Backdoor Playhouse
More Information For Students
Productions:
How might I become involved? Can anyone audition? Join Alpha Psi? Can I help backstage? (Learn more about crew and Technical Theater opportunities)
Academics:
Do I want to be a Theater Minor? What is a Theater Concentration? Where do I get help
about choosing theater classes? Learn about the Performance Concentration or a Technical
Concentration.
For further information about all aspects of the program, Read on Macduff...
or please contact faculty advisor Mark Creter at mcreter@tntech.edu
or bookmark our website at www.tntech.edu/bdph
Why everyone should take an acting class.
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Theater Minor
The Theater minor is designed for students who wish to combine their major program of study with courses that promote theatrical techniques. Future teachers, designers, and advertising fields, would benefit from a Theatre Minor, or any profession that requires teamwork and creativity. At our theater, the Backdoor Playhouse, students can star in a production or help create one.
The University Catalog outlines the curriculum for the Theater Minor.
For further information about becoming a Theater Minor, please contact faculty advisor Mark Creter at mcreter@tntech.edu or visit our website at www.tntech.edu/bdph
Theatre Concentration
In the Theatre concentration, students focus on the literary traditions and performance arts that come together in the theatrical experience, preparing students for lifelong engagement with the arts while providing a solid foundation for graduate study or any profession that requires teamwork and creativity. At our theater, the Backdoor Playhouse, students can star in a production or help create one.
The University Catalog outlines the curriculum for the Performance Concentration or the Technical Concentration.
Alpha Psi Omega - Pi Upsilon
National Theatre Honor Society
The Alpha Psi Omega (APO) National Theatre Honor Society was reactivated in the spring
of 1993 by members of the Tech Players and faculty advisor Mark Creter. Current members
invite interested students to become active in theatre at Tennessee Tech. APO differs
from the Tech Players in that actors, technicians and front-of-house personnel will
be invited to join the cast of APO if they have strong grades and show a true commitment
to the theatre. For further information about Alpha Psi Omega, please contact faculty
advisor Mark Creter at mcreter@tntech.edu or visit our website at www.tntech.edu/bdph
The Tech Players
The official drama club of Tennessee Tech, the Tech Players was founded in 1954 by
English instructor Miss Dorothy Printz Pennebaker. The Tech Players provide the campus
and community with quality productions of both classic and contemporary plays in the
Backdoor Playhouse, located in the rear of the Jere Whitson building.
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For further information about the Tennessee Tech Tech Players, please contact Mark Creter, artistic director of the Backdoor Playhouse and faculty advisor of the Tech Players, at mcreter@tntech.edu
