Department of Theatre & Dance

We Are Ensemble

Friendly and supportive, the Department of Theatre & Dance at LU is dynamic, engaging and constantly evolving. We strive to continuously inspire our students and our faculty through a diverse set of curricula, activities, shows and productions.

We offer a bachelor's degree in theatre and dance. This unique program allows you to create a program based on your own interests and talents that will prepare you for professional careers, teaching professions, and other fields. By choosing an emphasis in either acting, dance or technical theatre, you'll take courses centered around your capabilities, knowledge and skills.

Our department offers two theatrical performance stages, and we frequently bring in nationally renowned guest artists to direct and choreograph our students.


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Artwork for 'The Wonder in Alice' written by Kate Brennan featuring floating classroom desks, scattered papers, a blue door, and a tree in a surreal collage-style design.

The Wonder in Alice: A version of Alice in Wonderland

Oct. 22-24 & 29-31 at 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 25 & Nov. 1 at 2:00 p.m.  
University Theatre

In the topsy-turvey, world of Alice’s ever-wandering, ever-curious head where anything and everything is possible and nothing is what it seems, we explore a playful, magical, and strange world. Inspired by Lewis Caroll’s classic children’s novel Alice in Wonderland, this staged version of the story offers a Young Adult perspective through Alice’s ‘looking glass’ of a world that is that is simultaneously a familiar and strange place to navigate to and understand. 

This Young Adult production is appropriate for younger audiences.

Why Choose the Department of Theatre and Dance?

Affordable

Lowest tuition-based
program in the state.
Scholarships and work study opportunities are available for qualifying individuals

Attention

7:1 Faculty to Student Ratio at the Department level and 13:1 Faculty to Student Ratio at the University level provides quality and personal education for each individual student

Artists 

Guest artists from all over the country provide collaborative opportunities, real-world experience and professional connections

Application

4 theatre productions, 2 faculty dance concerts and 2 student dance concerts a year means performers and technicians alike hone skills from class in the main-stage season