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Regent University is the nation's academic center for Christian thought and action, with a multitude of on-campus and online programs available worldwide. Our academic standards for both our graduate and undergraduate programs are high and our programs rigorous.
But what sets Regent apart is our mission to prepare capable men and women to excel both in mind and spirit. Our students, faculty and administrators share a calling, founded on biblical principles, to make a significant difference in our communities, our cities, our nation and our world.
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Founded: 1978
Unique campus culture: Rigorous academics within faith-based context
Enrollment: 4,494, Full-time students: 1,867, Part-time students: 2,627, Alumni (January 2008): 11,142
Degrees awarded (2007): 1,047. Degrees and programs: 30+ graduate and undergraduate degrees available on campus and online
Distinguished Professors and Guest Lecturers, Student-Faculty ratio: 8:1
Number of countries represented: 42
Study Abroad opportunities: England and France, with transitory opportunities in countries such as Italy and Israel.
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Regent University is ideally located on the southern east coast of Virginia, just 16 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, with a metropolitan area of 1.6 million residents.
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If you are interested in Theatre and you would like to have a more in depth tour of the Communication and Arts facility please schedule a tour of that building with Rebekah Harrison at 757-226-4389 and 1-888-777-7729.
Regent Undergrad Tuition
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS AT REGENT UNIVERSITY
At the Regent University Department of Theatre Arts we invite our Great Creator to take center stage and reveal His most profound truths as deposited in written drama and expressed through the power and passion of live performance.
The Department of Theatre Arts seeks theatre artists who share in this vision—a vision that seeks to shake the world of the theatre to its very core; a vision that embraces the mission of positively impacting upon the art form, the academy, and the industry from the inside out.
Whether you act, direct, sing, dance, or write, in the Department of Theatre Arts you will be stretched, challenged, and nurtured into being the best you can possibly be as both an artist and a child of God. For it is you, your unique voice expressed through your art form, that will determine the future of the theatre, and future of our culture.
A Statement of Position on Theatre at Regent University
It is the Regent University Department of Theatre Arts’ position that we are called to tell stories both descriptive and prescriptive in nature. The stories we present onstage may serve to edify and show us how best to live our lives, or serve to warn us, to steer us away from danger.
Our artistic aim is to creatively produce dramatic works that entertain while simultaneously presenting many of the universal truths God has revealed to us through the human condition. When creative works point people or move people toward God and away from the sinful state of the human condition, those works take on a redemptive quality.
It is our position that truth is ultimately redemptive. This does not mean that truth is devoid of trials, hardship, cruelty, conflict or behavior that may on occasion make us uncomfortable. That being said, the revelation of truth can be a cause for celebration—both joyous and liberating. We invite you to join us in embracing the words of our Lord when He said, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32)
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre
The B.A. degree program is a forty-eight (48) credit major within the context of a 120 credit liberal arts degree and is an excellent introduction to the world of the theatre. It affords the undergraduate student interested in theatre the opportunity to explore several disciplines (and possible career paths) associated with the amateur, professional, and academic theatres.
Students will take course work in such diverse areas as acting, directing, voice, design, stagecraft, theatre history, improvisation, text analysis and makeup. The student may take up to twenty-three (23) additional elective credits in such courses as musical theatre, stage combat, theatre in ministry, dance, cinema and television related writing and production-oriented courses.
A FEW OF OUR GIFTED FACULTY
MICHAEL KIRKLAND, Assoc. Prof., Chair, Dept. of Theatre Arts
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Dr. Michael Kirkland has appeared on stages from New York to Los Angeles and is an internationally recognized teacher of stage combat and professional fight director. Dr. Kirkland achieved Certified Teacher status with the Society of American Fight Directors [SAFD] in 1992. He has taught all over the U.S. and at such prestigious U.K. institutions as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in London, and the Birmingham School of Acting in Birmingham, England.
Dr. Kirkland has been a member of Actors Equity Association [AEA] since 1978 and has appeared in local, regional, and nationally broadcast television programs as well as in feature films. He has appeared with such well-respected actors as Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sam Elliot. An award winning director, he is also a published author in the areas of Theatre History, Theory, Criticism and Literature as well as in the discipline of Stage Combat.
Dr. Kirkland’s book, Stage Combat Resource Materials: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography, is published by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (Praeger Publishers) and is available through Amazon.com and other retail outlets.
GILLETTE A. ELVGREN, Prof., Head, MFA Acting & Directing Prog.
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While a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Dr. Gillette Elvgren was head of the M.F.A. directing program and staff director for the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival. He is co-founder and resident playwright for Saltworks Theatre Company in Pittsburgh, PA.
Gillette Elvgren has been writing for over thirty years, his plays and film scripts have been produced by professional organizations throughout the United States and Canada. There have been approximately 8,000 performances of Elvgren scripts. He teaches Directing, Acting, and Play and Film writing in the Theatre Arts Department at Regent University.
ERIC W. HARRELL, Assist. Prof., Head, MFA Acting Prog.
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Professor Harrell is a voice and movement specialist advocating a psycho-physical approach to the acting process. He draws heavily from his expertise in such contemporary methodologies as the Linklater and Alexander techniques, Lugering Method, Laban and the work of the Atlantic Theatre Company.
Professor Harrell is also a professional actor (AEA, SAG) and director with credits in professional and academic theatres across the country. He particularly enjoys working in the literary genres of Early Realism and Restoration Comedy.
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ADMISSIONS
You have talents and dreams that are burning inside, from the Creator of the Universe. He has given you gifts to be used to transform this generation. You have a purpose and a story to tell. At Regent University’s School of Communication & the Arts you’ll study with professionals and get hands-on experience. This could be the key to unlock the next step in following your dream. Begin Today To Make Your Dreams A Reality! APPLY NOW
FACILITIES
Our facility provides a comprehensive and state of the art learning experience, enabling the School of Communication and the Arts to position itself as the place to come for media studies and training.
The Communication & Performing Arts Center, home for the School of Communication & the Arts, is a 135,000-square-foot building that features a 750-seat theatre. The center also houses a 200-seat experimental theatre, cinema-television production studio, film sound stage, screening theaters, technical studios, classrooms and teaching labs. A back lot area offers space for sets for indoor and outdoor filming.
The $35 million building has been flexibly designed so that it can adapt to changes in user requirements and information technologies, ensuring that it will ably serve future generations. It will also be superb asset for attracting and retaining students, faculty and industry professionals of the highest caliber.
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