Training
•Bullet: Shared AA core develops acting, script analysis, theatre history, design, and production skills
•Bullet: Theatre Emphasis electives include Acting II, Directing, Chicano Theatre, Theatre for Social Change, Children’s Theatre, and Playwriting and Screenwriting
•Bullet: Acting for the Camera is available within the theatre elective list
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students complete production or technical-design coursework in areas such as scenic construction, costuming, lighting and sound, makeup and hair, or play production
•Bullet: Hartnell’s Center for Performing Arts supports live stage training and public performance
Professional Development
•Bullet: Hartnell partners with The Western Stage, a professional resident theatre company
•Bullet: Students can develop their craft in a professional production context while completing the college’s open-admission AA pathway