Associate in Science - Theatre Arts

GCC’s award-winning Theatre Arts program is designed to expose students to the richness of the performing arts and to provide a solid academic foundation for further study and career opportunities in theatre.

Graduates of this program can transfer to a baccalaureate institution as juniors. GCC students who have transferred and graduated from four-year institutions have been featured in films, started theatre companies, served as artistic directors, interned for regional equity theatres, designed costumes for college and equity theatres, and taught acting at professional theatres to elementary and high school students.

A degree from GCC’s Theatre Arts program is a degree in liberal arts. Students will take courses in English, history, mathematics, humanities and sciences. They will then take theatre courses focusing in:

• Acting • Voice and articulation • Movement • Theatre technology and design • Play analysis • Theatre history • Audition Technique • Participation in Live shows • Children’s Theatre (including touring)

Students will hone their skills by participating in four productions a year as well as extracurricular workshops. They’ll study and perform in the Genesee Center for the Arts, a modern facility which houses a 328-seat theatre, rehearsal studio, dressing rooms, scene shop, costume shop, and sound and lighting studio.