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