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Mission Viejo,California 92692
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Associate of Arts in Theatre - Performance and Acting

Associate of Arts in Theatre - Technical Theatre


The Theatre Arts Department serves as an educational base, a vocational training ground and an artistic resource for the community. By combining production excellence with academic achievement, the Department fulfills its role as a leader in the performing arts in Orange County. Acting, directing, production, design and dramatic literature are all important facets of the Theatre Arts program. Technical theatre and theatre technology courses prepare students for the entertainment industry workforce with practical and theoretical experience. Each year the Department presents a diverse production season which combines high artistic standards with public appeal, and which challenges and expands the talents of students both on stage and behind the scenes.

Acceptance Rate:

Saddleback College's Theater Arts Department has a 100%


Faculty Info:

William Francis McGuire, Kent McFann, Michal Calacino, Shadi Ghaheri, Mitchell Hanlon, Hal Landon, Maria Mayenzet, Marya Mazor, Robert Prior, Olivia Trevino, Luke Yankee, Lex Leig, Tim Swiss, Michael McCormick, Michelle Macdougall Jackson.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Proof
(5/6/22 - 5/15/22)
Saddleback College
The Laramie Project
(10/29/21 - 11/7/21)
Saddleback College
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER in Broadway PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
(11/1/19 - 11/10/19)
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE DEPT. OF THEATRE ARTS
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
(4/26/19 - 5/5/19)
Saddleback College
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
(4/5/19 - 4/14/19)
PHOTOS VIDEOS
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE DEPT. OF THEATRE ARTS
Once Upon a Mattress
(4/7/17 - 4/16/17)
Saddleback College
BARE
(4/27/16 - 4/27/16)
Saddleback College

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