Training
•16-credit certificate covering technical theatre and theatre performance
•Coursework includes acting, improvisation, devised performance, Theatre Workshop, Introduction to Theatre Production, Western Culture & Performance, and theatre electives
•Builds skills in scripted classical and contemporary literature, improvisation, devised performance, stage management, lighting, costuming, set construction, and properties construction
•15:1 student-faculty ratio
Facilities
•Peake Players perform a faculty-directed mainstage production each semester
•Students work in the intimate Cadby Theatre and the larger Todd Performing Arts Center
•The Todd's upgraded theater seats 904 guests and supports theater, concerts, and multi-functional events
Degree Flexibility
•Certificate is designed for students seeking a performing-arts career or transfer to a four-year theatre degree program
•Official articulation page lists a pathway from Chesapeake's Theatre and Performance Studies Certificate to Salisbury University's Theatre BA
•Advisors help students plan courses for specific transfer goals
