Program Recognition
•Two-year AA Drama transfer pathway built for students continuing to bachelor's-level theatre programs
•TVCC Theatre competes at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 6
•Student Caitlynn Sandoval won a Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas tuition-and-board award for stage management at the 2018 Region 6 KCACTF
•Aspen Prize Top 200 U.S. community college
Training
•Coursework spans performance, musical theatre, and technical theatre, with students learning across acting, design, and stage management
•Career paths the catalog names include actor, director, producer, designer, makeup artist, and drama instructor
Performance & Productions
•Productions are mounted by the Crimson Players, the department's resident performing ensemble
•Recent seasons include the staging of Working: A Musical
•Company also performs at off-campus venues including the Henderson County Performing Arts Center and the East Texas Arboretum
Facilities
•400-seat proscenium theatre in the Orval Pirtle Administration Building
•Scene shop, makeup room, greenroom, costume storage, and a multi-functional classroom on campus
Location
•Set in Athens, TX, roughly an hour southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth theatre market
