Training Approach
•Intensive generalist program covering performance, design, technical production, history, and playwriting
•59 credit hours in the major with no minor required
•Department operates like a nonprofit theatre arts company
•Small classes with personal attention from experienced faculty
Hands-on Experience
•Underclassmen regularly perform in productions
•Upperclassmen direct and design full-length productions
•Senior capstone includes directorial/design projects, acting, and stage combat
•Original student-written plays staged every other year
Recognition
•Multiple TETA PlayFest awards (6 of 8 university-level playwriting awards over four years)
•Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) participation
