Department of Theatre and Dance
APSU’s Theatre and Dance Department fosters artists, scholars and professionals who positively impact our world. We provide a creative environment in which we educate and prepare students for the professional worlds of Theatre and Dance.
- Students progress through a rigorous training program that incorporates both practice and scholarship.
- We support student’s creative, performance, and scholarly aptitudes through exposure to expansive practical and philosophical approaches to dance and theatre studies.
- We advance critical thought processes by stressing the theoretical, pedagogical, and historical aspects of theatre and dance studies.
- We nurture and inspire excellence in student achievement.
- We cultivate engaged industry professionals who strive to represent the changes the industry requires.
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The college has announced its 2025-26 Student Leadership Award and Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, recognizing six outstanding students and six alumni whose achievements span the visual arts, communication, history, literature, music, and theatre.
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The Department of Theatre & Dance, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will present "LIZZIE: The Musical," a rock exploration of the Lizzie Borden story, from April 16-19 in the Mike and Sara Gotcher Theatre.
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Written by acclaimed playwright Daniel Pearle, the production examines a married couple's struggles as they navigate their roles as parents to a gender-nonconforming child.
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