Training
•Bullet: Single-degree pathway spanning acting, design, and stage management across 124 semester hours, including a required Shakespeare course and the TH 400 senior seminar
•Bullet: 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio with direct instruction from Department Chair Prof. David Carter and Instructor Mary Hickox
•Bullet: Collaborations with the Music and Communication departments give students musical theatre and film production experience
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Cromwell Black Box Theatre, a 300-seat venue inside the Cromwell Communication Center, stages the department's mainstage season, including productions like "These Shining Lives"
•Bullet: Onstage and backstage collaboration opportunities begin in a student's first semester
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Courtney Thompson — works as a production technician at SPARC Youth Performing Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and credits the program's collaboration and communication training
Value
•Bullet: 100% of currently enrolled theatre majors receive some form of financial aid, scholarships, or work-study
