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Theater

Tradition and innovation are hallmarks of theater at Connecticut College

The College has offered a theater major for more than 20 years. While the program emphasizes acting and directing, students study and work on all aspects of theatrical production - acting, directing, design, technical theater, playwriting and dramaturgy - so that they understand the process of creating theater from initial idea to closing performance.

Recent theater productions demonstrate a broad stylistic scope, from "Where We're Coming From," an original ensemble-developed exploration of race and ethnicity on the Connecticut College campus and beyond; to Stephen Sondheim's ground-breaking musical, "Company"; to the classic "A Servant to Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni. The College's performing arts series, onStage, brings professional theater companies to campus for performances and workshops.

Other highlights:

  • The theater department produces four mainstage and several smaller shows each year.
  • Group Art Attack, the student theater organization, produces six to 10 shows in a year.
  • Experimental productions often evolve from advanced students' work in playwriting, directing, lighting and stage design.
  • Any student can audition for virtually any theater production. You don't have to be a theater major to audition or take part in a production.
  • Internships exist locally through the College's long-standing affiliations with the nearby Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and nationally at a variety of professional theaters. In recent years, students have completed summer internships at NYC's Pearl Theatre, the Culture Project, and the Signature Theatre, among others.
  • Many theater students choose to polish their skills in conservatory-based study away programs, such as the National Theater Institute at the O'Neill Theater Center. Our students have studied theater in Russia, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Many theater majors intend to make theater their career, either as actors, directors, stage-managers, technicians, producers or educators. Connecticut College alumni are administrators in New York theaters, stage-managers for professional companies and actors in regional repertory companies, on Off-Off Broadway and on television and in film.

 

 

Last Modified: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 14:44