The Department of Theater Arts

Theater Arts programs strive to ensure a learning environment that instills the highest artistic standards required to begin careers in professional or educational Theater, Film and Dance. Our faculty represent a blend of academic and professional achievement in performance, design, production, writing and criticism. The curriculum includes the major facets of Theater and Film in collaboration with our teaching partners in the Departments of Art and Music, and the Northwest Film Center.

We promote artistic achievement through participation in a production program that is an extension of the classroom, and guest artists are a regular part of our program. In addition to full-scale stage productions in our major venue, and multiple smaller productions in the Studio Theater, there are dedicated acting, directing, and dance studios, design studios, computer labs, and scenic and costume shops. The Fine & Performing Arts Media Labs, the PSU television studio, and the surrounding city provide additional sites for the realization of student and faculty creative work. The Theater Arts Student Organization ("TASO") also produces plays during the academic year, and the PSU Film Committee sponsors weekly 35MM and digital film screenings in PSU's own Fifth Avenue Cinema.

On behalf of the faculty and students in our programs, I welcome your interest and comments.

Sarah E. Andrews-Collier
Professor and Department Chair

Contact us
theaterarts@pdx.edu