A new concentration in drama and a full-time liaison between the Faculty and the American Repertory Theatre (ART) are two proposals under consideration in a broad review of the theater company's relationship with Harvard.

The review, by the Faculty's 10-member Committee on Dramatic Arts, is the first official examination of the relationship between the Faculty and the ART since the acting company moved to Cambridge from the Yale School of Drama in 1979.

The committee will submit its report to the Faculty Council in mid-March. The review was mandated in Harvard's original contract with the ART.

Although committee members interviewed this week refused to comment on the exact nature of the recommendations, they are taking into account proposals from student drama organizations and the ART itself.

ART Director Robert S. Brustein said yesterday that one proposal he has made to the committee was to create a drama concentration.

The concentration would emphasize reading dramatic literature, rather than aspects of production.

"From there it would spread out to include experience in production, directing and acting," he explained.

Brustein said he has also proposed to the committee that a liaison between the ART and the University be hired. Possible responsibilities for such an official would include "going to see every undergraduate production at the Loeb, being in charge of the experimental theater and teaching a course, preferably a Core course," Brustein said.

A member of the Committee on Dramatic Arts, Brustein has, for the most part, not been participating in its ART review.

The committee oversees courses in dramatic literature and production which are offered for credit but not as part of a concentration.

Student Voice

The committee is also considering proposals from the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC), which is responsible for all student productions at the Loeb's Drama Center's main stage and experimental theater, and for coordinating campus-wide drama activities.

HRDC President Nicholas J. Wyse '84, who has been sitting in on the Faculty review committee's meetings, cited the establishment of a Faculty-appointed liaison as the most important change that should happen to the ART.

"We feel that somebody of considerable standing should be appointed by the University to tap the resources of the ART for students," he said.

By coordinating ART activities with student activities, and planning ART-sponsored workshops and seminars, the liaison would be an answer to students' interest in more exten- sive contact with the repertory company, Wyse said.