The mission of the theater program at Rutgers-Camden is to develop the skills, craft, and imagination of its students, as well as to provide them with a strong understanding of the history of the theater within a liberal arts context. In addition, the theater program stresses the collaborative nature of the art form by emphasizing the creative process and new play development. As a theater program operating within a larger fine arts department, we offer students a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary work. The curriculum includes courses in the areas of acting, directing, playwriting, technical theater, and dramatic literature/theater history. The program sees theater studies as a whole–an entire package with no one aspect being more important than another. The student who successfully completes the prescribed course of study will be prepared for graduate school or a variety of career options.
Onstage NOW through April 20:
THE ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE
and other comedies
by Christopher Durang
April 11-20, Black Box Theater
Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
His friend Sigourney Weaver has called Christopher Durang “hilarious and gleefully disturbing.” The New Yorker dubbed him “one of the funniest playwrights alive.” These student directed one-act plays, including Wanda’s Visit and For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, are Durang at his savagely uproarious best.
For more information:
Past Productions
Winter 2013 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2012 Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2012 A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Prof. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2011 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2011 Measure for Measure
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2011 Fuddy Meers
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2010 The Trial
Directed by Prof. Paul Berstein
Fall 2009 Dracula
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Spring 2009 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Fall 2008 – Moliere’s Tartuffe
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Spring 2008 – Angels in America, Part I: Millenium Approaches
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2007 – Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Technical Direction & Design by Prof. James H. Mobley,
Filmic Depiction by Prof. Robert A. Emmons Jr.
Spring 2007 – The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Technical Direction by Prof. James H. Mobley
Theater Program – Spring Festival: Student Works
(Original and Student generated theater works, musicians in concert, some dance, some video, a surprise special guest, an alumni blast from the past and more.)
Fall 2006 – The Madwoman of Chaillot
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2006 – Theater Program – Spring Festival
Ensemble Marathon
Spring 2006 – Once Upon a Mattress
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Fall 2005 - As You Like It
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2005 – Theater Program – Spring Festival
Ensemble Marathon
Spring 2005 - The Passenger List
Written and Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Fall 2004 - Nunsense
Directed by Prof. Martin Dillon
Fall 2004 – A Slight Ache
Directed by student Kyle Jakubowski (senior project)
Spring 2004 - Something’s Afoot
Directed by Prof. Martin Dillon
Fall 2003 – Equus
Directed by student Mat Wright (RUT)
Spring 2003 – Noises Off
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Fall 2002 - 110 In The Shade
Directed by Martin Dillon