Program Recognition
•Active participant in Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region II
•Invited twice to the Kennedy Center for performances
•Students receive regional and national awards in acting, design, directing, and playwriting
Training
•Liberal arts approach developing the artist/scholar/advocate
•Emphasis areas: acting, directing, dance, design, technology, playwriting, stage management, choreography, and theory
•Senior Independent Study: year-long research project with 1:1 faculty mentor, often including a production component
Performance & Productions
•4+ mainstage productions annually with faculty-directed theatre and dance concerts each semester
•Freedlander Theatre proscenium main stage with Shoolroy Theatre studio space
•Student-run groups: Effie's Players, Shakespeariments, and Woosicals (musical theatre)
•Performances open to all students regardless of major
Notable Alumni
Professional Development
•Ohio Light Opera: resident professional summer company with student employment and auditions
•Study abroad at RADA, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Gaiety School of Acting, and University of Hawaii
•Dance OH5 Conference with Five Colleges of Ohio (Oberlin, Kenyon, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan)
•Professional conferences: USITT, SETC, NDEO, IADMS
