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Henniker, NH 03242
603-428-2000
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Bachelor of Arts, Theatre

Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Education K-12 Licensure


Together, we will explore every element of the theatre in order to understand it completely. We dig into every facet of theatre in order to better understand ourselves. We challenge each other in every corner of the theatre in order to better understand each other. In doing this, every story we tell, every character we play, every set we build, every light we shine, and every world we create elevates us. We rise up and never look back. If we achieve greatness, then we raise the bar: because in challenging ourselves, we learn even more. Welcome to the ensemble. We say ensemble because that is at the heart of how our Theatre program operates. No one member of the group is greater or more important than another. It is our work together, and the support of the company, that makes a New England College theatre production rise to the level of excellence that we expect. Join NEC theatre. Where work and play are the same thing.

Notable Alumni Include:

Chris Flaherty, Cris Graves, Jayscott Crosley, Megan Euler, Adam Pagdon, Jay Kulick, Luc Nicknair




Faculty Info:

Russ Rattray, Colleen Harris



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Of Mice and Men
(4/15/21 - 4/18/21)
New England College
August: Osage County
(7/17/20 - 7/19/20)
New England College
Crimes of the Heart
(11/14/19 - 11/17/19)
New England College
Proof
(2/21/19 - 2/24/19)
New England College

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