Do you love the stage and want to share your passion for theater with the next generation? Our theater education minor will prepare you to teach and lead a theater programs in schools or community organizations, with a solid groundwork in theatrical and educational methods including acting, stage direction, voice, classroom management, theater history, stage design, sound, lighting and more.
In addition to taking education, dance, voice and acting classes, you’ll gain hands-on opportunities to apply technical and artistic skills learned in a campus play, musical or opera production every year.
And when you participate in college as a performer, stage manager, director or choreographer, you will be learning high-demand job skills that will serve you well in the classroom or leading a theater group. These include working on a team, problem-solving and effective communication.
Following Girl Named Tom’s blind audition on NBC's The Voice, all four judges — Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Ariana Grande — turned their chairs while the siblings sang Crosby, Stills & Nash’s “Helplessly Hoping.”
The sibling band 'Girl Named Tom,' featuring Caleb '18, Joshua '19 and Bekah Liechty, announced that they will be competing on NBC's The Voice this fall.
Don Marquis '59, a prolific writer, researcher and French Quarter fixture who dedicated his life to documenting New Orleans jazz, died July 29 in his hometown of Goshen, Indiana. He was 88.
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Martin, who graduated in 2016 with a theater major, was in many a mainstage theater production, won the school talent show, and is now acting professionally in the area.
Martin's storyLisa Rosado Rivera '21 hopes to one day find herself on Broadway.
Lisa's storyHostetler is currently resident stage director for the Portland Revels, artistic director of CompassWorks, and a freelance theatre/opera director, producer and playwright.
Bruce's storyNathan Vader graduated in 2013 with an English writing major and a theater and Bible, religion and philosophy minor. On the side, he edited for the campus newspaper, The Record, authored a book, acted and directed plays.
Nathan's storyAntoinette Mpawenayo ’24, a social work and theater major from Chicago, is finding ways to connect her love of theater with her passion for helping refugees.
Antoinette's storyBen Friesen ’05, of Oakland, California, uses his theater background to teach Origami.
Ben's storyAnna Kurtz Kuk
Associate Professor of Theater
Dept. Chair
Danielle Pagoria
Administrative Assistant
