Theatre Design & Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Hands-on experiences mounting plays and musicals start your first semester.
Your B.F.A. in Theatre Design and Technology from Nazareth equips you with the skills, four-year resumé, topnotch portfolio, professional credits, and critical contacts for success in this networking-heavy industry. Choose an emphasis in costume design, lighting design, or set design and enjoy opportunities to explore other areas of technical theatre. Build and paint scenery, create costumes from beginning sketches to a fitted garment, and prep stage lights and props. Fulfill show positions such as carpenter, head electrician, wardrobe and makeup crew, or assistant designer in our state-of-the-art Arts Center and Callahan Theater.
Highlights
Tailor to match your interests, such as theatre history, play analysis, acting fundamentals, or art history
Get start-to-finish experience in carpentry, lighting, costumes, scenic painting, and makeup.
Start working behind the scenes on performances during your first semester
Work with local professional theatre companies
Career Paths
- Costume designer, scenic designer, lighting designer, sound designer
- Theatre technician
- Scenic artist
- Wardrobe supervisor
- Head electrician
- Props artisan
- Stage manager
- Sound design
- Technical director
Employers
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
- National tours of My Fair Lady and Grinch
- Euroco Costumes
- Busch Gardens
- The Juilliard School
- Universal Studios
Graduate schools
- Yale University
- Boston University
- Tisch (NYU School of the Arts)
- Syracuse University
99%
of new Nazareth grads are employed or in grad school within six months of graduation
1,631
high-impact experiential learning experiences completed by the undergraduate class of 2024
$4,000
Our SPARK Grant provides up to $4,000 for you to pursue internships, research, and study abroad. SPARK details »
Internships
- Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. (ETC)
- Geva Theatre Center
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Apply & provide portfolio
A portfolio review is required for this major. View portfolio details and register »
Behind the scenes
Program Director
Alumni Spotlight
“My major truly was wonderful. All of the professors are very interested in individualizing the program around each student. They made it possible for me to both have practical experience outside of the program as well as get involved in the major itself as much as I wanted. If you're having a hard time deciding about which school you want to go to, and/or you're not totally set on what you want to do in the arts industry, this university will help you try every field imaginable. Naz is a great place to choose.”
— Samantha Eisensmith ’25, entertainment stage technician at Walt Disney World