Scenography | BFA | MFA |
BFA
For more information regarding the program, admissions, coursework and faculty please visit the Theatre & Film Department's web site or contact:
The University of Kansas
The Department of Theatre & Film
Murphy Hall
1530 Naismith Drive, room 356
Lawrence, KS 66045-3102
Email: kuthf@ku.edu
Phone: 785.864.3511
MFA
The Scenography program is a three-year integrated course of study leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree, the terminal degree for persons specializing in theatrical design at the University of Kansas.
The program is predicated on the belief that all designers, whatever their interests or abilities, should study and practice all aspects of theatre design, including scenic, costume, and lighting design. Scenography classes are at the core of the curriculum and students will develop a portfolio in a wide variety of theatrical and performance genres.
While in the program each student will design at least four realized productions in the University Theatre and she/he will do one or more lighting, one costume, and one scenic design, and preferably a combination of two or all design areas. Design assignments, made by the Scenography Faculty, will be based on the students’ experience and interests (i.e., a student with little experience in lighting design will be given a less challenging project in the smaller theatre). Graduate students work with the University Theatre’s professional staff in the realization of their designs.
Scenography students will design in both the large Crafton-Preyer proscenium stage and the Inge black box theatre. In addition, students have opportunities to design musicals, operas, KU Theatre for Young People, as well as student film projects. Opportunities also exist to work with new technologies in theatre design, including the Institute for the Exploration of Virtual Realities.
Successful scenography students at the University of Kansas come from a variety of backgrounds, including theatre, art and design, and architecture. Students with deficiencies in theatre production, theatre history, painting and drawing, and art history may be required to take undergraduate courses in these areas and as a result may make their study longer.
The MFA in Scenography is a joint program of the Department of Design and the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas.
For more information about the MFA in Scenography please contact the Head of Thetre Design:
Delores Ringer
317 Murphy Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS, 66045
785.864.2688
Email: ding@ku.edu
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