An Invitation from Theatre & Dance @ Wake Forest

Please be our guest…come for a visit and let us show you around, get to know you, answer your questions and introduce you to our faculty, staff, and students.

A typical visit might include

  • An information session and campus tour with Admissions.
  • An admissions interview if you have completed your junior year and visit between June 1st and January 15th.
  • A chance to visit a theatre or dance class
  • An opportunity to sit in on a rehearsal
  • Join us at our weekly all-theatre meeting Mondays at 4pm in the Ring Theatre
  • A tour of our theatres, studios, dedicated computer lab and shops
  • Admission for you and your family to a production
  • A chance to spend time with a theatre or dance student and get answers to your questions about Wake Forest
  • A chance to talk one on one with faculty about your specific interests.

How to plan a visit

  • If possible, plan to visit when you can see a performance
  • Contact Admissions to reserve a space in an admissions information session and campus tour
  • Schedule an admissions interview
  • Contact the department to discuss specific details about your visit

Useful Tips

  • Our scenic and costume studios work Monday – Friday afternoons.
  • Rehearsals are in the evenings Monday – Friday with an additional weekend rehearsal TBA.
  • Student productions (Studio Series) are Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30 and Wednesdays at 4:30
  • Mainstage productions are Friday-Saturday then the following Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30 with a Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm
  • In general, performance and technique classes meet on Tuesday/Thursday, and other dance and theatre classes more often meet on Monday/Wednesday/Friday (see below)

Performance Classes:

Acting

On-Camera

Studio Production

Voice & Movement

Choreography

Design/Production Classes:

Design & Production for Dance

Intro to Design & Production

Theatrical Scene Design

Theatre Management

Stage Makeup

Technique Classes:

African Dance

Ballet

Jazz

Modern

Social Dance

Other Classes:

History of Western Theatre

History of Ballet & Modern Dance

Theatre in Education

Contemporary Drama

Movement and the Molecular

 

 Theatre and Dance Events 2012-2013

August 30: New Faces Audition Workshop

September 28 – October 7: Marisol by Jose Rivera, directed by Cindy Gendrich

November 2 – November 11: As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Sharon Andrews

November 15- November 17: AAP Presents Steel Magnolias,by Robert Harling, directed by Dean Guerra

November 29 – December 2: Fall Dance Concert choreographed by Faculty and Guest Artists

February 1 – February 10: VOX, a devised work, directed by Tim Miller

February 25- February 27: Studio Series I – Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal, directed by Dean Guerra; and A Game, by Dennis E. Noble, directed by Mara McCaffray

March 25 – March 27: Studio Series II – The Lesson, by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Andy Belt; and A Dollar, by David Pinski, directed by Mandy Emma

April 5 – April 14: Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by John Friedenberg

April 25- April 28: Spring Dance Concert choreographed by Students

 

Schedule a department visit:
Department of Theatre & Dance
Richard Williams, Staff Assistant
336-758-4108
williara@wfu.edu

Schedule an info session or tour:
Interviews for rising and current seniors are offered June 1 – January 15. Appointments are limited and must be scheduled in advance .

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
336-758-5201
admissions@wfu.edu