Engage
students in the discovery of a creative vision through the process of developing skills in the collaborative art of theatre and performance.
Department of Theatre
Welcome to the Miami University Department of Theatre
We can't think of a better way to explore, articulate, and share our stories than through theatre and dance. On stage and in the classroom, we explore theatre and dance as mediums for personal growth and social change.
Theatre Program Overview
Thank You for Joining Us This Season
Join us again next year. It's a season you won't want to miss!
Our Goals
Students are at the center of all we do. Our academic degrees are designed to allow students to tailor a course of study suited to their personal interests. Students join our season selection committee and help us choose shows that address their needs and that engage the campus community. Our Independent Artists Series provides students the chance to create their own work and see it performed.
Promote
the full range of human understanding and experience in thinking about moral and ethical questions by engaging in the study and creation of theatre.
Engage
in the practice and study of theatre and performance for a deeper understanding of one's self and respect for the complex identities of others, their histories, and their cultures.
Celebrate
the expression of the human spirit through the creative process of theatrical production.
Our Mission
The Department of Theatre is committed to developing passionate, creative thinkers with artistic vision through a program of study that emphasizes the interplay between critical thinking and artistic practice.
We situate ourselves within a strong liberal arts tradition, celebrate its interdisciplinary resources, and encourage multiple connections to our surrounding communities.
We enable and require our students to study, test and explore theatrical practice, cultural contexts, and the ethical and social concerns of art makers in a plural and global society.
We are committed to helping our students identify and develop their own personal strengths, provide them with the tools to realize their potential, and embrace the challenges of independent thinking, global awareness, and artistic and scholarly passion.
Our Major and Minors
Theatre takes us to new worlds. Introduces us to extraordinary characters. Helps us better understand our own feelings and those of the people around us. Theatre nourishes our souls.
Miami's theatre degrees are ideal for anyone who loves the potential of theatre, and wants to explore all that goes into making theatre with meaning. We emphasize the skills integral to making theatre: creative problem solving, risk taking, collaboration, and cultural awareness. And we provide solid foundations in skills of specific theatre artists, including actors, directors, technicians, designers, stage managers, dramaturgs, and playwrights. Study theatre at Miami, and you might uncover talents you never knew you had!
Our courses introduce you to a wide range of theatrical voices and perspectives, and ask you to actively engage in making the world a better place through the development of your own unique theatrical vision and personal aesthetic.
Opportunities to create theatre are integral to our degrees, with credit offered for traditional theatrical experiences and for the development of new or devised work. Through the study and practice of theatre, we strive to develop creative thinkers with artistic vision, continually exploring the relationship between critical thinking and artistic practice.
Our Facilities
The Center for Performing Arts is the home of the Department of Theatre. It houses all our faculty and staff offices and most of the production facilities, including the Gates-Abegglen Theatre, W. Paul Zimmerman Experimental Theatre (Studio 88), scene shop, costume shop, and prop shop.
Our 2024-25 Season
Support Miami Theatre
Theatre Fund
Supports all aspects of the Department of Theatre including productions, hosting guests artists, and student opportunities.
The Marty J. and Lin Conaway Bennison Fund
Supports student costs of attending KCACTF
Youth Theatre Resource
Supports theatre programming for and outreach to young people to engage them in live theatre.
Accreditation and Affiliations
We are fully accredited with the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).
We hold memberships and/or affiliations with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Black Theatre Network, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Mid-American Theatre Conference, Southeast Theatre Conference and the American Society for Theatre Research.
Department of Theatre
Make Theatre. Make a Difference.
Contact Us
119 Center for Performing Arts
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-3053
theatre@MiamiOH.edu
