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What is the technical theater program?
The technical theater certificate/degree program at Diablo Valley College prepares students for entry-level positions in community and professional theater.
Technical theater students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in all areas of the theater, from an overview of the multiple disciplines of theater and the collaborations within, to the various functions that make theater productions work.
Students learn:
- roles of actors, directors, playwrights, and designers
- theory and techniques of stage lighting
- aesthetics, materials, and procedures of stage makeup
- the creation of animals and monsters
- construction of beards and mustaches
- creation of light designs for selected plays
- costume design and construction
- acting fundamentals
- stage management
- stage design
- scenery
- lighting
- sound
Why study technical theater?
Those who work in technical theater are involved in the exciting entertainment industry from the inside, and have opportunities to work in a wide variety of careers. While most careers related to theater require education beyond the associate degree, this program helps students develop an understanding and mastery of technical theater skills that will prepare them for work in local community and professional theater in many of the following careers:
- set designer
- model builder
- makeup artist
- lighting designer
- stage manager
- scenic artist
- set builder
- set carpenter
- set painter
- stage technician
- sound technician
- prop maker
- lighting operator
