Choose Your Path, or Blaze a New Trail.
Whether you are looking for a multi-faceted career, creative outlet, or both, the theatre program at Berry has you covered. With state-of-the-art facilities and small class sizes, our award-winning faculty of national standing can position you for any future you envision.
To develop students of all backgrounds and levels of experience, we embrace rigorous training with respect, empathy and compassion. To foster artist growth and professional preparation, our program emphasizes process over product, personal discovery over perfection and excellence overall.
Here you will experience the full range of roles behind a working production—including costume, set, sound and lighting design; production management; marketing; dramaturgy; acting and directing.
Theatre FACULTY
Alice Bristow received her Master of Fine Arts degree in costume design from Indiana University. She has produced costumes for La Jolla Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Theatre, University of Michigan, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Indianapolis Opera and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her designs have appeared on stage at the Pittsburg Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Central City Opera, Vancouver Opera, Shreveport Opera and Utah Opera. Bristow has mentored students who have worked for the Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, Texas Shakespeare, Walt Disney World as well as the film industry (Marvel Universe). Many have attended graduate programs at UCLA, University of Florida, University of Cincinnati and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to name a few.
The newly constructed Sisters Theatre provides a beautiful, versatile venue for mounting theatrical productions, a black-box theatre with flexible seating and additional shop and classroom space.
Theatre Courses
Explore a range of vocal and physical techniques for creative expression in performance. Learn to find maximum effect with minimal effort and to connect your movement and voice to imagery and text.
Discover the collaborative contributions that costumes, scenery and lighting make to the art of theatre. Explore the materials, technologies, equipment, structures and best practices used in contemporary theatre production.
Consider the role of costume design in the theatre process. Learn figure drawing and the use of color media for the production of finished renderings. Historical and contemporary design styles will be considered.
Theatre LIVES
After shaping his talent and building his resume at Berry, Stephen leveraged his theater major and business minor into a job performing with Carnival Cruise Line, traveling the world and sharing his talents with an international audience. Stephen credits his Berry professors and work supervisors who helped mentor and guide him from the stage and scene shop to this opportunity to live his dream of being a professional performer.
BERRY COLLEGE THEATRE COMPANY
A Musical Cabaret
October 9th – 12th
She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen
January 29th – February 1st
Songs for a New World, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
April 8th – 12th
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