Build theater experience onstage and behind the scenes.
Develop transfer-ready skills for a career in performing arts.
Moraine Valley’s Theater program helps prepare you to transfer to a four-year college or university and continue pursuing theater. Through classes and hands-on productions, you can develop experience in acting, stagecraft and backstage production.
Students have opportunities to work on a wide range of productions, from Broadway musicals and Shakespearean classics to contemporary dramas, comedies and unconventional shows. Past productions include Cabaret, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Diary of Anne Frank, Avenue Q, Hamlet, Little Women and Spring Awakening. Whether you want to perform onstage or help bring a production to life behind the scenes, you’ll gain practical experience while building your skills and preparing for your next step.
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Your Path to a Bachelor’s Degree Starts Here.
Start here, save money, and transfer with a clear plan.
Earning an Associate in Arts degree at Moraine Valley can help you transfer to a four-year college or university with junior status. You can complete the first two years of your college education at Moraine Valley, then transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree and continue your training in theater arts.
Transfer Agreements
You can transfer credits from Moraine Valley to most four-year colleges or universities across the country.
The college is proud to partner with four-year colleges and universities to ensure a seamless transfer experience for its students who desire to earn a bachelor’s degree.
View our Transfer Programs page for more transfer guides and articulation agreements.
Ready to get started? Apply today and take the first step toward your degree.
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Discover your role in the world of theater.
The Theater Department at Moraine Valley Community College offers a valuable base from which to launch a theater career in stage, film, television, management, marketing, education, and much more. Students interested in a degree in theater can begin here with transferable coursework in the Associate in Arts degree program.
Whether you choose to perform on stage or work behind the scenes, our courses and productions develop confidence that helps you succeed in whatever profession you choose.
Develop your acting skills through classes, workshops and live stage productions.
Benefits of taking theater classes:
Build the technical and creative skills to bring live productions to the stage.
Benefits of stage technical work :
Explore off-campus opportunities that build your theater experience and connect you with the local performing arts community.
A select group of students attends the American College Theater Festival every year. Many of our students go on to four-year programs (often with scholarships) to prestigious theatre programs such as Illinois State University, Columbia College, DePaul University, and Western Illinois University.
Find Your Place On Our Stages.
Featuring an overhead “trampoline grid” for dynamic light and sound design, Moraine Valley’s flexible theater space is the 150-seat John and Angeline Oremus Theater. In this “black-box” setting, productions can be mounted arena, thrust, proscenium, or environmental style, depending on the play’s needs and the director’s vision. It’s also used as an acting and stagecraft classroom.
The 600-seat Dorothy Menker Theater is a proscenium theater with a movable orchestra pit. The theater is beautifully designed with excellent acoustics, sightlines, and cutting-edge theatrical equipment. Our theater productions are performed here, and you can enjoy superb professional productions in theater, dance, and music throughout the year.
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Past Productions
Our stage has featured everything from Broadway musicals and Shakespearean classics to contemporary dramas, comedies and bold, unconventional productions. Past shows include Cabaret, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Diary of Anne Frank, Avenue Q, Hamlet, Little Women, Spring Awakening and Evil Dead: The Musical.
Meet the Faculty.
Fondly referred to as Doc by his students, Dr. Craig Rosen, the coordinator of the Academic Theater Program, directs many of the productions and is involved in the auditions. Dr. Rosen has expanded student opportunities on campus through the academic theater season, course offerings and extracurricular activities. He consistently hires artists from the Chicago theater community and area four-year colleges to work on the Academic Theater shows, which ultimately connects Moraine Valley students with theater professionals of all types.
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Program Details
View the catalog to explore program requirements, a suggested course sequence and prerequisite information.
| Program | Type of Credential | Curriculum Code | Department or Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theater | Transfer Program |
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