The department practices the principle of equal opportunity. Except in plays where race, ethnicity or sex is an issue, casting is on the basis of ability alone. Auditions are open to all interested persons from the campus and community. Ample opportunites to work backstage or in the costume or scene shop exist. Approximately 500 students annually participate in the production program.
Academic credit can be earn for production participation.
Each spring the award-winning Treehouse Troupe tours children's plays to grade schools throughout northwest Ohio. Members of the troupe perform and conduct classroom workshops in participating schools. Each summer the theatre department sponsors its own off-campus summer stock theatre. Five productions, including two musicals, are presented at the Playhouse located in Huron, Ohio. Students in the M.A. program are encouraged to spend a summer at the Playhouse.