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach

Eric Kupers, M.F.A. University of California, Davis

Assistant Professor

Richard Olmsted, M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University

Lecturers

Ulises Alcala, M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Laura Ellis, M.F.A. Mills College

Kimiko Guthrie, M.F.A. Mills College

Mission Statement

Theatre and Dance, as performing arts, provide a spark that transforms a person into a lifelong student. Across the campus we offer opportunities for participation both in production and in critical examination that help students to discover, accept, and express themselves as active, enlightened persons, and to know and appreciate the work and values of others. To succeed in their performances, students master world history as well as the theories of art and esthetics by use of the everyday practices of the liberal arts, including research, writing, figuring, reasoning, and experimentation. They learn practical, usable skills. Students experience the problems of making choices while on stage and off. They learn to recognize the connection between art and life, as well as to discover their own capacities to make choices as citizens, as creators of art, and as directors of their lives.

About the Department

Use our university website link to learn more about what the Theatre and Dance Department has to offer.

• School of Arts and Media
• Degree Roadmaps
• Auditions
• Performance Fusion
• Performance Season
• Anyone Can Get Involved (open casting)
• Alumni
• Social Media Links
• And more…

Programs

• Theatre Arts, B.A.: Dance and Inclusive Performance Concentration
• Theatre Arts, B.A.: Stage Technology and Design Concentration
• Theatre Arts, B.A.: Theatre Performance: Acting and Musical Theatre Concentration

• Dance Minor
• Inclusive and Social Justice Performance Minor
• Theatre Minor

Courses

• THEA 490 - Independent Study
• THEA 497 - Issues in Dramatic Literature