Theatre
About
Students from any major can participate in SMSU Theatre productions as an extracurricular activity. The Theatre Program also offers a major, 3 minors, and classes in all areas of theatre. Classes are open to all students.
The Theatre Program produces 3-4 plays and musicals each year in the SMSU Fine Arts Theatre and the Black Box Theatre (FA 112). Auditions for SMSU Theatre productions are open to all students and community members.
Every year, the SMSU Theatre Program takes students to the Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, a celebration of college and university theatre in the upper Midwest. Students take part in acting, directing, design and technical competitions, attend workshops, and see shows from other universities during this weeklong festival. SMSU students and productions have received awards and recognition at the festival. Other Theatre trips include a Spring Break New York theatre tour and a London theatre tour in alternating years.
SMSU students also take part in and run the Drama Club. Two productions each year are directed, performed, designed, and sometimes written, by students. Drama Club is open to all SMSU students. Drama Club meets every Tuesday at noon in the Black Box (FA 112).