Training
•Bullet: The Theatre minor builds public speaking, confidence, and collaboration skills through courses in acting, stagecraft, and performance, and does not require a departmental audition to declare
•Bullet: Minor students train within the Department of English, Theatre & World Languages alongside BA Theatre Arts majors, including Senior Lecturer David Underwood
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The department stages three faculty-directed mainstage productions each season plus SHOWCASE, a student-driven initiative for acting, directing, and designing original work, all at the Givens Performing Arts Center (GPAC)
Facilities
•Bullet: GPAC seats over 1,600 guests and is ranked among the top university performing arts centers in the nation; the Studio Theatre on GPAC's third floor is a flexible black box rehearsal and performance space
Value
•Bullet: A theatre minor sharpens public speaking, confidence, and creative problem-solving skills that employers value in education, business, law, marketing, and communications
