Theatre

In today's media-saturated postmodern culture, understanding how dramatic art works and impacts audiences and practitioners is vital. As an influential mode of cultural communication, it would be irresponsible to not proclaim the Kingdom of God in this marketplace. In our department, students learn to serve through story and use their God-given talents to embody His love for their neighbors on campus, in the church, and in the wider dramatic arts community.

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Program Overview

Students can choose to study theatre as a minor or as an interdisciplinary studies concentration. If a student's primary concentration is theatre, they may complete a theatre capstone such as performing, directing, writing, or designing. Covenant also produces three mainstage productions a year, open to all students. Typically, a year will include a fall play, spring musical, and spring play. Visit our productions page for more information and ticket sales.

Graduate Outcomes

A Covenant liberal arts education powerfully equips theatre and film graduates to work in the dramatic professions. Our alumni have gone on to careers in the following areas and companies:

Award-winning stage/film/TV acting
Audiobook Performing
Playwriting
Film marketing
High school theatre teaching
Atlanta Shakespeare Co.
Actors Express

Georgia Ensemble Theatre
Virginia Stage
Taproot Theatre
Walt Disney World
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Acting in shows, including “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “MacGyver,” and “Your Worst Nightmare”

Cara Smole '22

Jon Schimpf '23

We live in a media-saturated, narrative-focused culture. We need to be in that place, redeeming that area of culture, because art is gorgeous and beautiful and needs to be redeemed for the sake of Christ.

Camille Hallstrom

Professor of Theatre

Programs & Features

The theatre minor or concentration trains students to understand the dramatic arts as both informed audience members and godly-wise arts practitioners. By developing both critical and production skills and developing Christian ethical problem-solving skills, students will learn to use their artistic talents to glorify God and serve others in professional, educational, or para-theatrical settings.

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See our current theatre season on our theatre productions page.

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See previous theatre productions on our past productions page.

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THT 101-103 Theatre Seminar I-III
THT 210 Stagecrafts
THT 235, 435 Acting I-II
THT 450 Directing
THT 250, 251 Theatre History I-II
THT 402 Dramatic Arts and Christian Thought I-II
THT 315 Screenwriting
THT 335 Accents & Dialects

Seniors learn about acting, directing, writing original scripts, making short films, producing play festivals, technical direction, costume design, and leading various productions through capstone projects at Covenant.

“Courageous Innocence and Conscious Virtue; A Director's Journey to Producing She Stoops To Conquer”
“An Evaluation of Consumption by Courtney Baron: Why Christians Should Pursue Theatre”
“Designing Costumes for The Importance of Being Earnest”
“The Set and Lighting Design of The Potting Shed by Graham Greene”

Guided Capstone Requirements

Our students have had opportunities to intern on productions at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) as well as complete other professional theatre or film internships before graduation.

Meet the Faculty

Camille Hallstrom Professor of Theatre

Frank Mihelich Adjunct Professor of Theatre

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