Texas Tech University School of Theatre & Dance

at 18th Street Between Boston and Flint Avenues, Lubbock , 79409 United States

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Texas Tech University School of Theatre & Dance
18th Street Between Boston and Flint Avenues
Lubbock , TX 79409
United States
Email
Contact Phone
P: (806) 742-3603
Website
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/theatreanddance/

Description

Within a month after Texas Tech began classes, the Sock and Buskin society began producing short plays, and by April 1926 Tech was the home of a chapter of the theatre honor society Alpha Psi Omega. Since its first major production, The Youngest, in May 1928, Texas Tech University Theatre has produced hundreds of plays for the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities. More than 1,000 informal and developmental productions have been presented by students, including many original scripts. Established to serve as an educational resource for Texas Tech University and a cultural resource for the Lubbock community, Tech Theatre offered courses as early as 1930. In 1966, the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts developed a theatre specialization; it began offering theatre Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1969. That year, Theatre enrolled 29 undergraduate majors and 4 Master of Arts students. In 1972, Theatre participated in the creation of the Ph.D. in Fine Arts degree and developed and offered courses for that program in 1973. Beginning with three students in 1973, the Fine Arts Doctoral program has since graduated 81 students. Theatre Arts became an independent department in 1977 and implemented the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree programs in 1982. Texas Tech Theatre is one of only two theatre departments in the state to offer all the traditional degrees in Theatre Arts, and one of only three in the Southwest to offer the Ph.D. In 1992, Tech’s dance program moved from the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation to form the Department of Theatre and Dance. In April 1964, the University Theatre Building was inaugurated with a production of Romeo and Juliet in a state-of-the-art, 400-seat proscenium auditorium. This building, now known as the Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Theatre, has hosted over 170 University Theatre productions and many theatrical competitions. In 1986, the building was expanded to its present size with the addition of offices and a 100-seat, thrust-stage lab theatre. In 1998, the main-stage theatre was updated by the installation of a state-of-the-art lighting system. The teaching staff of the department consists of fourteen faculty and 28 teaching assistants who are assisted by six professional staff members. Enrollment in the department consists of approximately 100 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students. The Department produces three seasons of plays annually: a faculty-directed season in the main-stage theatre, a season of student-directed plays in the Lab Theatre, and the Summer Rep season; selected shows from the Summer Rep are also presented in New Mexico as Angel Fire Mountain Theatre. The Department of Theatre and Dance is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre.

Opening time

  • Mondays: 12:00- 17:30
  • Tuesdays: 12:00- 17:30
  • Wednesdays: 12:00- 17:30
  • Thursdays: 12:00- 17:30
  • Fridays: 12:00- 17:30
  • Saturdays: 12:00- 17:30

Specialities

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General Info

Curtain times for Mainstage plays are 8 PM Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 PM on Sundays. There is no Sunday matinee of DanceTech: Rewind. Tickets are $18 for individuals; $5 for students with a valid ID. Free student rush tickets are available on a limited basis to Texas Tech students. All performances are in the Maedgen Mainstage Theatre (east entrance), located at 2812 18th Street between Boston and Flint Avenues. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information. (All productions are pending availability and may be changed if rights are not available or for other reasons.) Curtain times for Laboratory Theatre plays are 8 PM Mondays through Saturdays and 2 PM on Sundays. There is no Sunday matinee of The Fall Dance Festival or RRADS. Tickets are $10 for individuals; $5 for students with a valid ID. Free student rush tickets are available on a limited basis to Texas Tech students. All performances are in the Maedgen Laboratory Theatre (west entrance), located at 2812 18th Street between Boston and Flint Avenues. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information. Curtain times for the Fall Dance Festival are 8 PM Wednesday through Saturday; there is no Sunday performance. Tickets are $10 for individuals and $5 for students with a valid ID. All performances are at the Creative Movement Studio, located at the southwest corner of Akron and Glenna Goodacre Avenues. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information. (All productions are pending availability and may be changed if rights are not available or for other reasons.)

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