Program Overview
•Bullet: Bachelor of Arts in Theatre within Allegheny’s Visual and Performing Arts division
•Bullet: Allegheny’s liberal arts model pairs the major with a required minor in a different field
•Bullet: Generalist training: every major studies acting, directing, design, stagecraft, and management
Training & Productions
•Bullet: Playshop Theatre has staged over 500 productions since 1929, from Shakespeare, Moliere, and Shaw to new student-created work
•Bullet: Mainstage season performed in the Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre at the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts
•Bullet: Students can act, stage manage, or run crew in Playshop productions starting their first year
•Bullet: Senior Comp capstone, often produced as a full show or workshop
Beyond the Classroom
•Bullet: Faculty-led summer study-away seminars in Great Britain, India, Italy, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and South Africa
•Bullet: Internship placements include Cleveland Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Public Theater, Signature Theatre, and New York Theatre Workshop
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Tony Chiroldes ’84 — original Broadway cast of In the Heights and Paul Simon’s The Capeman Career Outcomes
•Bullet: Graduates work at The Public Theater, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Pittsburgh CLO, TimeLine Theatre Company, and on Disney Theatrical’s The Lion King tour
