Students have the opportunity to study performance, design and theatre technology, theatre history, and dramatic literature.
As a theatre major or minor, you become part of a vibrant theatrical community. Our courses integrate body, mind and spirit as you interpret dramatic literature, explore theatre history, and create theatrical productions.
You’ll learn from professors globally acclaimed for their expertise in theatre across world cultures. The department produces four major productions every year, and co-produces a dynamic season of student-generated performance, all in our state-of-the-art facility.
Studying theatre at Pomona equips you for a wide range of careers in the professional and/or academic theatre. It also equips you with valuable creative, analytical, and collaborative skills to tackle complex problems in the non-theatrical workplace.
What You’ll Study
- Performance, playwriting, directing, design and theatre technology
- Theatre history and dramatic literature
- Theatre as community engagement
- Production crew opportunities
- Senior exercise: a written thesis or a creative project
Performing at Pomona
"The Cherry Orchard": Zed Hopkins ’20
Hopkins auditioned and landed the lead role of Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard.
“Cabaret”
During her first semester her first year, Hersheeta Suri ’21 was cast as Kit Kat Girl in the musical Cabaret, which highlights the problems of white superiority during Nazi Germany.
Interning at Theatres
Miranda Mattlin ’21 served as an artistic intern at the La Jolla Playhouse, assisting with script evaluation, casting and auditions, artistic administration, general correspondence and workshop planning.
Creating a One Man Show
Tray Hammond '22 conducted theatre research in Japan and Singapore, where he began a two-year-long process to design a one-man-show to express his multiracial identity.
Studying and performing in a theatrical space allows you to explore aspects of yourself to properly connect with other individuals and learn from the human experience. There is a magic you feel when you step outside of your body and into another character’s shoes.