Department of Theatre and Dance

We Take Centerstage

Production is at the very center of our award-winning Theatre & Dance program. Each season we produce four plays and two dance concerts on our Mainstage Theatre and Jerry Harper Studio Theatre. Student-directed scenes, one-acts, and full-length plays are also presented yearly in the Harper. Department plays are cast at open auditions and on average more than 100 majors, non-majors and members of the community are involved each year.

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The Department of Theatre & Dance

Theatre and Dance is proud to offer a comprehensive liberal arts education in both theatre and dance, in which students may choose to pursue either a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre or a Minors in Theatre or Dance. In addition to honing performance and technical production skills, students will learn how to:

Collaboratively communicate with peers and problem solve complex situations
Demonstrate theories based on historical and cultural foundations
Analyze artistic works within an informed critical framework

In Performance: Earthquake '64

UAA Theater students, Jake Beauvais and Devan Hawkins joined Daybreak with a preview of the Earthquake '64 performance. Watch the interview here.
UAA Dancers on the Move in Boston U!

UAA Dance Ensemble just returned from a busy week of representing our Department of Theatre and Dance at the American College Dance Association's Conference hosted by Boston University. Read More...
Dr. Flanders-Crosby lectures at Smithsonian

Jill Flanders Crosby presented a lecture titled Dancing at the Edge of the Sacred: Fieldwork, Art & Archive in West Africa and Cuba at the Smithsonian Folklife and Cultural Heritage Center in Washington DC, February 6. Read More...