Recognizing the importance of designers and craftsmen as collaborative artists and artisans in performing arts, the School of Design & Production offers a unique and comprehensive program of instruction and practice in theatrical design, production management and theatre crafts. Students and faculty design and execute the sets, properties, costumes, lighting, wigs, makeup, and sound, and manage all production aspects for more than 20 shows a year.

The four-year undergraduate professional training program is open to college students who wish to concentrate in: Costume Design, Costume Technology/Construction, Lighting Design, Scene Design, Scene Painting/Stage Properties, Stage Manage- ment, Sound Design and Engineering, Technical Direction, Wig and Makeup Design.

A Master of Fine Arts degree is offered in the following areas: Costume Design, Costume Technology, Scene Design, Scene Painting/Stage Properties, Sound Design and Engineering, Technical Direction, Wig and Makeup Design.

The Master of Fine Arts degree is earned in a three-year conservatory program where extensive classroom and studio work is balanced with practical production experience. Studio and production assignments escalate in scale and complexity to prepare students to take full responsibility for productions as designers and technicians during the last two years of the program.

Classes are small, and the 20-member resident faculty of working professionals are full-time participants in the training program. As part of the training process, the faculty occasionally participates in NCSA productions as designers and technicians. Guest master teachers add to the curriculum with workshops in specialized areas. The studio and production work in which the student participates is of the highest professional level in both design creativity and technical execution.

Production Facilities
The technical production facilities of the North Carolina School of the Arts are among the most extensive and sophisticated in the country. More than 70,000 square feet of space is available for separate carpentry, paint, properties and furniture, welding and metal, electrical,costume, sound and wig and make-up shops. In addition to general classroom space, there are production offices; studios for drafting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics, and graduate students; and storage facilities for scenery, costumes, properties and electrics. The School of Design & Production also boasts auxiliary construction and paint shops with more than 12,000 square feet, often used for special campus events.

Professional Facilities
In response to many requests for design assistance and properties, North Carolina Scenic Studios Inc. was established as a professional affiliate of the School of Design & Production. As a separately incorporated, nonprofit entity, the organization operates independently of the School and is the only technical theatre resource of its kind in the region. Its purpose is to provide needed services while becoming an outlet for a wider variety of professional experience for the faculty, advanced students and recent graduates.

For more information about the School of Design & Production visit www.ncarts.edu/ncsaprod/designandproduction/ or call 336-770-3215

 

return to top | back


What's New | Events Calendar | Repertoire
About Us | Programs of Study | Related Programs
Artist Faculty | Visiting Artists | The National Advisory Board
Fletcher Institute Fellows | Learning Environment | Regional Opera
Application Process | Contact Us | E-mail Us | Home


Overview | Stevens Center | Design & Production