Theatre & Dance
Professional Theatre and Dance Training
Gain hands-on theatrical and dance experience through our academic productions and get help launching your professional career through our relationships with Alluvion Stage Company, Americana Theatre Company, Sight & Sound Theatres, and other professional companies.
The mission of the Department of Theatre & Dance is to create highly employable Champions for Christ who are capable of significant cultural impact in the Christian and secular theatre, dance, and related industries.
Taught from a Christian worldview, classes in Liberty’s Theatre & Dance Department emphasize storytelling and the development of skills required for employment.
Our department brings theatre and dance to the community through our season performances and summer camps for high school, middle school, and elementary school students.
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Stage Productions
- Current Season: Academic Performances
- Current Season: Alluvion Stage Company
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Summer Camps
Theatre & Dance Training from a Christian Worldview
Learn from faculty members who embrace their Christian faith and are active professionals specializing in many areas such as acting, voice, songwriting, directing, dance, choreography, stage movement, stage combat, lighting, design, drama ministry, and theater history.
Theatre & Dance Programs
BFA in Musical Theatre
Develop your craft by concentrating on music, dance, and acting. You will have the opportunity to audition for the academic shows produced each year between the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theater, and the professional arm of the department, the Alluvion Stage Company.
BFA in Acting
Enhance your skills by focusing on a variety of acting styles and periods. Learn stage combat, movement, and dialects and accents. Audition for the academic shows produced each year in the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theater, and the professional Alluvion Stage Company.
B.A. or B.S. in Theatre Arts
Prepare for a wide range of theatre-based careers with a B.A. or B.S. in Theatre Arts from Liberty University. Through these generalist degrees, you’ll receive practical instruction in the theory and practice of theatre performance and production. Discover how to become a skilled theatrical artist.
B.A. or B.S. in Dance
Develop technical expertise and creativity as you learn to use dance as a form of worship and artistic expression. Our comprehensive approach is designed to broaden your skill set as you prepare for a career in the artistic industry.
Theatre & Dance Minors
Enhance your major with a minor in Dance or Theatre Arts from the Department of Theatre & Dance at Liberty University. Minors are 15 credit hours and help to broaden your degree program.
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Support our Theatre & Dance Students: Give to the Tower Club
Annual membership in the Tower Club provides scholarships to any Christ-following young artist who wants to study theatre or dance at Liberty University. We are looking for donors to join us in training champions for Christ in the world of the arts. As a supporter of the Tower Club, you will not only impact our students with their education at Liberty, but we trust this will have an effect for years to come.
A gift to the Tower Club Scholarship Fund will help provide financial assistance to full-time students and degree candidates within the Department of Theatre & Dance. As a Tower Club supporter, you will receive membership benefits based upon your level of giving.
“Our Tower Club membership has been one of the most satisfying elements of our time on Liberty Mountain. The Lord has a way of attracting the highest caliber of student talent to this campus, and Tower Club members play a significant role in helping these students live God’s dream for their lives. We love the opportunity to watch these professional-level performers glorify God on stage, but the added joy of providing resources to equip them for their craft is a priceless benefit we would not want to miss.”
– Dondi & Vickey Costin, President and First Lady, Liberty University
Current Students
Student Advising
All Theatre & Dance majors are assigned a faculty advisor to help with questions about classes, career fields, and more.
Academics
Outside the Classroom
Drama Outreach Trips
Use your skill sets to share the Gospel through drama outreach trips. Our team is uniquely qualified to assist the local ministry through drama in sharing the Gospel in ways that overcome language barriers as well as encourage and strengthen community relationships. Gain experiential learning within your craft as you have the opportunity to plan, direct and perform in ways that transcend both language and cultural barriers.
Ready to get involved? Contact Barry Gawinski at brgawinski@liberty.edu.
Featured Faculty
Our Current Theatre & Dance Season
Academic Performances
Start Your Journey as a Student at Liberty
State-of-the-Art Stage Facilities
The Department of Theatre & Dance produces six productions each season between our two stages: the Tower Theater and The Black Box Theater.
