Theater Arts Career Academy (TACA)

This two-year College Tech Prep Academy combines college prep academics with hands-on experience in the theater arts. Students will explore acting and directing, theater design and technology, theater history, literature and criticism and arts administration. Students will showcase their “Best of Scenes” to audiences at the end of Level I and present a “culminating experience” at the end of Level II. Each student will develop an electronic portfolio. The Theater Arts Career Academy outlines a career pathway leading directly to an associate’s or bachelor’s degree.

Skills necessary for success:

• Be a team player
• Follow directions
• Exhibit critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Assume responsibility for project work

Professional pathway:

• Set design
• Theater technical director
• Sound effects manager
• Sound effects technician
• Stage manager
• Lighting director
• Theater historian

Recommendations:

• Excellent attendance record
• Minimum 2.5 GPA

Career interests/helpful background:

• Drama and theater courses
• Excellent communication skills
• Community theater
• Art