Smith - Technical Director, Lighting Designer, Stage-Management
Dr. Heidi Castle-Smith - Scenography
Dr. Amy Steiger - Theater Studies, Acting, Directing
Professor Donna Jordan - Dance
TMFS Student Representative
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Shannon Lewis
About the Program
Liberal Arts Setting
Our approach to the study and practice of theater, film, and media is grounded in a liberal arts environ
ment that values interdisciplinary and culturally plural perspectives. The lively exchange of ideas and practices across disciplines sparks our activities in classrooms, on stage and screen, and in the studios. Innovative Curriculum
Our curriculum includes not only the study of literature, screen media, and history, but also a full range of theater, film, and media arts, including: acting, directing, dance, scriptwriting, technical theater, computer-aided drawing (CAD), computer graphics, digital film making, scenic, costume, and lighting design. Core courses are continuously updated to keep pace with latest developments, and topics courses provide coverage of cutting-edge scholarship, techniques, and technologies. Pluralism
We promote diversity across cultures and time throughout our curriculum and our stage productions. Theater, film, and media studies faculty participate actively in cross-disciplinary minors, including Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, Environmental Studies, and Asian Studies. Outreach
Students capitalize on an array of opportunities for practicing theater, film, and media to benefit surrounding communities. Embodying Ideas
Our curriculum invites students to embody and enact ideas across disciplines, histories, and cultures. Theater, film, and media studies transform thought into action, abstract into concrete, absence into presence. Engaged Faculty
We have a full time core of faculty who are professionally active as performance scholars and artists and who provide mentoring of each and every student.
