Whether you’re interested in dancing or acting, plays and playwriting, choreography, directing or design, we invite you to learn and create with us.
We are excited to have many new visiting professors and instructors in the fall! Dante Brown, Karrine Keithley Syers and Katie Martin will be joining us for the fall 2017 semester!
Theater and Dance alumna Yanira Castro '94E recieved an honorary degree this May at Commencement! Congrats, Yanira!
The Theater and Dance major provides an interdisciplinary foundation in the arts of theater and dance, and in their history, theory and literature.
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This program pools dance offerings from Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, and the UMass Amherst, creating one of the largest dance programs in the nation.
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Together, Amherst’s arts programs host more than 300 events in the performing, literary and visual arts each year.
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Our students produce a full seasons of shows alongside accomplished faculty, learning by doing while showcasing our students' talents and achievements.
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We have two theaters, equipped with modern lighting and sound technology, a scene shop, a costume shop, an audio lab and four studio workspaces for performance, rehearsal and design.
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Our alumni—a collection of vibrant actors, writers, scholars, educators and designers—work all over the world in film, television, theatre, education and arts administration.
Learn MoreDevelop vocal range and tone through exercises in relaxation, breathing technique, placement and presence. Gain the physical, mental and emotional self-awareness needed for expressive vocal production.
Experiment with multiple ways of tracking, viewing and capturing bodies in motion (human, animal and object), using the camera as an extension of the body to explore radically different perspectives and foci.
Get your play(s) ready for the stage! Hone your playwriting skills, study a wide range of dramatic vocabularies, and critique classmates’ plays as they progress from first draft to finished.