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Design & Technical Production

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production – Design & Technical Production

Program Overview

The BFA Degree in Theatre Production with an emphasis in Design and Technology offers comprehensive training to students who seek careers in the professional theatre. This training includes a balance of academic study of theatre and practical production experience in one or more of our three performance spaces. Students study with faculty actively working professionally in their field.

BFA Design Tech Degree Requirements

BFA students can choose from the following areas of specialization:

Costume Design

  • Student learn costume rendering and figure drawing.
  • Besides design courses, students learn draping, pattern drafting, and flat patterning skills.
  • Students can expect practical and realized stage design experience.
  • We offer costume craft courses including mask making, armor making, fabric dyeing, and wig design.
  • Our costume shop is modeled after a professional working shop with high standards and expectations.

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Patrick Holt at pholt@email.arizona.edu.

Costume Production

Through coursework, production work in our professional costume shop and opportunities on our Arizona Repertory Theatre productions you will learn:

  • Patternmaking by drafting and draping techniques for contemporary and period garments
  • Fundamental to advanced garment construction techniques
  • Women’s historical garment construction techniques, including corsets and 18th/19th century women’s wear
  • Men’s wear construction techniques, including modern and historical tailoring
  • Costume craft skills, including millinery/hatmaking, fabric dyeing, mask making, armor, and wig styling
  • Costume shop organization and wardrobe crew management skills following professional regional theatre practices

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Rick Tuckett at rtuckett@email.arizona.edu.

Lighting Design and Production

  • Train hands-on in lighting design and production practices on up to 6 Arizona Repertory Theatre, 4 Studio Series and numerous auxiliary events
  • Work as a stage electrician, programmer, assistant master electrician, master electrician, assistant lighting designer and lighting designer
  • Study all areas of theatre design and production, textual analysis and history
  • Take additional course work in advanced lighting design, automated lighting programming and stage electrics
  • Cultivate collaboration, communication and leadership skills in the context of the lighting design team as well as the production creative team
  • Receive strong mentorship and career advisement from professionally working faculty

For more info or to arrange a tour, please contact Deanna Fitzgerald at deannaf@email.arizona.edu.

Stage Management

  • Coursework in the areas of stage management, design, and production technology
  • Opportunity to work as a Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, or Production Assistant on 2 to 3 productions per year including plays, musicals, and operas
  • Discussions with guest speakers currently working in the entertainment industry
  • Networking and shadowing opportunities with professional stage managers
  • Internship opportunities with local and national arts organizations

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Jenny Lang at jennylang@email.arizona.edu.

Sound Design

  • Create sound designs that reinforce, illuminate, and punctuate, the story of a play.
  • Design, install, and program multi-channel sound systems to create complex aural environments.
  • Record, mix, and edit a vast stylistic array of sounds to use in your designs.
  • Learn and practice advanced techniques of live sound mixing in a professionally modeled, fast paced setting.
  • Benefit from our extensive network of contacts working professionally in the entertainment industry.
  • Take advantage of opportunities across the College of Fine Arts to broaden your skills.

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Matt Marcus at msmarcus@email.arizona.edu.

Scenic Design

  • Production opportunities in two main stage theatres
  • Six main stage productions each year
  • Learn hand and computer-aided drafting
  • Learn model making, drawing, and digital rendering
  • Learn scene painting and props fabrication

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Clare Rowe at cprowe@email.arizona.edu.

Technical Direction

Between your time in our shop, your classes, and our two main stage spaces you will learn:

  • AutoCAD, Vectorworks, and hand drafting
  • Basic and advanced wood working
  • Welding and metal work
  • Project management and problem solving
  • Shop management and work flow
  • Rigging fundamentals
  • Show control and stage automation

For more info or to arrange a tour please contact Ted Kraus at tedkraus@email.arizona.edu.

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Bruce Brockman Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television
brockma5@email.arizona.edu Drama Bldg, Room 262
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Deanna Fitzgerald Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television
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Patrick Holt Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television
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Joe C. Klug Assistant Professor
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Ted Kraus Assistant Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television
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Jenny Lang Assistant Professor of Practice
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Matthew S. Marcus Instructor, School of Theatre, Film and Television
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This is the LAST WEEKEND for 'Top Girls'!

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Show your love for theatre by checking out the School of Theatre, Film & Television's Studio Series 'Black Box Theatre Festival'!Don't forget, the FLASH SALE for tickets to the Black Box Theatre festivals is TODAY from noon to midnight! Use code BBF2019 to get $5 tickets to any of the festival performances. The Black Box Theatre Festival opens TOMORROW and will run through February 24th. Get your flash sale tickets at tickets.arizona.edu or by calling the Fine Arts Box Office at (520) 621-1162. ... See MoreSee Less

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TFTV student and ART company member, Chris Harper, talked with the Arizona Daily Wildcat about his experiences on stage. He talked in detail about the challenges of his most recent role of Mammy in our fall production of 'The Cripple of Inishmaan', and mentions his upcoming role in our production of Shakespeare's 'Richard III'.

Read more about him, and come see him in 'Richard III' which runs from March 11-31st in the Marroney Theatre! Tickets available at tickets.arizona.edu or by calling the Fine Arts Box Office at (520) 621-1162.
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Chris Harper, a junior acting major at the University of Arizona, played the role of 90-year-old alcoholic Mammy O’Dougal in the Arizona Repertory Theatre production of Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” He has been a part of eight ART productions, but the role of Mammy required t...

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Yesterday was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! The University of Arizona wrote an awesome article about six inspiring women from the U of A!

Come get inspired by the cast of 'Top Girls', which runs until February 24th! Tickets are available at tickets.arizona.edu or by calling the Fine Arts Box Office at (520) 621-1162.

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Arizona Repertory Theatre is proud to announce our 2019-2020 season line-up!

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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA 😭

Nice season

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Can’t wait!

I may need to move to Tucson. What a fabulous season!

It just gets better and better.

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Women can achieve success down many different avenues, and we especially love hearing about milestone acievements.

For the first time in history, women head the top three CIA directorates in a historically male-dominated agency.

If you want to see more about glass ceilings being shattered, and think about the distance still left to be bridged, come see Caryl Churchill's 'Top Girls' which opens TOMORROW in the Tornabene Theatre.

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