Pictured | Timothy Hanson, M.F.A. | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1993 | Chair of Theatre and Dance and Associate Professor of Theatre
Theatre and Dance
Tim Hanson, M.F.A. | Chair
Northside 101 | (574) 520-4385 | theatre-and-dance.iusb.edu
About Theatre and Dance
The Department of Theatre and Dance in the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is a collaborative and interdisciplinary department that focuses on creating well-rounded theatre artists within a liberal arts university. Students take a core of theatre classes that provide a solid grounding in performance, technology, design, history, directing, play analysis, and management. Concentrations within the B.A. and B.F.A. programs then allow students to focus on their specific interests in Theatre Performance, Musical Theatre Performance, Dance or Theatre Design/Technology.
To reinforce the academic work students are a part of an active production season of five productions, which include a children’s play, a musical and a dance concert. Our annual children’s theatre production is seen by as many as 8,000 children each year and is often student directed.
The theatre program at IU South Bend allows for considerable one-on-one mentoring. Our program is solely undergraduate allowing our students to get hands on experience taking on major roles in performance, design/tech, and management areas as well as opportunities to work in multiple disciplines.
Faculty
- Professor | J. R. Colborn
- Associate Professor | Amellio, Hanson (Chair), Resler
- Senior Lecturer | Cole
- Lecturer | Kazmierczak
- Faculty Emeritus | Miller, Pepperdine
Undergraduate Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with Concentrations in Design/Technical; Performance; Theatre Studies
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a Concentration in Dance
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a Concentration in Design/Technical
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a Concentration in Musical Theatre
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a Concentration in Performance
Minors Offered
Course Descriptions
Theatre THTR