Training
•Bullet: BA preparing students for professional teacher licensure in Arkansas to teach theatre at the secondary level (grades 7-12)
•Bullet: Pairs theatre coursework with classroom methods and supervised field experience leading to certification
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Department stages roughly seven fully staged productions each season, giving future teachers directing and stage-management experience
•Bullet: Pied Pipers, Harding's children's improvisational theatre troupe, performs 60+ times a year and tours nationally and internationally for more than 16,000 children annually
•Bullet: Education majors gain experience on signature campus productions including the Homecoming musical, Spring Sing revue, and Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre (36,000+ patrons each season)
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Elizabeth Mae Yielding (BA Drama/Speech Licensure, 2012) — built the Heber Springs (AR) high-school theatre program and now leads theatre professional development for the Arkansas Department of Education
