Theatre Major

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. 

Video Interview with "The Government Inspector" Actors
Interview with Professor Carolyn Ratteray
Scene from “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”
Scene from “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”
Scene from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
Scene from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”

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
430
Average number of students from across the 5Cs who participate in some way - classes or productions - each year

Performing at Pomona

"Cabaret" Costume Design: Devon Horn '18

For her senior thesis, Devon Horn designed the costumes for Pomona's rendition of Cabaret.

Hopkins auditioned and landed the lead role of Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard

"The Cherry Orchard": Zed Hopkins ’20

Hopkins auditioned and landed the lead role of Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard. 

Hersheeta Suri Cabaret Performance

“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.

Miranda Mattlin

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. 

 

Tray Hammond

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.

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Hersheeta Suri Headshot
Hersheeta Suri ‘21

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.

Faculty & Teaching

The welcoming professors of the Theatre Department are committed to offering the highest levels of professional training within the context of a liberal arts tradition to the many students who pass through Seaver Theatre, taking classes or participating in a production as majors, minors, or just theatre enthusiasts.

James Taylor

Studying theatre is a powerful synthesis of specialized knowledge and broader knowledge, which is important. You become proficient in expression in the short-term, and prepared for learning and practice in the art for a lifetime.