The Tower Theater seats 640 and houses over 12,000 square feet of backstage and support area. Home to the Alluvion Stage Company and Liberty’s Department of Theatre & Dance, the Tower Theater features a Broadway-style fly tower, a professional rigging system, catwalks, a balcony, and an orchestra pit.
The Black Box Theater offers flexible seating in a more intimate space, allowing students and audiences alike the opportunity to experience theater in a new and exciting way.
Discover Theatre & Dance
Here’s what you could learn with your theatre or dance degree:
Acting
Stage Combat
Stage Management & Directing
Voice
Stagecraft
Playwriting
Dance Composition
Dance Kinesiology
Technical Production for Dance
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Theatre Arts Programs
Musical Theatre
Develop your craft by concentrating on music, dance, and acting. You will have the opportunity to audition for the academic shows produced each year between the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theatre, and the professional arm of the department, the Alluvion Stage Company.
Acting
Develop your craft by focusing on a variety of acting styles and periods. Learn stage combat, movement, and dialects and accents. Audition for the academic shows produced each year between the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theatre, and the professional arm of the department, the Alluvion Stage Company.
Generalist Degrees
Prepare for a wide range of theatre-based careers with a B.A. or B.S. in Theatre from Liberty University. Through these generalist degrees, you’ll receive practical instruction in the theory and practice of theatre performance and production. Develop into a skilled and professional theatrical artist.
BFA Entrance Auditions
Students will need to complete an audition and be accepted by the Performance Faculty into the BFA programs.
Review the requirements for the BFA Musical Theatre/BFA Acting entrance auditions.
Theatre Arts Minors
Enhance your major with a minor in Dance or Theatre Arts from the Department of Theatre Arts at Liberty University. Minors are 15 credit hours and help to broaden your degree program.
View Communication & the Arts Degrees
Support our Theatre Arts Students: Give to the Tower Club
Annual membership in the Tower Club provides scholarships to any Christ-following young artist who wants to study theatre at Liberty University. We are looking for donors to join us in training champions for Christ in the world of the arts. As a supporter of the Tower Club, you will not only impact our students with their education at Liberty, but we trust this will have an effect for years to come.
A gift to the Tower Club Scholarship Fund will help provide financial assistance to full-time students and degree candidates within the Department of Theatre Arts. As a Tower Club supporter, you will receive membership benefits based upon your level of giving.
“Our Tower Club membership has been one of the most satisfying elements of our time on Liberty Mountain. The Lord has a way of attracting the highest caliber of student talent to this campus, and Tower Club members play a significant role in helping these students live God’s dream for their lives. We love the opportunity to watch these professional-level performers glorify God on stage, but the added joy of providing resources to equip them for their craft is a priceless benefit we would not want to miss.”
– Dondi & Vickey Costin, President and First Lady, Liberty University
Current Students
Student Advising
All Theatre majors are assigned a faculty advisor to help with questions about classes, career fields, and more.
Academics
Outside the Classroom
Drama Outreach Trips
Use your skill sets to share the Gospel through drama outreach trips. Our team is uniquely qualified to assist the local ministry through drama in sharing the Gospel in ways that overcome language barriers as well as encourage and strengthen community relationships. Gain experiential learning within your craft as you have the opportunity to plan, direct and perform in ways that transcend both language and cultural barriers.
Ready to get involved? Contact Barry Gawinski at brgawinski@liberty.edu.
Featured Faculty
Our Current Theatre Season
Academic Performances
Start Your Journey as a Student at Liberty
State-of-the-Art Stage Facilities
The Department of Theatre Arts produces six productions each season between our two stages: the Tower Theater and The Black Box Theater.
The Tower Theater seats 640 and houses over 12,000 square feet of backstage and support area. Home to the Alluvion Stage Company and Liberty’s Department of Theatre Arts, the Tower Theater features a Broadway-style fly tower, a professional rigging system, catwalks, a balcony, and an orchestra pit.
The Black Box Theater offers flexible seating in a more intimate space, allowing students and audiences alike the opportunity to experience theater in a new and exciting way.
Discover Theatre Arts
Here’s what you could learn with your theatre degree:
Acting
Stage Combat
Stage Management & Directing
Voice
Stagecraft
Playwriting
Dance
Audio Theatre
Script Analysis