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Onstage, backstage, and in the community – discover your identity as a theatre artist of the 21st century.
Theatre Program
Dance
Dance Program
All majors and minors take a sequence of courses in their chosen discipline that emphasize performance practice, history and theory, and criticism and analysis. Students are also encouraged to explore interdisciplinary pathways through classes and performance opportunities beyond their home program.
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre: Performance and Theatre Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre: Design and Technical Theatre
The capstone of the Performing Arts degree is the senior project, for which students produce a substantial original research paper or artistic work demonstrating their command of creative and intellectual skills appropriate to the undertaking.
We are proud of our alumni and would love to know what you've been up to since graduation!
Watch our short video on how the Performing Arts Department and students created an original musical film. In a year where many canceled performances, the Performing Arts Department got to work creating an original musical, gather 'round, built around students.
The team worked virtually with industry professionals across the country to create a musical from the ground up, making their own music, writing the script, learning choreography, and even how to set up their own lighting and cameras. Challenging? Yes! But now a whole new set of skills— how to problem solve, how to tell a story, how to create—have been established.
PERFORMING ARTS'
VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:00pm
Tara Sundy (925) 631-4670
tms8@stmarys-ca.edu
Performing Arts Coordinator &
Events Manager