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Delaware,Ohio 43015
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Bachelor of Arts in theatre

Minor in Theatre

Minor in Dance


Dance at Ohio Wesleyan encourages students—beginning in their first year—to get involved onstage, backstage, and in the classroom. Within the context of the liberal arts, we offer pre-professional training in the traditional areas of acting and directing, dance, technical theatre and design, stage management, theatre education, playwriting, literature and history, and arts management.

Faculty Info:

Megan Davis Bushway, Glenda Yael Nieto Cuebas, Chadwyn Knutson, Bradford Sadler, Rashana Perks Smith, Martine Stephens.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Country House
(10/4/19 - 10/6/19)
Ohio Wesleyan University
Short Play Collection: Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread; Sure Thing; Degas C'est Moi; Time Flies
(2/21/19 - 2/24/19)
Ohio Wesleyan University
CABARET (1998 VERSION)
(4/13/18 - 4/22/18)
Ohio Wesleyan University

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