Mission

...To educate imaginative, knowledgeable, skilled and responsible artists, teachers, scholars and audience members for the future of theatre and film arts. We work collaboratively to celebrate and confront our diverse artistic heritage and to examine and practice the complex process of constructing meaning in live performance and media. We emphasize the importance of ethics. We create new work and engage existing work to challenge, enrich and transform the university and community.

...To provide undergraduates with a comprehensive theatre or film education within the context of the liberal arts in the following areas: performance, design and production, new work development, Theatre for Youth, film and media production and theatre and performance studies.

...To educate the theatre scholars of the future in our PhD program by engaging and developing the theories, histories, literatures, and practices of Theatre for Youth and Theatre and Performance of the Americas.

...To train the creative artists of the future in our MFA program teaching you to work across and between performance disciplines and provide you with the skills needed to achieve your full potential. MFA students create new work and original interpretations that are engaged with and responsive to diverse communities.

...To provide production opportunities that are integral to your theatre and film education; complement the classroom and studio curricula; enrich the cultural life of the university, the community, the state and the region; and move the theatre and film arts into the future.

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