Theatre Arts
Tell the Stories That Shape Our Culture
Develop your craft and sharpen your skills
Gain the hands-on theatrical experience you need through our academic productions and even jump-start your career with the opportunity to earn professional credits through our very own Alluvion Stage Company. Here, you can also benefit from our tradition of original works— integrated from start to finish which can offer you a comprehensive stage experience.
Taught from a Christian worldview, classes in Liberty’s Theatre Arts Department emphasize storytelling and the development of skills required for employment in the industry.
Our department brings theatre to the community through our season performances and summer camps for high school, middle school and elementary school students.
Choose from a BFA in Musical Theatre, a BFA in Acting, a B.A. or B.S. in Theatre Arts. And now, any major can add on a minor in Dance and Theatre Arts.
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Stage Productions
- Current Season: Academic Performances
- Current Season: Alluvion Stage Company
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Summer Opportunities
A Christian Theatre Arts Experience
Learn from faculty members who embrace their Christian faith and are active professionals specializing in many areas such as acting, voice, songwriting, directing, dance, choreography, stage movement, stage combat, lighting, design, drama ministry, and theater history. Our programs are built around teaching the art of theatre in order to impact the culture for Christ.
Theatre Arts Programs
Musical Theatre
Develop your craft by concentrating on music, dance, and acting. You will have the opportunity to audition for the academic shows produced each year between the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theatre, and the professional arm of the department, the Alluvion Stage Company.
Acting
Develop your craft by focusing on a variety of acting styles and periods. Learn stage combat, movement, and dialects and accents. Audition for the academic shows produced each year between the Tower Theater, The Black Box Theatre, and the professional arm of the department, the Alluvion Stage Company.
Generalist Degrees
Prepare for a wide range of theatre-based careers with a B.A. or B.S. in Theatre from Liberty University. Through these generalist degrees, you’ll receive practical instruction in the theory and practice of theatre performance and production. Develop into a skilled and professional theatrical artist.
BFA Entrance Auditions
Students will need to complete an audition and be accepted by the Performance Faculty into the BFA programs.
Review the requirements for the BFA Musical Theatre/BFA Acting entrance auditions.
Theatre Arts Minors
Enhance your major with a minor in Dance or Theatre Arts from the Department of Theatre Arts at Liberty University. Minors are 15 credit hours and help to broaden your degree program.
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Support our Theatre Arts Students: Give to the Tower Club
Annual membership in the Tower Club provides scholarships to any Christ-following young artist who wants to study theatre at Liberty University. We are looking for donors to join us in our second year to continue to train champions for Christ in the world of the arts. As a supporter of the Tower Club, you will not only impact our students with their education at Liberty, but we trust this will have an effect for years to come.
A gift to the Tower Club Scholarship Fund will help provide financial assistance to full-time students and degree candidates within the Department of Theatre Arts. As a Tower Club supporter, you will receive membership benefits based upon your level of giving.
“Our Tower Club membership has been one of the most satisfying elements of our time on Liberty Mountain. The Lord has a way of attracting the highest caliber of student talent to this campus, and Tower Club members play a significant role in helping these students live God’s dream for their lives. We love the opportunity to watch these professional-level performers glorify God on stage, but the added joy of providing resources to equip them for their craft is a priceless benefit we would not want to miss.”
– Dondi & Vickey Costin, President and First Lady, Liberty University
Current Students
Student Advising
All Theatre majors are assigned a faculty advisor to help with questions about classes, career fields, and more.
Academics
Outside the Classroom
Drama Outreach Trips
Use your skill sets to share the Gospel through drama outreach trips. Our team is uniquely qualified to assist the local ministry through drama in sharing the Gospel in ways that overcome language barriers as well as encourage and strengthen community relationships. Gain experiential learning within your craft as you have the opportunity to plan, direct and perform in ways that transcend both language and cultural barriers.
Ready to get involved? Contact Barry Gawinski at brgawinski@liberty.edu.
Featured Faculty
Our Current Theatre Season
Academic Performances
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State-of-the-Art Stage Facilities
The Department of Theatre Arts produces six productions each season between our two stages: the Tower Theater and The Black Box Theater.
