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Department of Theater and Dance

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Music Theater

Welcome to the Department of Theater and Dance at IUP!

  • We are committed to providing challenging undergraduate programs and a wide variety of opportunities every semester.
  • In a creative and nurturing environment, students actively learn, both in the classroom and in productions (see production photos).
  • We offer over fifty theater and dance courses ranging from beginning to advanced levels in acting, dance, directing, design, and technical theater.
  • Theater-by-the-Grove and the IUP Dance Theater Company support numerous creative opportunities in six fully realized Mainstage productions each year, including one musical.
  • Additional creative opportunities are provided in studio, touring and workshop productions.
  • We have been successfully engaged in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival with yearly regional and national recognition of our students’ production work.
  • We are fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre, the only accrediting body for theater in higher education recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Hawks Talk

Meet Theater and Dance students Caitlin Collins and Kristen Schott in these video interviews.

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Footlight Players
For four weeks each summer, professional teaching artists and student interns offer a full-day program Monday through Friday for children 7 to 17. Four plays or musicals are rehearsed and staged, and workshops are presented on a range of theater topics for children and teens to explore their creativity through theater. This popular program is a service outreach project of the department, serving as many as 60 youth each summer from the surrounding six school districts. It is funded, in part, by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

 
Department Handbook
Being a major in the Department of Theater and Dance is an exciting challenge on many levels.
Theater-by-the-Grove
Theater-by-the-Grove, produced by the Department of Theater and Dance, presents several productions each year, including the coproduction with Music Theater of a major musical.
Keystone Repertory Theater
Keystone Repertory Theater, IUP’s summer Theater-by-the-Grove, offers a unique collection of classic theater that appeals to the entire family.
 
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  • Theater and Dance Department
  • Waller Hall, Room 104
    401 South Eleventh Street
    Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2965
  • Fax: 724-357-3885
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  • Department Office Hours
  • Monday through Friday
  • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.