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Department of Theatre and Dance

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Spartanburg,South Carolina 29302
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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre

Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre

Minor in Theatre

Minor in Arts Administration

Minor in Dance


Theatre artists inspire, entertain, and challenge audiences with live performances that enhance our capacity for empathy and illuminate our common humanity. At Converse we train and support the next generation of performing artists by providing programs that promote intellectual curiosity, creativity and lifelong learning. The stage is our laboratory, a place where we grow and create in community.

Faculty Info:

Boone Hopkins, Melissa Owens, Chandra Owenby Hopkins, Meg Hanna-Tominaga, Lauren Hopkins, Arialle Kennedy, April Kibbe, Anne Denbow.



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Christ Church in Short Hills To Present The Fauré Requiem In A Special Concert Of Remembrance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 14, 2023


As part of its 140th Anniversary, Christ Church in Short Hills will present a Special Concert of Remembrance featuring Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 4:00 pm.

Miller Theatre Presents Bach Keyboard Concertos With Dinnerstein, Pratt, Farouk And Early Music With Tallis Scholars
by A.A. Cristi - November 03, 2022


Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues its BACH and EARLY MUSIC series with Bach Keyboard Concertos, the final concert in the Simone Dinnerstein-curated Bach series features pianists Simone Dinnerstein, Wael Farouk, Awadagin Pratt with Ensemble Baroklyn, on Thursday, December 8, 8:00 P.M. at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street. 

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 15, 2022


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Debbie Bell Will Retire As Executive Director Of South Carolina Children's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2022


The organization will adopt a new management structure, with a Managing Director co-leading SCCT with Artistic Director, Matt Giles. Ms. Bell will stay on as Executive Director until Fall 2022, when the new Managing Director is expected to be in place.

Catch the Full-Length, One-Woman Play, YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE at the ALBAN ARTS CENTER, This Weekend!
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This unique, one-woman performance piece will be performed for two nights only at the Alban Arts Center. Written by Glenn Griffin and presented by The Dorothy Parker Project, You Might As Well Live stars Susan Marrash-Minnerly as Dorothy Parker as she looks back on her life on the eve of her death. With only two performances this weekend, you don't want to miss this fantastic production!

Chamber Music Society Announces February Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - January 07, 2020


CMS's 50th anniversary season will celebrate the 250th birthday of Beethoven with the 2020 edition of the Winter Festival of performances of all sixteen of the master's string quartets. They will be performed in groups corresponding to the composer's early, middle, and late periods, in the order they were composed between 1798 and 1826. Performing the sixteen quartets is a mental, physical, and emotional challenge for the artists, and they are rarely performed as a set.  For the CMS Winter Festival the performances will be by the critically-acclaimed Danish String Quartet. 

The Kennedy Center Announces 50th KCACTF National Festival
by A.A. Cristi - April 09, 2019


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.

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The McCammon Voice Competition Announces The 2018 McCammon Semi-Finalists
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2018


The 2018 McCammon Voice Competition judges have chosen the semi-finalists for the eighteenth biennial competition, to be held on March 16, 2018 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The finals will be held March 17, 2018 at Bass Performance Hall. This year's competitors are David Araujo, Amanda Blue, Nicolette Book, Ryan Bradford, Rachael Braustein, Kathleen Buccleugh, Chelsea Coyne, Danielle Davis, Peter Scott Drackley, Helen Huang, Hao Hu, Emily Michiko Jensen, Abigail Kempson, Chonghwa Kim, Abigail Levis, Brandon Morales, Elizabeth Moran, Langelihle Mngxati, Chong Yoon Noh, Brittany Nickell, Yulan Piao, Anthony Reed, Michael St. Peter and Andrew Wannigman.




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