The English Department offers a course of study in Drama as well as Literature and Creative Writing.  If you have a sense of adventure, and if you like to travel in the limitless realms of the imagination, a major in Drama is right for you.  While exploring the imaginative worlds of our greatest dramatic writers and metting the memorable characters they have created you will develop such marketable skills as effective writing and thinking, analytical thinking, and collaboration in creativity - skills that will lead to success in whatever career you choose.

The Curriculum

Our program offers a literature based Drama major complemented by extensive opportunities to act and direct in on-campus performances.  Our small size gives students access to all aspects of the dramatic arts, including technical theater.  Most students choose to direct a play as part of the capstone course in Drama.

Internships

Students have had the opportunities to intern at a diverse group of sites including Charlotte Arts Magazine, Radio Disney Charlotte, WBTV News, the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Opera Carolina, and the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County. Charlotte's vibrant dramatic arts community offers a wide variety of opportunities for students interested in the performing arts - as actors, designers, technicians and arts managers.

When you Graduate

The English/Drama major offers all of the advantages in the workplace of the English Literature and English Writing degrees, plus the benefit of a broad range of experience in the dramatic arts.  Students may choose to pursue graduate study in literature, creative writing, or drama, in addtition to the other graduate programs open to English majors, such as law school.  An English major will prepare you for a variety of careers that feature communication skills, ranging from the traditional editing/writing professions to careers in business.  Here are just a few of the specific goals that English/Drama majors have accomplished after graduation: Ph.D. and M.A. in English (university English professors), Ph.D. in Theatre (stunt coordinator), M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Public relations managaer for the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, ABC TV sitcom actress for Two of a Kind, Stage Actors in Los Angeles and New York, Production Assistant for Andrew Lloyd Webber, CBS TV video editor,  New York Lighting Designer, New York Film producer, Chicago Independent theatre producer,and Charlotte high school drama teacher.

The Faculty

Our learning environment features small class sizes, an award-winning faculty,a low student-faculty ratio and a caring, close knit community for support.

Contact info:  Professor Jane Hadley  
                    hadleyj@queens.edu
                    704-337-2332

                    Lynn Morton, Ph.D., Department Chair
                    mortonl@queens.edu
                    704-337-2579           

                    Professor Kara Wooten
                    karawoot10@aol.com