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Luther College

Theatre and Dance Department

Theatre and Dance Department

700 College Drive
Decorah, Iowa 52101
563-387-1695
admissions@luther.edu

Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
Minor in Theatre
Minor in Dance

About the program

Our theatre program resides within the Visual and Performing Arts Department. This allows our students to explore the intersections between theatre, dance, and art. For example, our theatre majors take dance courses, training the body as an expressive instrument. Our program encourages students to explore the performing arts professionally. Luther theatre students pursue professional internships and summer stock positions. They attend conferences and prepare for graduate school. Our alumni follow a variety of career paths. They become artists, scholars, activists, and teachers. Our students create and contribute to our ever-changing world.

Acceptance rate

Luther College in Decorah, Iowa has an acceptance rate of around 73%

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.

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by Stephi Wild — March 29, 2022

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