Training
•18-unit Acting Level 1 Certificate of Achievement designed for foundational acting and collaborative theater skills
•Can be completed in one academic year and may be completed in one semester
•Core work in acting and theater arts is paired with production and acting electives
Performance & Productions
•Students can perform in faculty-directed mainstage plays and the "Emerging Works" series
•Three campus venues: the 1,432-seat Reed L. Buffington Visual & Performing Arts Center, the 111-seat Stage One Black Box Theater, and the 200-seat Little Theater
Notable Alumni
•Tom Hanks - two-time Oscar winner (Forrest Gump, Philadelphia); studied theater at Chabot, where his first student role was George in Our Town Degree Flexibility
•Level 1 coursework folds into the Acting Level 2 certificate and can apply toward the AA and AA-T in Theater Arts
