Theatre and Dance

The Theatre and Dance Department is the artistic and intellectual home for Macalester students and faculty dedicated to theatre, dance, and performance studies.

The department is a laboratory for practice-based research, aesthetic inquiry, historical investigations, and the theoretical apertures of the performing arts. Our department supports the intersection of practice and theory.

Every year, we produce three mainstage theatre works, directed by resident directors and guest artists, as well as two dance concerts featuring faculty and student choreographies. Students are active in all aspects of production, and are supported by classwork in acting, directing, movement, playwrighting, history, theory, design, technical theatre, and practice-based research.