Theatre
From backstage to center stage, let your creativity shine.
At Alma, our theatre program emphasizes imagination, creativity, performance and production. As a theatre major, you will:
- Take classes in acting, stagecraft, directing and design.
- Analyze scripts and survey historical production methods and styles of theatre.
- Participate in acting and technical work on departmental productions.
At A Glance
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12:1Student-to-faculty ratio
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4Theatre productions each year
Possible Careers
From backstage to center stage, let your creativity shine.
At Alma, our theatre program emphasizes imagination, creativity, performance and production. As a theatre major, you will:
- Take classes in acting, stagecraft, directing and design.
- Analyze scripts and survey historical production methods and styles of theatre.
- Participate in acting and technical work on departmental productions.
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Student & Alumni Spotlights
No one describes the Alma experience better than those living it. Explore their stories, in their own words, below.
Alma’s theatre program truly gives students an all-around great experience. I was able to not only train in acting and technical theatre in a classroom setting, but use my skills on and behind stage in all our productions we put on each year.
Theatre is one of those disciplines in which there is no “one” right way to do anything.
Alma’s theatre program truly gives students an all-around great experience. I was able to not only train in acting and technical theatre in a classroom setting, but use my skills on and behind stage in all our productions we put on each year.
Theatre is one of those disciplines in which there is no “one” right way to do anything.
Get to Know Theatre
Meet the Faculty
Remick Heritage Center for Performing Arts
A celebrated live entertainment venue, the Heritage Center showcases a lively program of music, theatre and dance from students, faculty and professional groups.
Explore the Curriculum
Learn more about the fundamental courses that will offer a roadmap for your bachelor's degree in theatre.
Act, direct and design.
Our curriculum offers a full range of acting, directing, design, technical theatre, stage management and theatre history courses. As a theatre major, you can build a tailored path of study that reflects your passions.
You’ll get hands-on experience, too. At Alma, we put on four productions each year, including a student-run festival. And in our spring term classes, we’ve traveled to New York and London, performed operas and conducted intensive stage combat workshops.
Our theatre and dance facilities include two performance spaces and a dance studio. We also have an on-site design studio, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms and a makeup room.
What You Need to Know
Our program serves as excellent preparation for advanced training and study for careers in all areas of theatre. Our alumni have gone on to work as professional actors, directors and educators. Others pursue positions in technical production, set design and more.
While acting is a competitive field, opportunities are growing. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of individuals employed as actors will increase by 8% in the next eight years — outpacing the national average of 5%.
Get Connected
Student Organizations
Find your people and put your talent to work producing, acting or writing in one — or more — of our 100+ clubs and organizations.
