Drama
What is the Drama program?
At its most elemental level, drama is a meaningful story told through a character or character’s actions on a stage, all designed to communicate to an engaged audience. It is a timeless form of creative expression that can take on many forms and genres but has the human condition and our universal experiences as core elements for the stories that are shared by actors through speech, gesture, music, and dance.
What will I learn?The drama program prepares students for transfer to four-year universities with a diverse program of academic, aesthetic, and technical experiences; and offers both majors and interested students the opportunity to perform, design, build, and run theatrical productions. Acting, makeup, lighting, and stagecraft are all options for interested students. What can I do with this course of study?The drama program provides students the opportunity to explore theater and the various theater genres and their relationships to other art forms and creative enterprises. For majors, students will hone their abilities in areas of performance, production, design and/or playwriting, and will develop knowledge and skills in realizing a variety of theatrical styles and building a foundation for careers in fields such as acting, directing, scriptwriting, casting, producing, set designing, audio/visual technology, makeup, costume designing, teaching or acting coach.A drama background can also be the foundation for a professional career in law, counseling, education, arts management radio, television or film. |
What's special about our program?The drama program offers many opportunities to students to experience all facets of the professional theatre world, be it performing on stages, design & directing opportunities, and networking throughout the Greater San Antonio Area, and in two performance spaces at the college, the 1,004-seat McAllister Fine Arts Center, and the more intimate 176-seat McCreless Theater.
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Dr. Barbara Strain and Dr. John F. Skinner Memorial Scholarship
The Dr. Barbara Strain and Dr. John F. Skinner Memorial Scholarship honors the memory of two beloved faculty members who devoted many years of their life to the students of this department. In the spirit of Dr. Strain and Dr. Skinners’ contributions to and support of speech communication and theatre, this scholarship is designed to reward the academic achievements of speech and theatre majors at San Antonio College who are in financial need.
Eligibility for the Scholarship:
Must be a Speech/Drama Major
Must have a 2.0 or above GPA with a 3.0 GPA in your Major
Interview with a committee member- Ronnie Watson or Jolinda Ramsey
Must be enrolled as a full-time student (12 hours)
Enrolled in at least one Speech/Drama course each semester
Completion of Scholarship Application, including one letter of recommendation.
Application Process (Incomplete or late applications will not be considered)
- Click here to download an application form or get an application from the Theatre or Speech Communication Coordinator through email request. Faculty members in Theatre and Speech Communication will also be able to help you secure an application form.
- Complete the Scholarship Application.
- Write your one page personal statement.
- Get one letter of recommendation from a Drama or Speech instructor from whom you either took a class from, or who has supervised you work in a theatrical production or speech activity.
- Submit your scholarship application through email, including the one letter of recommendation before the deadline to Mandy Derfler: aderfler@alamo.edu
Ron Lucke Scholarship
Must be a declared Theatre or Speech Communication Major.
Must have a minimum 2.5 overall GPA with a 3.0 GPA in your major.
Must interview with a Theatre or Speech Communication faculty or staff member and have them complete and sign reference form.
Must complete at least 9 hours each semester.
Must complete Scholarship Application and Reference form.
For Theatre, the student must demonstrate a commitment to their craft by participating in both semester productions either acting and/or crew.
For Speech Communication, the student must demonstrate a commitment to the discipline by participating in speech activities.
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Application Process (Incomplete or late applications will not be considered)
- Click here to download an application or obtain an application from the Theatre or Speech Communication Coordinator through email request. Faculty members in Theatre and Speech Communication will also be able to help you secure an application form.
- Virtually meet with a Speech Communication/Theatre Faculty or Staff whom you would like to serve as a scholarship reference. Faculty/Staff member must sign reference section of scholarship application.
- Submit your scholarship application through email, including reference signature from the Speech Communication/Theatre faculty or staff, before the appropriate deadline to Mandy Derfler: aderfler@alamo.edu
Contact Us
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