Theatre at Carthage has a rich tradition, and never has the department been better positioned to cultivate and empower ambitious students of the theatre arts than today.
A newly expanded curriculum has made it possible to offer majors in Theatre, Theatre Performance, and Technical Theatre Production and Design--in addition to a popular emphasis for Music majors in Music Theatre.
Carthage theatre students are always directly engaged in their craft, as the college produces five faculty- or guest-directed and multiple student-directed productions each season, in addition to a dance concert.
Carthage's proximity to both Chicago and Milwaukee gives students access to some of America's best regional theater, and college-sponsored trips--like Carthage's annual trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and January 2007's "Performing Arts in Ireland"
course--expose students to great theater beyond the Midwest.
The department of Theatre, its courses, and its season are central to Carthage's liberal arts curriculum. Auditions are open to all majors, and the program help students from all disciplines to become sophisticated audiences members and skillful communicators. In studying performance, moreover, students receive a new lens through which to examine all areas of human behavior--including religion, politics, history, psychology and art.
Mission Statement
The Mission of Carthage College Theatre is to guide, encourage, and cultivate students as they flourish into mature, well rounded, and capable theatre artists and critics. It seeks to produce excellent, diverse, innovative theatre that educates, challenges, entertains, and addresses the needs of the full Carthage community. Vital to the liberal arts tradition, a Carthage theatre education enables students to contribute meaningfully to both the world of theatre and the world at-large.
The Carthage Theatre student will:
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