Program Recognition
•Flexible, non-audition BA program designed for theatre creators: playwrights, directors, producers, arts entrepreneurs, and innovators
•Students explore performance, directing, stage management, and arts entrepreneurship
•Small, hands-on classes with faculty who are active industry professionals
•NAST-accredited (National Association of Schools of Theatre)
•Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
•Named a Colorado Program of Excellence by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education
Performance & Productions
•30+ productions each year including Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, one-acts, workshops, and stage readings
•Three professional theatres and a state-of-the-art performance hall on campus
•Little Theatre of the Rockies — the oldest professional summer stock theatre west of the Mississippi (est. 1934)
•Annual High School Theatre Festival and Theatre for Young Audiences production each spring
•Student theatre groups include improv/sketch comedy, poetry workshops, playwriting, and monthly stage readings
Notable Alumni
•Steven Dietz — internationally produced playwright with 30+ published works performed across the U.S. and abroad
•Megan Van De Hey — Artistic Director of Little Theatre of the Rockies; award-winning Colorado theatre director and actor
•Mackey Saturday '07 — designer and creative professional
