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1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield,Connecticut 06824
203.254.4000
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Bachelor of Arts in Theater

Minor in Theatre


The theatre program at Fairfield offers students a liberal arts education infused with the theoretical and everyday aspects of the theatre profession. The major offers a comprehensive education in the art and craft of theatre, and exposed students to its history, literature, theory, and criticism, while providing instruction in acting, directing, design, and technical theatre. Offered as either a major or a minor in the theatre program, you learn the details necessary to produce a full production, alongside developing excellent written, verbal and artistic skills. Classroom theories are applied at Theatre Fairfield. Here, you participate in on-campus productions, and are given the opportunity to direct, design, write, and act in various styles of theatre including musicals, comedies, dramas, period and contemporary plays, and original works.

Faculty Info:

Martha LoMonaco, Lynne Porter, Anne Kendall, Julie Leavitt-Learson.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Lightning Thief
(4/17/24 - 4/21/24)
Fairfield University - Theatre Fairfield
The 39 Steps
(1/26/24 - 1/28/24)
Fairfield University - Theatre Fairfield
The Thanksgiving Play
(10/20/21 - 10/24/21)
Fairfield University
'Night, Mother
(1/24/20 - 1/26/20)
Fairfield University
Rabbit Hole
(1/17/20 - 1/19/20)
Fairfield University
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(4/10/19 - 4/14/19)
Fairfield University
AVENUE Q
(4/22/15 - 4/26/15)
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