Training
•Focuses on theatre production and stage management within Harding's BA Theatre Design/Production degree
•Shares the department's 25-hour theatre core, including Technical Theatre, Stage Carpentry I, Theatre Forum, The Business of Theatre, Design I, and Directing I
•Prepares students for production coordination, stage management, event management, and educational or community theatre leadership
Performance & Productions
•Students can manage and coordinate work across an average of seven fully staged productions each year
•Year-round calendar includes musical theatre, Shakespeare, Greek tragedies, commedia dell'arte, American classics, contemporary work, Spring Sing, and Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre
•Production roles support a theatre department serving more than 36,000 patrons each season
Professional Development
•Emphasizes practical logistics: rehearsal support, backstage coordination, safety, schedules, budgets, vendors, personnel, and audience experience
•Students learn to connect directors, designers, technical crews, performers, and front-of-house needs into smooth live performance execution
