Instruction takes place in classrooms, studios, and rehearsal space, and students receive hands-on experience with computer lighting and sound equipment.

In curriculum, the Theatre Department offers hands-on performance experience in a variety of dramatic styles and periods, ranging from Classical Greek to Shakespeare, Commedia dell'arte and contemporary American writing, including on-camera work and screen material.

Students are also provided many college-level courses such as Theatre History, Acting For The Camera, Directing, and Scene Study.

Moreover, students are offered training to support the demands of heightened language and stylized material, preparing them for auditions at the collegiate level.

Productions of note include Heathen Valley, The Wrestling Season, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Laramie Project, The Importance Of Being Earnest, Playing With Fire (The Frankenstein Story) and original student work focused on contemporary issues and civil rights.

The program is designed to prepare students for professional careers in musical theatre, music/recording, television, film, and live performance.

The visual arts department encourages in-depth exploration and research in an array of studio courses in the fields of printmaking, painting, photography, computer imaging, video imaging additive, subtractive, constructed sculpture, design, and other areas such as medical illustration and fashion design.