Theatre Arts

• Students can put their ideas and creative talent to work during the school year in a variety of theater projects including four or five major productions, two theater for young audiences productions, and 20-30 annual student productions, ranging from classics to contemporary works.
• Students have access to outstanding theater facilities including Kjer Theatre, a 400-seat proscenium theatre; Riverside Theatre, a 200-seat thrust stage; and Gantner Hall, a 600-seat concert hall.
• Student theater technicians work in two fully equipped wood/plastics/ metals shops.
• A modern costume shop provides costumes for most productions, and the department maintains an extensive costume design collection.
• The department has four named endowments, which offer scholarships to new and continuing theatre arts students.
• Unlike many other public universities, classes are not taught by teaching assistants. Students work alongside interesting professors who inspire learning.
• Small classes, individual attention.

Theatre Arts Fact Sheet