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Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts

Bachelor of Arts in Dance/Performance

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Acting

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Directing

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Minor in Dance/Performance

Minor in Performing Arts


The Roger Williams University Theatre program aims to provide each student with a well-rounded, general mastery of all areas of the theatre arts and an appreciation of the place of theatre in our world. Through the study of theatre the program also hopes to imbue students with love of learning while honing their tools of thought and expression. Our goal is to prepare students for further academic study, and careers in theatre and other liberal arts related areas. We seek to serve both those specializing in the study of theatre and those for whom theatre is studied as an adjunct to areas of concentration. The formal course curriculum and the production program are designed to work symbiotically. The production program is designed to provide the working laboratory where the ideas and skills taught in the classroom are demonstrated, reinforced and mastered. The plays produced are chosen to afford students opportunities to research and to experience a range of materials in a variety of styles and genres.

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Gamm Appoints Four New Distinguished Board Members
by Blair Ingenthron - September 29, 2024


The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will open its 40th anniversary season with four new board members who were unanimously appointed at this month's annual meeting.

Rocha Dance Theater to Present CAUTION:HOT at HERE Arts Center
by Blair Ingenthron - September 23, 2023


Rocha Dance Theater will present the world premiere of 'Caution:HOT' at HERE Arts Center, exploring women's reproductive bodies through dance, projection, and original costuming.

Trinity Rep Announces Local Pell Award Nominees
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 04, 2023


Trinity Repertory Company has announced the four Rhode Island residents who will be honored at its 24th Pell Awards Gala on Monday, June 5, 2023 at WaterFire Arts Center.

Lyric Stage Company Of Boston Presents THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
by A.A. Cristi - October 13, 2022


The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields and directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.°  is filled with merriment and laugh-out-loud antics that will be a highlight of your holiday season.

Former Rhode Island Philharmonic Music Director Larry Rachleff Has Passed Away
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2022


Larry Rachleff, former Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, passed away on  August 8th in Houston, TX. He served as Music Director from 1996-2017 and conducted his final  concerts with the orchestra in May 2017, his farewell as Music Director. That concert featured his wife, mezzo-soprano Susan Lorette Dunn. 

Arts On Site Announces August Performances
by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2022


Arts On Site (AOS) has announced August performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark's Place, NYC.

Photos: First Look At THE FLOATING WORLD By Andy Russ
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2022


The Floating World, a new one-man-show from Wilbury Theatre Group resident artist Andy Russ, opens Jan. 27 at the Wilbury Theatre Group Performance Space at WaterFire Arts Center.

Photos: First Look at Andy Russ in THE FLOATING WORLD At Wilbury
by Stephi Wild - January 18, 2022


A smidgeon of Twain, a splash of haiku, and a hint of lunar conspiracy, served up on a bed of mixed metaphor and frogs—The Floating World, a new one-man-show by Wilbury Theatre Group Resident Artist Andy Russ that is equal parts pantomime and performance art, presents a series of multimedia meditations on the elusivity of the human experience and the languages with which we try to explain it.

Connecticut Landmarks Names Aaron Marcavitch as Executive Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 21, 2020


Connecticut Landmarks has selected Aaron Marcavitch as Executive Director, following a national executive search process led by Arts Consulting Group (ACG). He began his tenure on September 14, 2020.

Trinity Rep Elects New Board Chair and Trustees
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2020


At its Annual Meeting on June 15, 2020, Trinity Repertory Company's Board of Trustees elected new officers and three new trustees for terms beginning July 1. Succeeding Suzanne Magaziner, who served as Chair of the Board since 2014, Louis Giancola, the retired President and CEO of South County Health, was elected to a three-year term as Chair.

The Soaking Wet Series Concludes With Final Performances
by Stephi Wild - September 28, 2019


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Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents A Costume And Dance Commission
by Julie Musbach - March 29, 2019


Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents a Works & Process dance and costume commission by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung with new choreography by Christopher Williams and Netta Yerulshamy in collaboration with NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World's exhibition, Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes, on Sunday and Monday, April 28 and 29, 2019 at 7:30pm

CUNY Dance Initiative And John Jay College In Collaboration With Rocha Dance Theater Present The World Premiere Of Half-Heard
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019


The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Rocha Dance Theater, present the World Premiere of Half-Heard at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC today, February 15, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at https://halfheard.brownpapertickets.com/.

CUNY Dance Initiative And John Jay College Present The World Premiere Of HALF-HEARD
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 2018


The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Rocha Dance Theater, present the World Premiere of Half-Heard at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC on Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at https://halfheard.brownpapertickets.com/.  

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by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018


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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Murder at the Grey's Hound Mansion
(4/19/24 - 4/21/24)
Roger Williams University Theatre
Terminal Terror
(4/5/24 - 4/7/24)
Roger Williams University Theatre
A... My Name Will Always Be Alice
(11/12/21 - 11/20/21)
Roger Williams University Theatre
This Beautiful City
(4/12/19 - 4/27/19)
Roger Williams University
Life Under Water
(1/25/19 - 1/27/19)
Roger Williams University
SPRING AWAKENING in Broadway SPRING AWAKENING
(4/20/18 - 4/28/18)
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
(4/21/17 - 4/30/17)
Roger Williams University
SPAMALOT
(4/21/17 - 4/30/17)
Roger Williams University
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(4/17/15 - 4/25/15)
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
AVENUE Q
(4/19/13 - 4/27/13)
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

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