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Belmont University

Theatre and Dance Department

Theatre and Dance Department

1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
615.460.6000
admissions@belmont.edu

Degrees offered

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre (Production Design)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre (Performance)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre (Directing)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre (Theatre Education)
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Drama
Minor in Theatre
Minor in Film Acting
Minor in Dance

About the program

The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in a variety of entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre and Dance is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life's work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.

Acceptance rate

Belmont University has an acceptance rate of approximately 96%,

Faculty

Brent Maddox, Dr. Jane Duncan, Dr. James Al-Shamma, Debbie Belue, Paul Gatrell, Shawn Knight, Carla Lahey, Jessica Mueller, Shirley Blackburn, Ross Bolen, Mark Cabus, Alicia Fuss, Carrie Gerow, Allison Hardee, Nettie Kraft, Allison Little, Alyssa Maddox, Sean Martin, Eric Pasto-Crosby, Maggie Pelton, C.J. Tucker, Shabaz Ujima, Jerry Stratton, Joann Rosenbaum,

BWW Q&A: John Wilson Talks PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at New Jewish Theatre

BWW Q&A: John Wilson Talks PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at New Jewish Theatre

by Joshua Wright — April 1, 2026

After two decades shaping young performers as chair of the Theatre and Dance Department at the University of Central Missouri, John Wilson has built a reputation as one of the region's most versatile theater artists — actor, fight choreographer, dialect coach, and educator all at once.

GODSPELL Comes to Oakfields College

GODSPELL Comes to Oakfields College

by Stephi Wild — July 30, 2024

The musical phenomenon Godspell comes to The Lesedi Theatre at the Joburg Theatre complex from Thursday 29 August to Sunday 1 September 2024.

Reading of THE INVADERS Comes to Queens College in June

Reading of THE INVADERS Comes to Queens College in June

by Stephi Wild — May 9, 2024

On Tuesday, June 18, at 7 pm, Queens College will premiere a designed reading of “The Invaders,” a play about the Freedom Summer Project of 1964—a voter registration effort in segregated Mississippi that drew Black and white volunteers from all over the country—and the Ku Klux Klan’s murde

Art 4 Announces Cast of GODSPELL

Art 4 Announces Cast of GODSPELL

by Blair Ingenthron — February 12, 2023

Complete casting has been announced as rehearsals begin for the new production of Art 4's Godspell starring Laurisa LeSure and Zachary Wilkeson, directed and choreographed by Mark Albin and music direction by Dr.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Comes to La Mirada in April

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Comes to La Mirada in April

by Stephi Wild — March 29, 2022

La Mirada will present The Sound of Music beginning in April! The show stars Diane Phelan (Broadway: The King and I & South Pacific at Lincoln Center) as “Maria,” Christopher Carl (Broadway: South Pacific at Lincoln Center, Mamma Mia!) as “Captain von Trapp,” and Grammy nominee Suza

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