Program Recognition
•Kent State's Theatre Studies BA is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
•The 2026-27 catalog identifies Trumbull Campus delivery specifically for the General Studies concentration
Training
•The 21-credit General Studies concentration combines dramatic literature, production, and performance, with named options spanning directing, playwriting, stage management, acting for the camera, stage combat, theatre management and entrepreneurship, and lighting, costume, sound, and scenic design
•The BA also requires a minor or another major, creating a formal interdisciplinary component
Performance & Productions
•Kent Trumbull Theatre reports nearly 60 years of community theatre and typically mounts three productions during the September-May university season plus three Summer Stock productions from May-August, including an active youth-theatre component
