LeeAnn Fletcher, Creative Partner to the Director of Visual Advertising at Eileen Fisher
“I can connect so many of the lessons learned in the Hastings College Theatre to my life. Classes like Costume Construction, Stage Make-up and Scenic and Lighting Design taught real life skills like how to use tools correctly and sew a straight line. I now use those sewing skills to recycle fabric from Eileen Fisher to make bags and quilts. Higher level courses like Directing, Performance Studies and the Capstone Project taught me the value of time management and project planning.”
Why major in Theatre Arts at Hastings College?
From blocking to the booth, ad lib to cues, the Theatre Department at Hastings College helps you graduate with a love of theatre and important life-long skills.
As a Theatre major or minor, or as part of your liberal arts experience, contribute to any and all aspects of theatre production, from writing original scripts and directing to creating costumes and designing sets. Our faculty’s professional experiences cut across multiple stages, from traditional theatre to films to commercials. Their connections open doors to exciting internships and opportunities.
Our Scott Studio Theatre’s black box stage provides an intimate, flexible setting that lets creativity flow from performers to the packed house. Its design is also perfect for preparing you to work in film. It’s simply a sensational venue!
How You’ll Grow
Our professors recognize a working artist today needs to crossover among various media, so they’ve created performance and design classes to serve as a strong base for entrance into all performing arts.
In addition to four to five full campus productions each year, opportunities abound to collaborate with groups in the Hastings area, such as a Shakespeare with Noodles youth troupe and the Crane Trust Nature and Visitor Center. J-Term experiences include you’ll work with professional artists to provide you with exposure to choreographers and other artists currently in the field.
HC Theatre Arts majors find themselves in internships, apprenticeships and fellowships with a host of organizations, including the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Va.; Dixon Place in New York City; Walt Disney World; Disneyland; Theatre West in Scottsbluff, Neb; and many other companies, including several in Chicago. A recent student even interned with “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
Where HC Alumni Go
Hastings College Theatre Arts alumni serve on the crew of MGM Grand’s Cirque du Soleil, run their own film and corporate training production companies, raise funds for arts groups, travel as buyers for Ten Thousand Villages, design lighting for Broadway productions and coordinate activities at assisted living facilities. They have exciting roles in films, commercials and television and earn lead roles in regional and local theatre productions.
Enter stage right...and apply to Hastings College today!
