» Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Pursue your passion for theatre in our community, which includes performers, 设计师, 董事, 舞台经理, 和创造者. Learn from experience and faculty who are working professionals active in their fields.
剧院 Northwest is like a family business and a home to students who are perfecting their craft with each performance as well as in the classroom and labs. 剧院 Northwest majors successfully find work as professional actors, 董事, and 设计师 in theatre. Students jump into productions in their first year to accelerate their profession-based learning experiences. First-year students have the opportunity to begin their first mainstage university play in their second week of fall classes.
Friday, March 1, 2024 (spring)
This visit day is for high school students interested in learning more about theatre programs available at Northwest. You will have the opportunity to observe classes, meet with faculty and students, 旅游设施, and learn about internship and career opportunities. You will also have the opportunity to audition for a scholarship!
Are you ready to apply, schedule a visit or want to know more about Northwest?
剧院 scholarships at Northwest are awarded annually to New First-Year 剧院 Majors (including Transfer students) and Returning 剧院 Majors and Minors.
“I chose the Speech/剧院 Education program at Northwest because of the many exciting theatre opportunities given to me and how my education can be crafted to fit my personal interests. 在我的第一年, I acted in several productions and have already had the opportunity to be Associate Director of a mainstage production.”
比利麦科伊
Speech/theatre education major
The First-year Student Showcase play introduces audiences to 剧院 Northwest’s new performing arts majors while orienting the students with the people and practices of the theatre program. As in the past 31 years, the production is performed by an all-first-year student cast with tech by new 熊猫s as well. 以前的 productions include The Laramie Project, The Voice of the Prairie, Stop/Kiss, and the Diviners.
(APO) is a national honor society for theatre majors. Highlights for this group are an annual touring children’s show that donates proceeds to local charities and sponsorship of the annual year-end theatre awards banquet.
Northwest students have opportunities to create theatre in up to five venues. The venues include the Mary Linn Auditorium, which seats 1000. The Studio 剧院 is a black box space with flexible seating for up to 150, and the Black Box Director's Studio is an intimate space that seats up to 50. These three venues are all in the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, there is the 500-seat Charles Johnson 剧院 in the DeLuce Fine Arts Building and an outdoor amphitheater, the Ray Courter Pavilion.
每年春天, 剧院 Northwest students at all levels have the opportunity to select and direct a play to present as part of a series of staged readings. Shows can range from short one-acts to full-length productions.
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts coordinates 众多 guest artist presentations throughout the year, including choral ensembles, 爵士音乐家, 工作室的艺术家, 喜剧演员, 单人表演, 研讨会, and many other outstanding shows and networking opportunities. Many of these guest artists also 利用 剧院 Northwest’s technical theatre group, often in paid positions, for everything from sound and lighting to props to makeup to scenic work.
