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Program snapshot

Admissions
No PrescreenNo AuditionScholarship InterviewUniversity App Required
Program profile
Moderately Selective25-40 Students

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

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