Allegheny College

Communication, Film, and Theatre Department

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520 N. Main Street
Meadville,Pennsylvania 16335
814.332.4386
admissions@allegheny.edu

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Minor in Theatre Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Cultural Studies Minor in Communication and Cultural Studies Bachelor of Arts in Film and Digital Storytelling Minor in Film and Digital Storytelling

The Communication, Film, and Theatre Department is dedicated to the creative and critical study of communication, with special emphasis on theatre, rhetoric, and media. The curriculum offers opportunities for the performance, practice, in-depth study, and analysis of texts and techniques in each of these spheres. Students engage in production, performance, and critical cultural studies, with the objective of becoming competent and engaged artists/scholars in their fields. The department’s liberal arts emphasis encourages students to develop habits of engaged citizenship, thoughtful professionalism, and a meaningful private life.

Acceptance Rate:

Allegheny College has a general acceptance rate of 59%

Faculty Info:

Courtney Bailey (Rhetoric and media studies), River Branch (Media production), Mark Cosdon, (Theatre history and Performance studies), Heather Curtis (Assistant Technical Director), Michael Keeley (Media Production, Documentary and Film History), Michael Mehler (Department Chair), Miriam Patterson, (Costume Shop Supervisor), Vesta Silva (Rhetoric and speech studies), Ishita Sinha Roy (Media studies), Joe Tompkins (Media studies, Political Economy), Beth Watkins (Directing, acting, devising and adaptation), Lynette Watkins (Vukovich Building Coordinator & Playshop Theatre Box Office Manager), Jon Wiebel, Rhetoric (Political Communication), Julie Wilson (Media and Cultural studies), LeeAnn Yeckley (Technical Director), Emily Chivers Yochim (Media studies)