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Elmira College

Department of Theatre

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Elmira,New York 14901
607-735-1981
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (Performance)

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (Technical/Design)

Minor in Theatre


Develop your skills and abilities as a Theatre major at Elmira College! The program is designed both for students who wish to pursue professional careers in the arts and for students who want to explore Theatre as part of a liberal arts education. All Theatre students take core courses in stagecraft, theatre history, acting, and dramatic theory and criticism, followed by advanced, personalized instruction in either performance or production.

Faculty Info:

Hannah Hammond, Scott McGuire.



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by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 18, 2024


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Elmira College Theatre Brings Soccer Field To Stage With THE WOLVES
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2020


The Elmira College Theatre Program continues its 2019-2020 season with The Wolves, a 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Sarah DeLappe. Performances are scheduled March 6 and 7 at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee March 8 at 2:00 p.m. in Gibson Theatre at Elmira College.

Quartet 131 Celebrates Black History Month And American Inclusiveness
by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2020


Quartet 131 will be featured on the Arion Chamber Music Series on Friday February 21, 2020, from 8:00 - 9:30 PM. The concert will take place at Christ & St. Stephen's Church located at 120 W. 69th St., NYC. Tickets are $30. Students under 25 with ID are $15 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at arionchambermusic.org.

Elmira College Theatre Features Hungarian Short Plays
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2019


The Elmira College Theatre Program continues its 2019-2020 season with 'OPPROBRIUM: An Evening of Hungarian Short Plays.' Performances are scheduled November 14, 15, and 16 at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee November 17 at 2:00 p.m. in Watson Arena at Elmira College.

Elmira College Theatre Opens Season October 25
by Julie Musbach - October 09, 2019


The Elmira College Theatre Program begins its 2019-2020 season with Darcy Parker Bruce's, Poet Soldier. Performances are scheduled October 25 and 26 at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee October 27 at 2:00 p.m. in Gibson Theatre at Elmira College.

Thursday 5(+1): Six Gentlemen From the Nashville Premiere of THE BOYS IN THE BAND
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 27, 2018


It's the day of the show, y'all: The Nashville premiere of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band is tonight - at The Barbershop Theatre, 4003 Indiana Avenue in The Nations - and six of the actors portraying Crowley's now-iconic characters took time from tech week to answer questions about their processes and to offer their reasons for why you should come see the show.

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by Jeffrey Ellis - August 22, 2018


Nine Nashville area actors have been cast in the upcoming production of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band, which will play six performances at The Barbershop Theatre, 4003 Indiana Avenue, in a production helmed by veteran director Jeffrey Ellis, who is known throughout Tennessee as a leading theater journalist and critic.



Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Wolves in Broadway The Wolves
(3/6/20 - 3/8/20)
Elmira College Theatre
OPPROBRIUM: An Evening of Hungarian Short Plays
(11/14/19 - 11/17/19)
Elmira College Theatre
Solder Poet in Broadway Solder Poet
(10/25/19 - 10/27/19)
Elmira College Theatre
Three Tall Women
(2/8/19 - 2/10/19)
Elmira College
Ordinary Days in Broadway Ordinary Days
(12/8/11 - 12/11/11)
Elmira College

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