Student clubs and activities, field trips, events, seminars and study abroad programs are all essential to building a well-rounded, creatively-minded education.
Bond with students who share similar passions. Further refine your craft. Hear from industry experts. Explore a new city or culture.
What you learn beyond our classrooms will help you fully become the artist you’re meant to be.
Professor Honored for Award-Winning Urinetown Set
Caleb Stroman, assistant professor of theatre, won a Peggy Ezekiel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Design and Production for his set design of Urinetown, presented by Susquehanna University’s Department of Theatre during the 2021–22 season.
If the World is a Show, This Student Wants to Light It
Owen Carey ’25 spent his summer at the happiest place on earth — Disney World — and will stay through the fall for the Disney College Program — all with his eye on one day becoming a Disney Imagineer.
Theatre Adopts First-ever Theme: Climate Change
In selecting a theme for its Main Stage season, Susquehanna’s Department of Theatre made a bold decision: climate change. Cast with the hopes of inspiring students to make sustainable lifestyle changes, the theme is represented on and off stage.
In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, students and faculty at Susquehanna incorporated new ways to promote feminism and women’s rights, both on campus and beyond.
Elizabeth Ennis Earns Barrymore Nomination for Costuming
Susquehanna University’s Elizabeth Ennis was recently nominated for a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre. Her work on The Color Purple at Theatre Horizon was nominated for Outstanding Costume Design.
REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
We don’t just run a theatre department—we run a theatre company. Complete with student actors, directors, production managers, operations managers and more. You’ll be ready to step right into the professional world because of all of the real-world experience you’ve gotten here.
We also encourage all of our students to do summer stock theatre, fitting a year’s worth of professional experience into just a few months.
