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Program

Cert. Theatre and Performance Studies

Program snapshot

Admissions
No PrescreenNo AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Training
16-credit certificate covering both performance and technical theatre
Coursework in acting, improvisation, devised performance, stage management, lighting, costuming, and set construction
Theatre history, performance theory, and dramatic literature
15:1 student-faculty ratio
Performance & Productions
Peake Players: faculty-directed mainstage productions open to all students
Todd Performing Arts Center (TPAC): 900-seat main stage plus intimate Cadby Studio Theatre
Professional internship placements with regional theatre companies
Degree Flexibility
Designed to prepare students to transfer to a four-year theatre degree program
Academic advising support for transfer planning to specific universities

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