Welcome to the
Department of Theatre &
Performance Studies

The Department of Theatre and Performance Studies offers an innovative and unique curriculum that views theatre and performance as arts that directly intervene in the daily life of the community. In this way, performance serves as a tool for social change, empowerment, and leading activist initiatives through the arts (Artivism).

Studies in the department integrate theory and practice, combining academic research with artistic creation. Key focus areas in the curriculum include:

• Performance Studies

• Acting and the Homo Ludens (The Playing Human)

• Spatial and Audience-Performer Dynamics

• Theatre as a Tool for Social Change

• Site-Specific Performance

• Social Activism and Performance

• Performance as Healing

• Play and the Spirit of Folly