{"id":2470,"date":"2013-04-09T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T15:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2016-02-15T16:16:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:16:07","slug":"augsburg-named-a-top-5-theater-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2013\/04\/09\/augsburg-named-a-top-5-theater-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg named &#8220;Top 5&#8221; theater program outside of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2566 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/04\/Theater-Top-5-Backstage.jpg\" alt=\"Theater-Top-5-Backstage\" width=\"320\" height=\"207\" \/>Backstage magazine\u2019s 2012 Fall College Guide listed Augsburg College among the top<\/p>\n<p>five U.S. institutions for theater majors who wish to continue their studies professionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our Theater Arts Department, students connect with professional artists in the city<\/p>\n<p>while they delve into their theater courses,\u201d said Darcey Engen \u201988, Augsburg College<\/p>\n<p>associate professor and chair of theater arts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Backstage<\/em>, a theater publication in existence for more than 50 years, recommended<\/p>\n<p>an Augsburg education for \u201centerprising, driven students looking to climb the [professional] ladder in double time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article described the three academic theater concentrations offered by the College,<\/p>\n<p>which include performance, directing\/dramaturgy\/playwriting, and design\/technical. The article also highlighted Augsburg\u2019s course offerings and emphasized the theater program\u2019s proximity to the renowned, Minneapolis-based Guthrie Theater.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/WebXtra2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/WebXtra2.png\" alt=\"web extra icon\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Inside Augsburg Backstage\" href=\"https:\/\/augnet.augsburg.edu\/news-archives\/2012\/11_12_12\/Backstage.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Inside Augsburg article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backstage magazine\u2019s 2012 Fall College Guide listed Augsburg College among the top five U.S. institutions for theater majors who wish to continue their studies professionally. \u201cIn our Theater Arts Department, students connect with professional artists in the city while they delve into their theater courses,\u201d said Darcey Engen \u201988, Augsburg College associate professor and chair <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-spring-2013"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6356,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/6356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}