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