BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Pomona College

Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This free service makes it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations.

With the new school year in full gear, BWW has updated the fully-interactive Student Show Calendar with 2011-2012 student productions. We have also made it easy for schools to upload photos, videos, cast lists, articles and other media content for each of their shows. In addition, BWW will be combing through all content regularly and will launch weekly feature stories highlighting productions locally and nationally that have provided us with this extra content. 

In this week's School in the Spotlight series, BWW is thrilled to present the Department of Theatre at Pomona College in Claremont, California! The Theatre Department at Pomona offers a liberal arts education where students can pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with courses available in general theatre, performance, history and dramatic literature, design and technology, and dramaturgy. A major in Dance is also offered by the Dance department with focus areas in dance or movement studies. Amongst its notable alumni, Pomona counts many famous names including Richard Chamberlain, Kris Kristofferson, Kelly Perine, and Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe. For a comprehensive list of alumni, clik here!

Production work is integral in Pomona's curriculum with many offerings throughout the year directed by students and faculty. Past productions at the school include 'Into the Woods', 'The Master Builder', 'Arcadia', 'Frozen', 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' (check out a compilation of scenes from 'Spelling Bee' here) and 'There's One in Every Marriage'. Click here to visit the image archive of past productions.

Up next on the Allen Theatre stage will be William Shakespeare's 'Othello', slated to open April 12 and run thru April 15. To see 'Othello' director Art Horowitz talk about the production, click here.

The dance festival 'Spring Dance 2012' will be held from April 26-29 in the Seaver Theatre. This showcase directed by Laurie Cameron, will feature original works by Dance majors, faculty and guest artists.

For more information on Theatre at Pomona, visit http://theatre.pomona.edu/

Congratulations to students and faculty at Pomona College for your continued success and dedication to the arts!

Questions/concerns/suggestions related to BWW's student center can be addressed to studentcenter@broadwayworld.com.

Photo of Joseph Long and Mark Irwin in the 2011 production of 'The Threepenny Opera'.