In addition to a regionally acclaimed and ambitious production season on the main stage, the department supports a series of student-initiated studio projects each year that offer extended opportunities to explore a diversity of interests and talents. To email requests for information, contact The Department of Theatre and Dance. Students are also able to explore their multiple interests in courses and productions. Both performance and design students may minor in dance to strengthen their pool of talents. The performing arts program serves as an excellent preparation for both advanced graduate study and careers in theatre and dance.
Class size is limited and studio work is intense and demanding.
The goal of the performance sequence is to create a thinking actor who can work in many theatre disciplines, who is connected to humanity and to self, and who has initiative as an artist. The department sponsors a production program that reinforces the belief that as an academic discipline, theatre must be an intellectual and practical pursuit simultaneously. Design students are given ample opportunity to work in multiple areas of set, light, and costume design as well as in all technical staff positions on both main stage productions and in student-initiated studio productions. Design, technical, and stage management students have an extraordinary opportunity to work with seasoned professionals in the Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre. In addition to staging at least one major musical production during each academic year, the department encourages students to take individual vocal training, dance instruction, and special topics classes to enhance their skills and to participate in campus choral and opera groups.