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Declare your major as “Pre-Theatre.”
Concentration specifications will be made either by the Program Head or the student during New Student Orientation.
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Texas State University’s beautiful 507 acre campus houses more than 33,000 students, which makes our university one of the largest in the state of Texas. In addition, the Department of Theatre and Dance is the 2nd largest theatre department in the country with close to 1,000 majors.
26 Grammy winners & nominees on faculty
2nd Largest Theatre Department in the United States
Upcoming Events
Escobar's Hippo
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until Nov. 2
- Location:
- Theatre Center; Mainstage Theatre
- Cost:
- $13 for the public, and $8 for Texas State students
- Contact:
- Lauren Jurgemeyer
theatre@txstate.edu - Campus Sponsor:
- Department of Theatre and Dance
A Colombian town along the Magdalena River plunges into chaos after a flatulent, destructive, easily offended, and adventurous hippo comes to town and wreaks havoc. The crisis worsens when people begin transforming into hippos themselves causing, not only chaos, but the beginnings of a revolution where humans are trampled by these new Hipposapiens. As this shifting of civilization unfolds, three friends try to figure out how to deal with the transforming population and solve the connection between the hippos and a notorious drug lord. An homage to the works of Ionesco (namely Rhinoceros and The Killer), this play explores through absurdity and comedy the very serious and deadly consequences that come with the surrendering of humanity in favor of bestial urges and self-gratification.
- Location:
- Theatre Center; Mainstage Theatre
- Cost:
- $13 for the public, and $8 for Texas State students
- Contact:
- Lauren Jurgemeyer
theatre@txstate.edu - Campus Sponsor:
- Department of Theatre and Dance
A Colombian town along the Magdalena River plunges into chaos after a flatulent, destructive, easily offended, and adventurous hippo comes to town and wreaks havoc. The crisis worsens when people begin transforming into hippos themselves causing, not only chaos, but the beginnings of a revolution where humans are trampled by these new Hipposapiens. As this shifting of civilization unfolds, three friends try to figure out how to deal with the transforming population and solve the connection between the hippos and a notorious drug lord. An homage to the works of Ionesco (namely Rhinoceros and The Killer), this play explores through absurdity and comedy the very serious and deadly consequences that come with the surrendering of humanity in favor of bestial urges and self-gratification.
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