The Department of Design and Production is an academically oriented, four-year program.  The curriculum is structured to provide rigorous classroom, laboratory, and production training in such areas as theatrical drafting, stage lighting and sound, the design and execution of scenery, costumes, and more.

Practical staging experience is provided by modern, well-equipped costume and scene shops; newly installed lighting and sound systems; and a computer-assisted drafting facility. YPAS mounts fully staged productions each year in its 886-seat Polly St. Claire proscenium-style theater and in the smaller Robert W. West Theater, a "black-box" theater. Each production is built and run by the students, with the more experienced students organizing and managing their own production crews. Commitment and self-discipline are stressed; students quickly develop a sense of responsibility and take pride in producing excellent work.

Design and Production students are drilled twice each year on proper interview techniques in order to enhance their ability to compete in both collegiate and professional job markets. After four years in the department, each major will have amassed a production portfolio and a solid, professional-quality résumé.

All of these factors provide Design and Production students a sizable advantage in securing a place in the university program of their choice. Graduating Design and Production majors are recruited each year by colleges and universities from around the country at the YPAS Career Day. Approximately 98 percent of all Design and Production majors who complete the program go on to college.

Applicants should be bright young men and women with a history of academic excellence.

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Course Offerings:
		Level One: Scenic Construction Costume Construction Stage Electricity
		Level Two: Costume History Stage Sound Props & Scene Painting
	Level Three: Stage Drafting Script/Character Analysis Design Rendering
		Level Four: Independent Projects Past projects have included designing MainStage productions and Internships with local theatres.
		Production Laboratory Levels I-IV View Current Lab Schedules: Costumes Carpentry Electrics
		Stagecraft for Non-majors (an overview of  technical theatre)