Academics at Hanover:
Watch an audience erupt in laughter as you deliver your line perfectly. Write a scene that draws tears from a full house. Create a set that places the viewer in another world. With Hanover’s Theatre program, you have the opportunity to be a multifaceted producer/playwright/actor and director.
Four main-stage productions, numerous student written and directed pieces, and hands-on experience will help you discover your talent in the world of the stage. Non-majors receive class credit and are encouraged to participate in productions as well.
Hanover’s Theatre department, together with its play-production arm, the Hanover College Theatre, will involve and educate you in all aspects of theatre in the context of a liberal arts education. You can:
- Take courses in everything from acting, directing, design and playwriting, to stage combat, global theatre and theatre management. You can even study-abroad in London and Stratford-on-Avon.
- Major or minor in theatre, or simply participate in it as extra-curricular activity.
- Be involved in four to five main stage productions during the season, as well as many additional student-originated shows, including an all-student-run comedy improv troupe.
- Not just act, but direct, design, and write for the main stage as well.
- Take advantage of internships and assisted summer-work activities in theatre.
See a list of our current productions.
What do theatre majors study?
Acting, Directing, and Stagecraft
Play and Screenwriting Stage
Combat, Voice & Movement
Global Theatre, and World Cinema
Shakespeare in England
Theatres where graduates have become company members:
Chicago Dramatists
Roundabout Theatre Company
American Repertory Theatre
Writers Theatre in Chicago
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
Tennessee Repertory Theatre
Boston Improv
Atlanta Shakespeare Co.
South Carolina Repertory Co.
Cincinnati Shakespeare
Celtic Arts Theatre, Los Angeles
Cirque du Soleil
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
Blue Apple Players
Other Career Opportunities:
Entertainment law
Film & TV production
Event planning
Marketing & fundraising
Nonprofit management
Teaching Ministry & counseling
TRAVEL AND STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
Take advantage of immersive spring travel courses on subjects such as Shakespeare in England. Semester-long study abroad programs are also available in several different countries including Australia, Turkey and Spain. Foreign university programs approved for credit can be applied toward your Hanover course requirements.
Recent Internships:
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Seattle Children’s Theatre
Warehouse Theatre
People’s Light & Theatre Co.
New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
Arden Theatre Company
Smokey Mountain Shakespeare Festival
High School Institute at Northwestern
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
Millbrook Playhouse
Marin County Shakespeare
Recent Graduate School Placements:
Harvard University
Northwestern University
Arizona State University
Yale University
University of Birmingham – Shakespeare Institute
Florida State University – Asolo Theatre
Boston University
American Repertory Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre School
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Purdue University
University of Nevada – Las Vegas
Tisch School of the Arts – NYU
Florida Central University
COURSES
Faculty and Staff
