scene fro play "The Bluest Eye"
Scene from theatrical adaptation of "The Bluest Eye." Photo credit: John Seyfried
College of Arts and Sciences

Theater

Program Type:
  • Major
  • Minor
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Theater offers students opportunities to study acting, directing, design and production, theater history and criticism, and playwriting within the broader context of a liberal arts education. Students engage in all aspects of performance, both artistic and technical.

Program Director

Caroline Jackson Smith

Professor of Theater and Africana Studies
Department Affiliation
Theater
Contact

Kathleen Drennan

Administrative Assistant 440-775-8152

Why Study Theater at Oberlin?

2
Performance Venues
10
Productions per year
10
Study Away Programs

Oberlin Student Theater Association

The Oberlin Student Theater Association (OSTA) is entirely student-run theater. OSTA produces five fully staged shows a year, sponsors playwriting workshops, and holds staged readings. The group hosts a 24-hour theater competition twice a year, which challenges students to create and stage new pieces in one day.

Oberlin Musical Theater Association

The student-run Oberlin Musical Theater Association (OMTA) coordinates, finances, promotes, and produces student alternative musical theater, as well as workshops and works-in-progress. OMTA presents a weeklong show each semester and for a week after winter term. Past shows include Assassins and Godspell.

Upcoming Theater Events

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Sample Courses

  • THEA 100 - Acting 1: Fundamentals 4 credits
  • THEA 260 - Lighting Design 4 credits
  • THEA 319H - Acting & Directing for Camera 2 credits
  • THEA 333 - From Stage to Screen 4 credits
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Theater Faculty

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Theater News

4 people in white shirts who are part of Angels in America play

Matthew Wright Brings Angels to Life

May 14, 2018
The Oberlin community had the opportunity to see Angels in America, the two-part, award-winning play that centers on New York City during the 1980s AIDS crisis. Producing this play has long been an ambition of Professor of Theater Matthew Wright.
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