Program Recognition
•Bullet: Flexible BA major integrating theater, dance, design, media and performance, and performance studies
•Bullet: Students design their own pathway through the major (20 credit hours of self-directed coursework)
•Bullet: No audition required for admission
•Bullet: Core values: collaboration, leadership, justice, and community reciprocity
Training
•Bullet: 41-credit-hour major with courses in common, area requirements, and self-directed pathway
•Bullet: Area requirements span production (stagecraft, stage management) and praxis (design, activism, directing, choreography)
•Bullet: Up to 12 credit hours may be taken outside the department
•Bullet: Senior capstone required (Senior Scholars, Honors Thesis, Independent Study, or class declaration)
•Bullet: Annual production season features student, faculty, and visiting artist work
•Bullet: All performances free and open to the public
•Bullet: All courses and production experiences open to non-majors
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Laurel Coppock '99 — actor known as "Toyota Jan," Crazy, Stupid, Love •Bullet: Will Hochman '14 — Broadway actor (The Sound Inside) •Bullet: Sara Gibbons '15 — associate choreographer on Broadway's Indecent
•Bullet: Daniel Martin '01 — showrunner of So You Think You Can Dance
Facilities
•Bullet: Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts (74k sq ft, opened 2023)
•Bullet: 300-seat Performance Hall with customizable acoustics and orchestra pit
•Bullet: Three dedicated studios: experimental (36-ft ceiling), black box theater, and sprung-floor dance studio
•Bullet: 50-seat film screening room, scene shop, costume shop, and Lyons Arts Lab
•Bullet: Partnership with Waterville Opera House (810-seat historic theater)
