Theatre

A Word from the Department

The Good Woman of Setzuan

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 experience encompasses:

  • Examining and presenting truths pleasant and unpleasant concerning the human condition through theatre.

  • Recognizing and responsibly wielding theatre's powers — a vitality rooted in the fact that all men and women are inexorably linked through humanity's story.

  • Engaging and mastering a significant body of knowledge connected to theatre practice — performance theory and technique, dramatic literature, stagecraft, and theatre history.

  • Communicating effectively on-, off-, and backstage, ably engaging texts and people critically and compassionately.

  • Embracing theatre artistry as a lifelong pursuit rooted in a love of learning and an openness to diverse ideas.

  • Shaping and cultivating his/her faith, values, and philosophy, utilizing theatre as a vehicle for exploration and growth.

  • Becoming an informed and responsive citizen, deploying theatre to seek solutions to problems in the community, the nation, and the world.

  • Entering the world of theatre, education, or a related field (i.e. any field) as free men and women, committed to and equipped for service and continued growth.

Carthage Theatre

Shakespeare Festival

Stratford Theatre

A 43-year love affair with Shakespeare: Carthage's annual trip to Stratford, Ontario for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Read more.

J-Term 2011: Ensemble and Experimental Acting

Students in the J-Term course Ensemble and Experimental Acting brought a month of weird and wild work to the stage. Read more.

Student Voices

"The faculty works so hard with their students and you get so many opportunities to work with professionals in the theater world."

— Derek Nelson, '12, Lake Villa, Ill.

Hear what students have to say about studying theatre at Carthage.