The BA in Drama at the University of Virginia invites students into the world of live performance, theater history, direction, and design. The program blends studio and academic coursework, emphasizing acting, stagecraft, writing, directing, and production. Students participate in performances, develop original scripts, and explore theater’s impact on social movements and cultural identity. Whether pursuing a career in theater or applying creative communication to education, law, or media, this degree provides artistic and interpretive depth. Drama students work with faculty and guest professionals in state-of-the-art facilities and gain insight into theater as a collaborative and expressive art form.
Directing and producing a socially conscious play addressing racial injustice and community dialogue
Writing a one-act play that explores intergenerational trauma and healing within immigrant families
Designing an immersive stage experience using projection mapping and digital scenography techniques
Developing a contemporary adaptation of a Shakespearean tragedy for virtual audiences
Composing and choreographing a multimedia performance piece based on historical protest movements
Documenting oral histories and transforming them into a verbatim theater script
Staging a site-specific environmental play that highlights local ecological issues in outdoor spaces
Writing a screenplay that merges absurdist theater tropes with real-world news reporting
Researching ancient Greek chorus techniques and implementing them in a modern ensemble production
Costume design portfolio inspired by early 20th-century European experimental theater
Collaborative development of an educational theater toolkit for high school social studies classes
Constructing a bilingual script addressing identity conflict in diasporic characters
Analyzing audience engagement in traditional vs. immersive theater formats through live performance tests
Producing a virtual reality short scene set inside an imagined future dystopia
Developing lighting designs for abstract theater performances focusing on mood and perception shifts
Writing a farcical comedy play highlighting the absurdities of academic life and bureaucracy
Creating a soundscape narrative performance based solely on ambient sounds and recorded voices
Researching stage censorship during totalitarian regimes and reenacting redacted scenes
Designing a public theater workshop series for underrepresented youth in Charlottesville
Building a digital archive and critique of Black theater movements from 1960 to present
Tell powerful stories through stage and script with UVA’s hands-on Drama BA.
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