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DEGREES OFFERED

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

Minor in Theatre

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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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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