The Theatre degree program consists of artists striving to understand the human experience through the study and production of theatre. Students will evaluate and support the multi-faceted nature of the production process and the variety of artistry and skills that contribute to a finished theatrical presentation and, analyze and critique the social significance and cultural resonances of theatrical endeavor as reflected in theatre history and dramatic literature.
Position Title | Projected Growth (2014-2024) | Preparation Required | 2015 Median Wage |
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Actors
Position Description:Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 2 | |
Advertising and Promotions Managers
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$113,610 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $113,610 per year |
Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Position Description:Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$21,360 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 1
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 1 | $21,360 per year |
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Position Description:Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$69,060 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 5 | $69,060 per year |
Art Directors
Position Description:Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual communications media, such as print, broadcasting, and advertising. Direct workers engaged in art work or layout design.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$101,990 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 4 | $101,990 per year |
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Position Description:Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$76,710 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 5 | $76,710 per year |
Broadcast News Analysts
Position Description:Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$89,240 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $89,240 per year |
Copy Writers
Position Description:Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 4 | $69,130 per year |
Costume Attendants
Position Description:Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$52,870 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 2 | $52,870 per year |
Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio
Position Description:Interpret script, conduct rehearsals, and direct activities of cast and technical crew for stage, motion pictures, television, or radio programs.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$89,670 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $89,670 per year |
Fashion Designers
Position Description:Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$73,180 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 3 | $73,180 per year |
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Position Description:Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$54,170 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 3 | $54,170 per year |
Human Resources Specialists
Position Description:Perform activities in the human resource area. Includes employment specialists who screen, recruit, interview, and place workers.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$63,710 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $63,710 per year |
Labor Relations Specialists
Position Description:Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$60,930 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $60,930 per year |
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
Position Description:Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$66,560 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 3 | $66,560 per year |
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Position Description:Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$51,200 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $51,200 per year |
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
Position Description:Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$29,790 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 3 | $29,790 per year |
Models
Position Description:Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$37,240 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 1
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 1 | $37,240 per year |
Music Directors
Position Description:Direct and conduct instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras or choirs.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$59,040 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 4 | $59,040 per year |
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
Position Description:Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 4 | $69,130 per year |
Radio and Television Announcers
Position Description:Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio or television. May announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$46,410 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 3 | $46,410 per year |
Riggers
Position Description:Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$47,770 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 2 | $47,770 per year |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Position Description:Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. Work requires substantial knowledge of items sold.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$66,790 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $66,790 per year |
Set and Exhibit Designers
Position Description:Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theater sets. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$54,920 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 5 | $54,920 per year |
Talent Directors
Position Description:Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$89,670 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $89,670 per year |
Tour Guides and Escorts
Position Description:Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$26,920 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 3 | $26,920 per year |
Travel Agents
Position Description:Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for travel agency customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$38,750 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 3 | $38,750 per year |
Writers and Authors
Position Description:Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Position Duties:N/A Skills:N/A |
Faster than average (9% to 13%) | $69,130 per year |
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.
Plan, direct, or coordinate advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.
Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.
Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio or television. May announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual communications media, such as print, broadcasting, and advertising. Direct workers engaged in art work or layout design.
Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Interpret script, conduct rehearsals, and direct activities of cast and technical crew for stage, motion pictures, television, or radio programs.
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Direct and conduct instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras or choirs.
Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.
Perform activities in the human resource area. Includes employment specialists who screen, recruit, interview, and place workers.
Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.
Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.
Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. Work requires substantial knowledge of items sold.
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theater sets. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for travel agency customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
N/A
Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
Explore career information and other resources specifically tailored to Theatre majors.
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