Theater Arts programs strive to ensure a learning environment that instills the highest artistic standards required to begin careers in professional or educational Theater, Film & Dance. Our faculty represent a blend of academic and professional achievement in performance, design, production, writing and criticism. The curriculum includes the major facets of Theater and Film in collaboration with our teaching partners in the Departments of Art and Music, Arts & Sciences, and the nearby Northwest Film Center.

We promote artistic achievement through participation in a production program that is an extension of the classroom, and guest artists are a regular part of our program. In addition to producing full-scale stage productions in our major venue, and multiple smaller productions in the Studio Theater, our programs include dedicated acting and directing, production, and design studios, and scenic, costume, and computer labs. The Fine & Performing Arts Media Labs, the PSU television studio, and the surrounding city provide additional sites for the realization of student and faculty creative work. Students also have a variety of campus groups to choose from, including the Theater Arts Student Organization ("TASO") who produce their own plays during the academic year, and the PSU Film Committee who present weekly 35MM and digital film screenings in PSU's own Fifth Avenue Cinema.

Theater Arts faculty and students welcome your interest and comments