Training
•Hands-on and classroom training integrates woodworking, drafting, metalwork, welding, rigging, production, scenic engineering, organization, personnel management, leadership, and crew delegation
•Students use contemporary tools and workflows including automation, CNC equipment, 3D printing, AutoCAD, pneumatics, and spreadsheet-based project organization
•A flexible curriculum lets students add lighting, audio-production, production-management, design, art, and management coursework around a sequential technical-production core
•The reported 15:1 student-to-teacher ratio supports regular faculty mentoring and extensive shop and production time
Facilities
•The 7,000-square-foot technical-production shop includes four CNC machines, four MIG welders, chain motors, and standard hand and power tools; the automation lab includes 3D printing, pneumatic equipment, and Creative Connors automation
•Booth Theatre provides 24 axes of automated rigging and a trappable floor above a 12-foot trap room
•Students rotate through carpenter, lead carpenter, head rigger, assistant technical director, technical director, and project-manager roles, supplemented by internships, summer work, guest artists, and the School of Theatre Showcase
