Theatre - Clark College

Theatre from Clark College is a Campus Associate Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Clark College Theatre program provides a rich cultural focus for the campus and surrounding community blending theatre, music, dance and art into entertaining and award-winning productions. The co-curricular program combines traditional classroom training with the opportunity for students to apply and test both performance and technical skills in staged productions before a paying audience. For the past two decades, the Clark College program has been recognized as a leader in Southwest Washington community theater. A wide range of plays, which are culturally enriching and thought-provoking as well as entertaining, enables students to learn a variety of performance styles. Each season, the program presents two plays in the traditional stage environment at Clark's Decker Theater and a musical dinner theatre show in the Gaiser Hall Student Center. In addition, a Children's Theatre course produces a show for young people and performs on tour at elementary schools throughout the area each spring quarter. Six college productions have earned Peekema Awards and C.A.T.E. , which annually recognize the top achievement in Clark County community theatre. The Hermine Decker Award, which honors outstanding overall contributions to local community theatre, has been won twice by college staff. Clark College Theatre has also received recognition at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. A comprehensive curriculum teaches acting principles and techniques for both theatre and television, including scene study, characterization and period styles of acting. Camera operations and directing skills are also studied. The Children's Theatre classes focus on performance styles for young audiences, touring scenery techniques, and performance tour management . Basic stagecraft design and construction, stage lighting and makeup courses provide behind-the-scenes knowledge to enhance acting performance and also skills for a career in the production side of the film and theatre industry. Students planning a career in acting or other phases of theatrical production can acquire foundation skills and experience in multiple settings while completing degree requirements. Theatre courses and performances also serve as excellent training for those planning careers in teaching or other fields that require public presentations. View more details on Clark College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.