Training
•Performances in Bolton Theater and Hill Theater
•Multiple mainstage shows each semester plus student-directed productions
•Opera and Music Theater Workshop ensemble open by audition
•Curriculum covers acting, directing, playwriting, design and theater history
•All courses combine reading and critical writing with performance exercises
Notable Alumni
•Josh Radnor '96 — actor and director, star of How I Met Your Mother •Academy Award, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winners among department alumni
Professional Development
•Major creative or scholarly project developed with faculty guidance
•Oral discussion of the project with department faculty
•Six-hour written examination
•Distinction awarded based on performance across all three components
Degree Flexibility
•Liberal arts approach — courses open to all students in the college
•Cross-disciplinary study with dance and film courses counting toward the major
•Up to two off-campus study courses accepted toward the major
•Kenyon L.A. — selective two-week immersion in the entertainment industry for rising juniors and seniors
