Training
•3-4 student productions per year in the 300-seat Welpe Theatre (Black Box)
•Scene nights each semester featuring studio class work
•Student-run groups stage additional shows annually
•The Welpe Theatre also hosts professional touring companies through RVCCArts
•Professor Dennis Russo holds lifetime membership in The Actors Studio and is a member of Actors Equity and the Dramatists Guild (MFA, The New School for Drama)
Degree Flexibility
•Graduates have transferred to Rutgers, NYU, UCLA, Montclair State, Drew, Ramapo, and Marymount Manhattan College
•Complies with NJ Statewide Transfer Agreement for seamless transfer with junior status to NJ public universities
•Broad-based liberal arts curriculum covering acting, directing, playwriting, and technical theatre
•60-credit AA provides foundation for both BFA and BA pathways at four-year institutions
