Training
•Bullet: Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies housed in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts
•Bullet: Three on-campus theatres, including Roberts Theatre
•Bullet: Four mainstage productions each year; the season includes scripted, devised, musical, dance, movement, and experimental work
•Bullet: Mainstage productions are faculty-directed, typically professionally designed, and built by production staff and student staff
•Bullet: 36-credit major integrating live performance, production process, movement, acting, performance design, theory, history, and critical approaches
•Bullet: Practicum credits span on-stage/backstage live performance, stage management, directing/choreography/dramaturgy, design, and production management
•Bullet: Dance Ensemble is open to all students, with fall community projects and spring mainstage performance
Professional Development
•Bullet: Creative-practice pathways include acting, dance, building/constructing, stage management, directing/choreography/devising, and design
•Bullet: Student-directed MAPs and Open Space works support independent performance projects
•Bullet: Department awards include the Barbara McClenon Clark Playwriting Award and the Moffett Award for theatre, dance, and performance studies projects
•Bullet: Student organizations include Neverland Players, improv ensembles, and dance groups
•Bullet: Paid student staff positions are available in the scene shop, costume studio, box office/front of house, and administrative roles
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Grinnell's individually advised curriculum has no general education requirements or core curriculum beyond the first-year sequence
•Bullet: Faculty mentors guide students toward postgraduate study or arts careers
