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1500 N. Warner Street
Tacoma,Washington 98416
253.879.3330
admission@pugetsound.edu

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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts

Minor in Theatre

Theatre Arts offers courses and creative activities in which students learn to make, understand, and evaluate theatrical events. In doing so, students acquire knowledge and skills that enable them to become collaborative, informed, imaginative, and engaged theatre makers, who - as artists, scholars, and citizens - will pursue paths after graduation in professional theatre, education, business, and other fields of endeavor. The faculty is committed to theatre as a liberal art and an emphasis on the total artist. Majors, minors, and non-majors develop skills and connect insights in acting, directing, design, production, dramaturgy, research, and writing throughout their coursework, culminating in thesis projects presented as part of Senior Theatre Festival. Through participation in student- and faculty- directed productions, students ground their study of theatre in rehearsal and performance. Department productions provide the university and local community with the opportunity to experience high-quality theatre of diverse style, content, and form from a variety of historical periods.

Notable Alumni Include:

Casey Sander '79 Working Actor Sally Eames '89, Wall Street Journal, Best of the Best for 2012 Performance Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind Hollywood Is Mad for Darby Stanchfield '93 Eastside Preparatory School, Michael Cruz '97, Teacher and Professional Actor Shannon Hessell, PhD (O'Donnell) '97, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School Rev. Gretchen Haley '97, Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO Hallie Beaune, Actor and The Beer Chicks, author with Christina Perozzi of The Naked Pint Pannill Camp '99, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington Univ. in St. Louis; scholar. Nick Williams '00, Composer and Performer, "The Gay Agenda"; teacher, St. Ann's School, Brooklyn Walt Jones '01, Oscar, Life of Pi Ben Shelton '03, Web Series, Film Maker Eric Ankrim '03 Actor, Director; First Date on Broadway Wes Andrews '04 Writer and Producer Anne Gish '04, Backstage Manager, Teatro ZinZanni Airiel Quintana '13 "Beginning at Home" from Diversity & Democracy

Acceptance Rate:

The University of Puget Sound has a general acceptance rate of 76%, and while there isn't specific data for the Theatre Arts Department, the school's admissions are processed on a selective basis.

Faculty Info:

Sara E. Freeman, Kurt Walls, Jess K Smith, Wind Woods, Quill Camp, Marilyn Bennett, Monica Cortes Viharo.

UTA Theatre Arts And Dance To Present DANCE DECONSTRUCTED, New Works By Students And Faculty
by A.A. Cristi - November 17, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present Dance Deconstructed, November 21 through 23, at the University of Texas at Arlington Fine Arts Building in the Studio Theatre.

UTA Theatre Arts And Dance To Present Staged Reading Of MISS YOU LIKE HELL
by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present a staged reading of the 2018 musical Miss You Like Hell by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Erin McKeown.

Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at UA Little Rock University Theatre
by Theresa Bertram - November 06, 2025

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Theatre Arts took flight with their wildly imaginative production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which ran October 23–26.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Comes to UTA's Mainstage Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder with music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, and book by Freedman.

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY to be Presented by Vanguard University Theatre Department
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2025

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts invites audiences to kick off the holiday season with a witty, romantic, and heartwarming production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Learn how to purchase tickets.

CINDERELLA to Open Vanguard University Theatre Department 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2025

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts will open its 2025-26 season with the magical musical Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Jacob McGaughey Receives Inaugural Ari Keever Trajectory Fellowship
by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2025

The University of Idaho Theatre Arts Department and Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) have announced Jacob McGaughey as the inaugural recipient of the Ari Keever Trajectory Fellowship.

UTA Theatre Arts And Dance To Present TREASURE ISLANDS
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present Treasure Island, the 2014 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 adventure book, adapted by British playwright Bryony Lavery.

Ithaca College School Of Music, Theatre, And Dance Names Steve TenEyck as New Dean
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 04, 2025

Following a national search, Steve TenEyck has been selected as the new dean of the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, effective March 1. Learn more!

NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Set for UTA Theatre Arts and Dance
by Blair Ingenthron - February 08, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, the 2012 electropop opera by writer/composer, Dave Malloy, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.

PARFUMERIE to be Presented at Vanguard University's Department Of Theatre Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 20, 2024

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts will present PARFUMERIE, a classic romantic comedy set in a 1930s Budapest perfume shop, exploring themes of love and mistaken identity.

Raymond O. Caldwell to Succeed Stephen Sachs as Artistic Director of Fountain Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2024

The Fountain Theatre has selected Raymond O. Caldwell as Stephen Sachs's successor as artistic director. Learn more about Caldwell and about the promotion.

UTA Theatre Arts and Dance to Present DANCE DECONSTRUCTED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2024

Explore innovative storytelling through dynamic movement at the University of Texas at Arlington's DANCE DECONSTRUCTED, featuring new works by faculty and student choreographers. Learn how to purchase tickets.

ON THE TOWN to be Presented at The University of Texas at Arlington
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 05, 2024

The University of Texas at Arlington's Theatre Arts and Dance Department will present a production of ON THE TOWN, a musical comedy about three sailors exploring New York City during World War II. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Vanguard University's Department Of Theatre Arts Presents GREASE
by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2024

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts announced a production of GREASE, celebrating 1950s rock 'n' roll, at the Lyceum Theater from October 17 to November 3, 2024, directed by Susan K. Berkompas.

Past Student Productions

	SHOW	THEATER
	Anything Goes (3/24/11 - 3/28/11)	University of Puget Sound
	The Skin of Our Teeth (10/30/10 - 11/7/10)	University of Puget Sound

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