The Tower Theater seats 640 and houses over 12,000 square feet of backstage and support area. Home to the Alluvion Stage Company and Liberty’s Department of Theatre Arts, the Tower Theater features a Broadway-style fly tower, a professional rigging system, catwalks, a balcony, and an orchestra pit.
The Black Box Theater offers flexible seating in a more intimate space, allowing students and audiences alike the opportunity to experience theater in a new and exciting way.
Discover Theatre Arts
Here’s what you could learn with your theatre degree:
Acting
Stage Combat
Stage Management & Directing
Voice
Stagecraft
Playwriting
Dance
Audio Theatre
Script Analysis
What Our Alumni Say
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Mission Trip Update — Our students have been actively serving at Betel by sharing the gospel through devotions, testimonies, and presentations. Their service activities have included working in the café, restoring furniture, collecting donations, cleaning houses, providing childcare, and handing out flyers to promote the ministry and gardening business. They have been a tremendous help to the ministry there. Tomorrow, the students will share one final time with the community through their dramatic gospel presentations and testimonies. Please pray for them as they conclude their time in the UK and travel home.
Today, Professors Siebert and Gawinski and 10 THEA students leave for Birmingham, UK to serve with Betel, UK and their drama and dance ministry Infinite Arts. Betel, UK is a ministry serving those coming out of addiction and leading them to freedom through Jesus Christ.
While there they will teach and present dramas and dances created within the LU program, create new work with the Infinite Arts team, and live and work within their community. Lauren Ansara and Barry Gawinski and his family served at Betel, UK, and are very excited to introduce the beautiful people of Betel with their teammates. Our partnership was developed through THEA Alum Kelli Overmyer. She served for four years at Betel, and helped pioneer Infinite Arts.
Also, Birmingham is known as a the childhood town of JRR Tolkien, and home of the chocolate manufacturer Cadbury.
Please pray for the team as they travel, for the effect Betel will have on our team, and that we may bring support and refreshing to the ministry.
Professor Brasher would love to see you at “The Trojan Women”, opening March 21st in the Black Box Theater! Tickets are available online and at the door!
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Euripides’ ‘The Trojan Women’ is coming to the Black Box Theater next month! The show will run March 21-30. This is the first time the Liberty Theatre Department has done a Greek Tragedy! We can’t wait for you all to see it.
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The Department of Theatre Arts will now be opening the 2025-26 season with Alluvion Stage Company’s production of ‘Into the Woods’. Local auditions are scheduled for Monday, March 3rd. For more information about the auditions and available roles, please follow the link in our bio.
‘The Three Musketeers’ is back tomorrow night for its final weekend of performances. Come join us for CFAW and see what the Liberty Theatre Department has to offer!
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On Monday, February 17th, we are offering $5 Liberty University residential students the opportunity to see The Three Musketeers for $5 for our 10 AM performance, ending at 12:30 PM. Tickets must be purchased at the Tower Theater box office that morning starting at 8:30 AM. Prior purchases are not eligible to receive adjusted pricing.
No better way to start a Monday!
‘The Three Musketeers’ opens tonight! We couldn’t be more excited to bring you this action packed show full of twists and turns! All for One and One for All!
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In case you missed it, we are excited to bring back our school matinee for The Three Musketeers on Monday, February 17th at 10 AM. There are still seats remaining. Group pricing is available for groups of 10 or more by calling the Box Office at 434-582-7328. We hope to see you there!
‘The Three Musketeers’ will be performing in convo this Wednesday! If you want a sneak peek of the show, make sure you tune in. We’re on at 10:30am on dot! Don’t miss us.
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‘The Three Musketeers’ comes to the Tower Theater Feb. 14th - 23rd. Yes, you read that right! We open on Valentine’s Day. Get your tickets today!
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We’re having a ton of fun in rehearsals for ‘The Three Musketeers’! From stage combat to production design presentations, we are doing it all. We can’t wait for you all to see it. The show runs Feb. 14 - 23 in the Tower Theater.
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