Minor events spotlights new and unconventional performance artists. In addition to seeing the work of these guests, students participate in workshops, seminars and classes with the artists. Students and faculty participate in the national American College Dance Festival. Concentrators have taught and performed at local schools and art centers, as well as with regional dance companies and summer theatres. Students interested in arts administration gain experience as the department box office and house manager.
Many theatre concentrators secure internships with summer theatres after their junior year.
Theatre and dance students participate in many outstanding programs abroad and have studied in such places as Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Bali, Germany, London and Paris. The College awards several prizes and honors including the William K.-M. Tennant Memorial Scholarship, the Carter Family Prize Scholarship, the Edwin Barrett Prize, the Karen Williams Theatre Prize and Senior Prizes in Theatre and in Dance. Wellin Hall, Minor Theater, Kirkland Drama Loft, List Dance Studio, Beinecke Events Barn, production shops, stock and computerized lighting systems. To prepare for a concentration in theatre, high school students should study world drama, poetry and fiction in the classroom and, if possible, on stage. Although no previous experience is necessary, students should have a desire to engage seriously in the study and practice of theatre.