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Your dreams of being a performer and an entertainer are well understood here. In the Drama department, we will offer you training in theater production, including performance, technical and business aspects. Our courses cover the development of theater, from the early Greeks to the bright lights of Broadway.

We also meet transfer requirements to universities. With Drama, you can start a career in teaching, Community Theater, motion pictures, or television.

The Drama Department offers training, both theoretical and practical, in theatrical production, including performance, technical and business management aspects, as well as the serious study of the development of those aspects from the early Greeks up to the bright lights of Broadway.

We believe that the creativity, the personal interaction, and the excitement of participating in a performance is an experience highly valuable to any individual.

The heightened awareness of beauty and truth are carried on into the later life of the student to perhaps enable him or her to appreciate more fully what is available.

It is recommended that students intending to major in this field take all courses offered by this department, plus Communicative Arts in the Communication Studies Department. Introductory music, art, and dramatic literature courses would also be valuable.

Transfer major requirements in Drama are available in the Counseling Center. Students should consult a counselor and the appropriate college catalog for other transfer requirements. Catalogs of California and out-of-state colleges are located in the Library and the Counseling Center.

Positions for which four-year graduates in Drama are qualified are teaching, community theater, television, motion pictures, and professional theatre.

Theater Arts

A.A. Degree

Stagecraft Skills

Certificate

You will learn to build scenery and props in the technical theater. Construction, painting, lighting, and working backstage are all vital to a successful performance. We’ll teach you the terms and procedure needed to keep things going smoothly backstage. Learn to communicate and participate as members of a production team.

Stagecraft Skills Gainful Employment Information


Occupations (SOC code - links to summary report) Set/Exhibit Designers
27-1027.00
CIPC Code 500502
Semester Units Required 12
Normal Time to Completion Rounded (months)** 6
Estimated Total Fees $454
Estimated Total Cost of Books and Supplies $888
Optional Dorm Fee: Estimated Total $3,350
Students Completing the Program 2009-10* *
On-Time Completion Count* *
On-Time Completion Rate (%)* *
Median Loan Amount* *
* Where completions number fewer than 10, data may not be disclosed due to confidentiality regulations
** Based on full time attendance

Costuming Skills

Certificate

If you enjoy making theater characters come to life without having to stand in the spotlight, then this is the place for you. Costuming skills will give you the know-how to build period costumes and create visual characters working as a cutter, stitcher or makeup artist. You will also learn about use of color, different fabrics and finishes, and basic sewing techniques used for the stage.

Costuming Skills Gainful Employment Information


Occupations (SOC code - links to summary report) Fashion Designers
27-1022.00
Costume Attendants
39-3092.00
CIPC Code 500502
Semester Units Required 12
Normal Time to Completion Rounded (months)** 6
Estimated Total Fees $454
Estimated Total Cost of Books and Supplies $888
Optional Dorm Fee: Estimated Total $3,350
Students Completing the Program 2009-10* *
On-Time Completion Count* *
On-Time Completion Rate (%)* *
Median Loan Amount* *
* Where completions number fewer than 10, data may not be disclosed due to confidentiality regulations
** Based on full time attendance

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  • T 7
  • 5000 Rocklin Rd.
    Rocklin, CA 95677
  • M-Th: 8:00am - 5:30pm
    F: 8:00am - 12:00pm
Contact Staff

Debra Hammond Department Chair, Instructor, Drama

  • T 7
  • 5000 Rocklin Rd.
    Rocklin, CA 95677

John Deaderick Part-time Instructor, Drama

  • LR 113
  • 5000 Rocklin Rd.
    Rocklin, CA 95677

Michael Hunter Instructor, Drama/English

  • T 4
  • 5000 Rocklin Rd.
    Rocklin, CA 95677

Rodger Hoopman Part-time Instructor, Nevada County Campus, Drama

  • N1 111
  • 250 Sierra College Dr.
    Grass Valley, CA 95945

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