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Smith College

Women's CollegeTest-OptionalLGBTQ+

Program

Program snapshot

Admissions
No PrescreenNo AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Training & Collaboration
Student-centered department emphasizing collaboration, diversity and inclusion
Courses span acting, design, dramatic literature, playwriting and directing
Faculty and staff of professional theatre artists and scholars
Regular visiting artists lead workshops and master classes
Production Opportunities
Three major productions per year directed by faculty and guest artists
Student-directed one-act studio productions
New Play Reading Series features original student work
Theatre 14 main stage seats 450 with full fly system and hydraulic lift
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre offers flexible black box staging
Five College Consortium
Cross-register at Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire and UMass Amherst
Perform in productions across all five campuses
Fare-free bus system connects campuses
Facilities
Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts (designed by Helge Westermann)
Fully equipped scene and costume shops
Werner Josten Performing Arts Library with extensive collection
Lighting, sound and set design labs plus computer design studio

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