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Bachelor of Arts in Theater


The Wesleyan Theater Department is invested in graduating students who identify as "theater makers" able to think holistically about, and work dynamically with, the range of elements and relationships defining a performance event. By teaching the fundamental tools of theater and emphasizing collaborative, exploratory work, we give our students the ability to navigate and change the real world without hesitation and with confidence. Our graduates are self-empowered, well-informed, creative story-tellers engaged in their communities. We believe that theater can be created from multiple points of entry, such as utilizing scripted plays and texts; movement and physical composition; objects and visual elements; sound and music. Therefore, we invite and welcome all students; particularly those with a strong passion to express themselves while also being willing to fail, fall, laugh and grow. As modeled by the faculty, students learn pathways to change themselves and others. The theater department faculty believes in the power of performance as a transformational discipline. It is an embodied process that, through technique, methodology, study and commitment, has a unique capability to ask hard questions about who we are as a society, and serve as a rehearsal space for alternate futures.

Notable Alumni Include:

Jonathan Cardone, William Christopher, Brian Cimmet, Jeremy Dobrish, Alice Jankell, Devon Jordan, Zoe Levy, Jon Lipitz.




Faculty Info:

Ronald S. Jenkins, Katherine Brewer Ball, Fiona Coffey, Courtney Gaston, Miranda Dorothy Haymon, Andrew Holland, Robin Mazzola, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Marcela Oteíza, Mary Paul, Katie Pearl, Edwin Sanchez, Edward Torres



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by Blair Ingenthron - November 23, 2024


The US debut of choreographer Hari Krishnan's inDANCE company's World Premiere of ROWDIES IN LOVE will take place next month at the Center For the Arts Theater at Wesleyan University.

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by A.A. Cristi - November 22, 2024


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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Cinderella in Broadway Cinderella
(11/21/24 - 12/8/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
Blood Relations in Broadway Blood Relations
(10/31/24 - 11/10/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
This Ghost of Slavery: A Play of Past and Present
(10/27/24 - 10/27/24)
Wesleyan University
Matilda The Musical in Broadway Matilda The Musical
(10/3/24 - 10/13/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
The Revolutionists in Broadway The Revolutionists
(9/12/24 - 9/22/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
Disaster! in Broadway Disaster!
(4/24/24 - 5/4/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
The Prom in Broadway The Prom
(4/18/24 - 4/28/24)
McDonald Theatre--Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Tempest in Broadway The Tempest
(3/27/24 - 4/6/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
The Good Doctor in Broadway The Good Doctor
(3/14/24 - 3/17/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson Musical in Broadway The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson Musical
(2/20/24 - 3/2/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
Romeo and Juliet in Broadway Romeo and Juliet
(1/25/24 - 2/4/24)
McDonald Theatre--Nebraska Wesleyan University
Dial M for Murder in Broadway Dial M for Murder
(1/23/24 - 2/2/24)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
Elf in Broadway Elf
(11/30/23 - 12/10/23)
McDonald Theatre--Nebraska Wesleyan University
Airness in Broadway Airness
(9/7/23 - 9/17/23)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
Disney's Beauty And The Beast
(3/23/23 - 3/26/23)
Indiana Wesleyan University
Disney's The Little Mermaid
(3/23/23 - 3/25/23)
Southern Wesleyan University
Puddin' and the Grumble in Broadway Puddin' and the Grumble
(3/9/23 - 3/12/23)
McDonald Theatre--Nebraska Wesleyan University
Romeo and Juliet in Broadway Romeo and Juliet
(1/25/23 - 2/4/23)
McDonald Theatre--Nebraska Wesleyan University
In Sorrow's Guise: An Immersive Medea in Broadway In Sorrow's Guise: An Immersive Medea
(5/12/22 - 5/15/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Love Always: A Comedy on the Pains of a Life of Love by Jim Fagan
(5/8/22 - 5/8/22)
Texas Wesleyan University Theatre
Seussical in Broadway Seussical
(4/21/22 - 5/1/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Bright Star
(4/23/22 - 4/25/22)
Texas Wesleyan University
Airline Highway
(4/6/22 - 4/10/22)
Illinois Wesleyan University
Three Sisters (van Itallie)
(3/24/22 - 4/3/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Three Sisters in Broadway Three Sisters
(3/24/22 - 4/3/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow in Broadway Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
(3/25/22 - 4/2/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Little Women in Broadway Little Women
(2/12/22 - 2/27/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Cripple of Inishmaan
(2/11/22 - 2/20/22)
Texas Wesleyan University
Bondagers in Broadway Bondagers
(1/27/22 - 2/6/22)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
A Christmas Carol in Broadway A Christmas Carol
(12/2/21 - 12/12/21)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
(12/8/21 - 12/10/21)
Wesleyan University
Dry Land
(12/8/21 - 12/10/21)
Wesleyan University
A Shayna Maidel in Broadway A Shayna Maidel
(11/11/21 - 11/21/21)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
One Arm
(11/12/21 - 11/21/21)
Texas Wesleyan University
Oedipus El Rey
(11/19/21 - 11/21/21)
Wesleyan University
Measure for Measure in Broadway Measure for Measure
(10/21/21 - 10/31/21)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Hello, Dolly! in Broadway Hello, Dolly!
(9/30/21 - 10/10/21)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Head Over Heels in Broadway Head Over Heels
(8/19/21 - 8/29/21)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Songs For A New World in Broadway Songs For A New World
(3/26/21 - 3/28/21)
Illinois Wesleyan University School of Theatre Arts
Time Flies
(1/29/21 - 1/29/21)
Texas Wesleyan University
Waiting for Godot
(1/15/21 - 1/16/21)
Texas Wesleyan University
Chess
(11/20/20 - 11/22/20)
Illinois Wesleyan University
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(11/20/20 - 11/22/20)
Wesleyan University
Gruesome Playground Injuries
(11/6/20 - 11/8/20)
Texas Wesleyan University
A Doll's House, Part 2
(10/1/20 - 10/11/20)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Servant of Two Masters
(4/1/20 - 4/5/20)
Indiana Wesleyan University
NEWSIES in Broadway NEWSIES
(3/26/20 - 3/28/20)
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Glengarry Glen Ross in Broadway Glengarry Glen Ross
(2/6/20 - 2/16/20)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Laramie Project
(11/15/19 - 11/17/19)
Wesleyan University
MAMMA MIA! in Broadway MAMMA MIA!
(11/8/19 - 11/17/19)
DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
The Wolves in Broadway The Wolves
(10/31/19 - 11/10/19)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Footloose in Broadway Footloose
(8/15/19 - 8/25/19)
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(11/17/11 - 11/19/11)
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
ASSASSINS
(10/13/11 - 10/15/11)
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
(9/29/11 - 10/1/11)
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

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