We "Make It" here. Learn by doing in IUP's professionally modeled ensembles.
Are you a performer? You will hone your performance skills to create characters, collaborate in an ensemble, and cultivate interpersonal communication skills.
Enjoy making things possible for others "behind the scenes"? Then you will thrive in opportunities to design, build and manage—creating imaginary places in real spaces, and organizing and running complex human organizations in ensembles.
Interested in theatre for social change? Join the Simulation Performance and Applied Theatre Ensemble (SPATE)—enter into simulations and effect positive change as a teaching artist.
Are you a storyteller? Write and produce your own production in the Acorn Project, a studio theatre series for student-produced and -directed work.
Theater-by-the-Grove
Theater-by-the-Grove presents several productions each year, including a coproduction with Music Theatre of a major musical.
Dance Theatre
IUP Dance Theatre presents two major concert programs annually.
Footlight Players
Footlight Players is a youth theatre program offering a month-long summer program for ages 7–17 led by professional teaching artists and assisted by IUP student interns.
Simulation Performance and Applied Theatre Ensemble
SPATE is an ensemble engaged with the emerging field of simulation and community-building applied theatre methods.
The Acorn Project
The Acorn Project is an incubator for student actors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and directors who wish to create their own performance projects in an ensemble.