Can I Get a Job as a Stage Manager With a Bs in Liberal Arts
Just a work produced past the theatre industry could so blatantly express the feeling that many liberal-arts degree candidates might exist already thinking. In fact, one could substitution the give-and-take "English language" for nigh whatsoever other liberal arts degree, including "theatre." The grapheme Princeton in the musical Avenue Q sings:
What practise you lot do with a B.A. in English? / What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of noesis / Take earned me this useless degree
I tin't pay the bills nevertheless 'cause I take no skills notwithstanding / The earth is a big scary place
Just somehow I can't milkshake the feeling I might make / A difference to the man race
And that's merely it. UC Davis theatre and dance majors have gone out into the globe and been notably successful in a variety of careers, and I know they are all making a difference to the human race in some way. And why shouldn't they be? They graduated from the 9th "most valuable" academy in the country, according to a recent Forbes ranking list.
Students who choose to major in theatre and dance at UC Davis go a solid grounding in most aspects of theatrical performance. A student will get an introduction to interim; choreography; directing; history; stage-managing; and scenic, lighting and costume design. After gaining the nuts, they tin focus more on the areas that interest them.
Equally part of the curriculum, all theatre students must participate in performances in 1 of the areas mentioned higher up. The atmosphere is fun, and creative, with indelible friendships made from the very beginning.
Of the 738 living theatre and trip the light fantastic toe graduates from UC Davis, nearly a third are still working in 'the biz,' with many more still leading successful careers outside of theatre or dance. And they are certainly making a difference to the human race.
Broadway credits, Tony and Emmy nominations
I am awed past our theatre and dance majors' stunning diverseness of successes, from Broadway credits to Tony and Emmy nominations, to longtime careers in "the business." Hither are a few highlights:
Eric Beane, who graduated in 2005, is lead automation technician at Cirque du Soleil'southward KÀ in Las Vegas, said to exist the single-most expensively run theatrical prove running anywhere in the country — and the automation proves it.
Claire Bennett '06 is an Emmy-nominated product designer on the television show Modern Family, a show for which she also won the Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild two years in a row.
Constance Hoffman '85 is a Tony-nominated costume designer for The Green Bird (2000) and has designed for performer Bette Midler every bit well as several opera productions fabricated for television.
Karen Lawrence '04 is a coveted Disney Imagineer recently responsible for the lighting design of Ariel's Undersea Hazard ride in Disneyland.
Kristin Orlando '08 is now the director of creative operations for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
John Vickery '75 was the first to play the role of Scar on Broadway'due south The King of beasts Male monarch (at present the third-longest running show on Broadway). He also has a long list of Idiot box credits.
Isaac Woofter '01 is a New York-based screenwriter and thespian whose credits include the script for Steven Seagal's forthcoming movie The Bushido Butcher.
Theatre professionals working at UC Davis
Plenty of degree recipients are presently working in theatre on the UC Davis campus. Amidst them are Caitlin Sapunor-Davis '04 (Ann E. Pitzer Eye stage manager), Chris Oca '04 (Mondavi Heart for the Performing Arts lead stage managing director), Cecilia Villalobos '02 (effect manager in Student Affairs), as well as Mondavi Eye staff members Ricky Tam '13, Dan Perlea '03 and Tristan Wetter '13.
I would be remiss if I didn't also mention influential staff and faculty members at UC Davis who were in one case students: Darrell Winn '64, who became the theatre section'southward production managing director for nearly three decades; Maggie Morgan '84, now a faculty fellow member in costume design; and Roxanne Femling '83, who runs the costume shop and designs for many of the department'due south productions.
Theatre majors who took unusual career paths
Many of our majors don't end up in theatre permanently, or mayhap at all. Among those who have gone on to have successful professional person careers other than in theatre are Kevin Argys '77, a longtime administrator and finance officer at UC Berkeley.
Students who work together sometimes stay together
I will tell you the degree isn't the simply thing that matters in going to college. A fair number of students in theatre at UC Davis met and married their significant others, including myself.
I met theatre major Katie Baad '06 while I was a music major '05 conducting a student-run production (a group called Studio 301) of Sondheim's Into the Wood where Katie was both a lead and producer. She is now the casting coordinator at California Musical Theatre, the region'south highest-budget regional theatre company.
Theatre major Drew Phillips '05 met and married theatre major Syche Hamilton '06. Syche worked off-Broadway every bit a stage manager and is now the associate director of marketing at TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley.
If taking a course or two, or even majoring in theatre, interests you, I highly recommend scheduling a meeting with any of the faculty, staff or student peer advisors. Better all the same, go see a show!
Phil Daley '05 has a bachelor'southward degree in music and is a musician, aviation enthusiast and longtime staff member in the music department at UC Davis.
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