View from the Cultural Arts Building MainStage into the audience

Department of Theatre

Department of Theatre Department of Theatre

Welcome to UNCW Theatre, where your work takes center stage!

We offer a Bachelor of Arts degree with three options — Performance, Design & Technology, and Theatre Studies — which you can customize to align with your career goals.

Or consider a Theatre minor to enhance a degree in any subject.

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Cultural Arts Partnerships

UNCW’s Office of the Arts provides inspirational and cultural programming through the Kenan Auditorium Presents Series and by advocating for the arts in collaboration with academic arts departments and community partners.

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What We Do

We train students to pursue a career in the vast field of show business, whether that is in theatre, film, television or a host of other related fields. Students learn the essential skills needed to be successful.

We educate a new generation of artists through close work with stellar faculty and working theatre & film professionals.
We offer students an environment to allow them a space to explore their imagination, hone their techniques and to develop entrepreneurial skills, for a successful career as an artist and artisan.
We prepare liberal arts students with skills they learn in theatre studies - teamwork, technique, discipline, research, and innovative thinking - for success in many fields and careers.

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Welcome to the Department of Theatre

Our goal is to nurture, encourage, support, train and educate the artist in the study and practice of theatre.

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CAB Facilities

Our department makes good use of the Cultural Arts Building, an academic and performance facility that offers a technologically advance environment of the highest performance capability and learning potential.

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