The Theatre and Performing Arts program: • Utilizes a flexible, interdisciplinary curriculum dedicated to empowering the citizen artist. • Focuses on undergraduate experiences, high impact learning, interdisciplinary and cross-community collaboration, and exceptional professional preparation and training. • Engages in collaborative, innovative practices in both classroom and production settings. • Empowers students to take an active role in an interconnected system of artistic community engagement and creative momentum. • Is dedicated to individualized student-centered programming that is ambitious, relevant, and rigorous.

ISU Theatre impacts hundreds of students from majors throughout the university in its classes, productions and studios. ISU students are compassionate, enthusiastic, aware, ambitious, dependable, dedicated, disciplined and generous. The Theatre and Performing Arts program offers a wide variety of courses that support the student’s individual interests and specialization. Its curriculum is flexible, interdisciplinary and dedicated to fostering the citizen artist.

The major in performing arts offers the undergraduate student a cross-disciplinary core including 26 credits in three categories: Theatre, Music and Dance.

In addition to building a solid foundation in theatre, Performing Arts graduates enter the world as empathetic citizen artists prepared to engage in civic life and meet the challenges of the workforce or graduate school with strong skills in leadership, collaboration, and critical thinking.