Theatre

TheaterThe theatre program makes its home in the McCarthy Arts Center, which houses a theatre [virtual tour], a recital hall [virtual tour], an art gallery, rehearsal spaces, classrooms and faculty offices. The theatre, an intimate but broad house which seats 360, boasts a proscenium stage complete with hydraulic lift, trap room, substantial wing and fly space, and state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment. Costume and scenery studios are located in the building and storage facilities are convenient to the theatre.

The department sponsors two faculty-directed mainstage productions, a second stage series, and an ongoing improvisation group, Rough Edges, in addition to mentoring student projects through classes and independent studies. All students are given an opportunity to direct, design, perform in, manage, research and respond to theatre in production and performance. The department regularly participates in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Saint Michael’s also offers a special opportunity to spend a summer on campus through internship opportunities at Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Greater Burlington’s Professional Actors’ Equity Summer Theatre, which has been operating since 1947.