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Northfield,Minnesota 55057
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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre

Bachelor of Arts in Special Major in Dance

Minor in Theatre


The Department of Theater and Dance provides Carleton students with opportunities to study. perform and work in practical theater. In the faculty-directed Players shows, students produce large-scale productions on the stage of the Weitz Center for Creativity Theater from genres pre-selected by a student committee. The department faculty works with officers on the student-elected Players board to coordinate this production every trimester. Many students also work outside of the officially organized productions with the Experimental Theater Board, Student Musical Theater, and other CSA-sponsored organizations, resulting in an often overwhelming number of theater opportunities every term.

Notable Alumni Include:

Phil S.C. Chan, Erin Gustafson, Erik Sorensen, Sarah H. Tan, Jezreel R. Meza-Bigornia, Annaliese M. Minette.




Faculty Info:

Jennifer Bader, Lizbett Benge, Andrew Carlson, Herbert Johnson, Whitney McClusky, Daphne McCoy, Jane Shockley, Anthony Stoeri, David Wiles.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Everybody
(10/21/21 - 10/30/21)
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Bull
(2/27/20 - 2/29/20)
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Songs For A New World in Broadway Songs For A New World
(11/14/19 - 11/16/19)
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The Heidi Chronicles
(10/18/19 - 10/26/19)
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The Dance and the Railroad
(5/3/19 - 5/11/19)
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The Lover
(4/18/19 - 4/20/19)
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ASSASSINS in Broadway ASSASSINS
(4/26/18 - 4/29/18)
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