Training
•Collaborative degree between Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music
•Integrates acting, voice, music theory, and dance technique
•Applied voice instruction for 3 terms with music faculty
•Musical theatre repertoire study for 3 terms
•Includes music theory, sight singing, functional piano, and music history
•Opera and light opera workshop experiences
•Dance minor recommended as complement to the major
Performance & Productions
•Six terms of required Theatre Practicum in departmental productions
•Performances at the Mill Theatre, a converted sawmill venue housing productions since 1969
•Participation in major choral ensembles for 4 terms
•Full season of musicals, plays, and student-directed projects
Notable Alumni
•David Rasche ('66) — star of Sledge Hammer!, Succession (Karl), and Veep (Speaker Marwood); Second City alum