The Department of Theatre Arts is committed to the training of knowledgeable theatre artists, theorists, historians, and teachers in the theatre arts. The Department is dedicated to the principle of developing the highest quality of theatre art, and to the serious investigation and perpetuation of the experiences and aesthetics of Black theatre.

OBJECTIVES

1. To train and educate theatre artist-scholars by providing students with a broad-based foundation of theatre process and practice. 
2. To provide students with diverse theatre experiences and to investigate and perpetuate the aesthetics of African-American theatre. 
3. To provide students with a knowledge of and appreciation for related Fine and Performing Arts disciplines and how they are integrated into the practice of theatre. 
4. To provide students with the basic techniques necessary for performance in theatre, film and television.