Department of Communication and Theatre DePauw University
mail P.O. Box 37
Greencastle, IN
46135-0037
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(765) 658-4489
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Communication and Theatre
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DePauw Debater Wins Indiana University Debates Commemorating Lincoln Bicentennial
Senior Michael Lutz won the Intervarsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate Competition held at Indiana University, February 7-8, 2009. The event, sponsored by the Hutton Honors College, the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, ABE at IU, the Maurer School of Law, and others, brought together the top teams in debate from Illinois and Indiana to commemorate the Lincoln Bicentennial..
Keelin Kelly, the other DePauw debater invited to the tournament, and Lutz’s regular season partner, also had a strong finish. She compiled a 4-2 record in preliminary rounds to advance to the semi-finals, dropping in that round to the debater from Illinois that Lutz went on to defeat in the finals.
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EURYDICE
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Gigi Jennewein Fenlon
NOVEMBER 19-22
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
at 7:30 pm
Saturday matinee at 2:30 pm
Memories are forbidden in this world of the dead, but an unexpected reunion with her father vividly awakens Eurydice’s mind to the love she felt in life. A modern tale of love and loss, Eurydice is playwright Ruhl’s imaginative interpretation of the classic Orpheus myth told from the heroine’s point of view, abounding with surprising plot twists and quirky humor.
Communication and Theatre
The mission of the Department of Communication and Theatre is to provide students with strategies for effective participation in civic life. We teach communication in a way that prepares students for life-long participation as productive and engaged citizens through a rigorous curriculum in rhetoric, media studies, theatre and interpersonal communication.
As a crossroads discipline, communication is studied from the humanities, artistic, and social science perspectives. The study of communication is built around a framework that allows for an understanding of theory, opportunity for criticism of messages and practice and research in the discipline. Students study a wide range of communication areas, including rhetoric, interpersonal communication, media and theatre.
Communication students can apply their understanding of this vital process in a variety of fields, such as corporate communication, public relations, personnel, advertising, marketing, law, mass media, sales, public service and the performing arts.
Most communication students participate in co-curricular activities, such as debate (DePauw Debate), theatre (DePauw Theatre) and student media (WGRE-FM radio and D3TV cable access television).
Two majors and three minors are offered in Communication and Theatre. Students preparing for secondary teaching: please review Section V, Teacher Education, and confer with the chair of the Education Department about requirements for admission and certification.The Department offers MAJORS in Communication and in Theatre MINORS are offered in Media, Theatre,
and Rhetoric and Interpersonal Communication.
FACILITIES
Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media (PCCM)
Green Center for the Performing Arts rendering
The $29 million renovation of the Green Center for the Performing Arts will soon be complete (see designer's rendering, left). The GCPA houses both the Department of Communication and Theatre and the School of Music. The GCPA includes a 400-seat proscenium theatre, a black box theatre, and legislative assemby/film screening rooms. The renovation will add facilities for Film Studies, as well as acting and dance studios
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Media resides in the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media
The PCCM, constructed in 1991, Consolidates state-of-the-art facilities for print and broadcast media on campus. The 40,000-square foot, two-level building features facilities for the campus newspaper, The DePauw, the campus radio station, D3TV,
and the campus radio station, WGRE.Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media
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ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE
Sponsored by the Department of Communication & Theatre Next conference: 36th annual conference, April 8-10, 2010.
Competitive undergraduate papers are invited from the wider field of Communication and Theatre, including Communication Studies, Media, Theatre, and Film Studies. Accepted papers are workshopped with scholars of national prominence. Deadline for paper submissions for the 2010 conference will be in January 15, 2010.
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