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