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Take an inside look at the Theater Department from students' perspectives and see what our program can offer.

Check out what theater productions are on the calendar

View photos from past mainstage productions

Competition offers playwrights opportunity to tell a story about peace

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    • VIDEO: Get an inside look from students at GC theater

      Take an inside look at the Theater Department from students' perspectives and see what our program can offer.

    • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

      When some shipwrecked strangers get washed ashore in the world of Illyria, a playful entanglement of music, love, mistaken identity and trickery ensues.

    • A view from the bridge poster

      Fall Mainstage: A View from the Bridge

      Classified by critics as a modern tragedy, A View from the Bridge focuses on the domestic world of middle class individuals--both strengths and imperfections.

    • Kelli Holsopple ‘99 – Decade of Servant Leadership

      Kelli Holsopple ‘99, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has used her passion for theater not for self-promotion, but rather to teach others to share their stories.

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  • Tie all aspects of liberal arts together with a major in theater. Whether you’re a writer, designer, actor or technician, the Theater Department has a place for you.

    Focus on theatrical design with art classes, performance skills with music classes, and language and literature with foreign language and English classes. Explore major historical, philosophical and artistic movements. Specialize in areas of theater design, acting, voice or directing.

    Then, apply what you learned during the full-length mainstage shows and one act plays each semester. Manage the stage, design the lighting, or make your debut as an actor, and end up with a well-rounded background in theater studies.

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  • Major in Theater / Minor in Theater
    The theater program at Goshen College has a strong liberal arts emphasis grounded in aesthetic communication and performance theory. Students explore historical, philosophical and artistic movements and the specialized areas of theater design, acting, literature, playwriting, voice and artistic movements. Courses in other academic areas such as art, music, communication, English and foreign languages can augment theater knowledge and skills.
    Theater Arts Education concentration
    A secondary teacher education program is available in theater arts for grades 5-12.

    Course Descriptions

    • Doug

      Doug Caskey

      Department Chair
      Professor of Theater

    • Randy

      Randy Horst

      Associate Professor of Art

    • Tamera

      Tamera Izlar

      Assistant Professor of Theater

    • Pat

      Pat Lehman

      Associate Professor of Communication

    • Andrew

      Andrew Moeggenborg

      Umble Center Technical Director, Assistant Professor of Theater

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