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.
Carthage theatre students are always directly engaged in their craft, as the college produces four faculty-directed, one guest-directed, and multiple student-directed productions each season.
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 in Music Theatre.
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 enables students from all disciplines to become sophisticated audiences 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.
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