Training
•Bullet: Interdisciplinary BA covering acting, design/tech, directing, playwriting, stage management, and arts management
•Bullet: Senior collaborative thesis project — students create a theatre company and produce original work
•Bullet: 550-seat proscenium theatre with automated rigging system and industry-standard equipment
•Bullet: 99-seat black box theatre for studio work and experimental productions
•Bullet: Fully-functioning scenery and costume shops
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Elliot Peterson '16 — master electrician for the pre-Broadway run of Tony-winning A Strange Loop; lighting supervisor at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.) •Bullet: Playwright's Lab and director Todd Ristau received the KCACTF Gold Medallion in 2018 for extraordinary contributions to teaching and producing theatre
Professional Development
•Bullet: Annual participation in Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) — the largest theatre conference in the nation
•Bullet: Active participation in Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)
•Bullet: Three KCACTF productions selected for regional festival showcase in recent years
•Bullet: Opportunity to perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival — the world's largest international arts festival
•Bullet: London Theatre Semester Abroad with professional theatre internship options
•Bullet: Mill Mountain Theatre partnership in Roanoke
•Bullet: MFA Playwright's Lab connection — undergraduates work with renowned graduate faculty in playwriting
•Bullet: Past internships include Dixon Place (NYC), The National Theatre (D.C.), The Glimmerglass Festival, and Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
