
The Theatre Program
Muhlenberg's world-class studio training & rigorous academics will prepare you for a career in the theatre - or anywhere else.
Muhlenberg's world-class studio training & rigorous academics will prepare you for a career in the theatre - or anywhere else.
This program sustains a deep commitment to both the art and the science of dance — in a rigorous, supportive environment.
Through world-class studio training and rigorous academics, the Theatre & Dance Department aims to produce flexible, collaborative, inspired artist-thinkers, well-equipped to contribute to the greater good.
The Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance experience offers a direct learning partnership among faculty and students—in the classroom, the studio and the performance laboratory. Students are nurtured to succeed and encouraged to take risks. The department offers students daily opportunities to foster the most important goal of the liberal arts experience: education of the whole person.
Theatre & Dance faculty and staff have developed a multi-faceted approach to education that combines exciting creative experience with rigorous professional standards. Students are challenged as artists in the studio and the classroom, working closely with distinguished faculty and internationally recognized guest artists to achieve a conceptual understanding and a practical working knowledge of the performing arts.
THEATRE FACILITY TOUR: The Muhlenberg Theatre Program offers nationally acclaimed theatre training alongside a world-class liberal arts education. In this video, you’ll go behind the scenes at Muhlenberg’s three state-of-the-art performance spaces, with founding program director Charles Richter and general manager Jess Bien.
DANCE FACILITY TOUR: The Muhlenberg Dance Program offers nationally acclaimed dance training alongside a world-class liberal arts education. In this video, you’ll see all of the Dance Program's state-of-the-art performance and studio spaces and learn more about Muhlenberg Dance, with founding program director Karen Dearborn and faculty member Heidi Cruz-Austin.
GET TO KNOW THE THEATRE PROGRAM: The Muhlenberg Theatre Program receives consistently high acclaim — from publications like The Princeton Review, from professionals in the field, and from our students and alumni. Hear from students, alumni, and faculty of the Theatre Program, and see clips of recent productions.
GET TO KNOW THE DANCE PROGRAM: The Muhlenberg Dance Program is among the premiere programs in the country to combine an outstanding and comprehensive dance education and a first-rate liberal arts education. Hear from students, alumni, and faculty of the Dance Program, and see clips of recent productions.
Theatre faculty member receives prestigious award for outstanding achievements in off-Broadway theatre, for her scenic design of 'Wolf Play.'
The gift from James R. Lentz ’66 P’20 and his wife, Debra A. Lentz P’20, dedicated supporters of the performing arts at Muhlenberg, will sustain faculty in two of the College’s signature programs in perpetuity.
Performance April 28-30 displays talents of 10 emerging choreographers, with more than 40 dancers
Tommy Gedrich ’21, who’s currently on the national tour of “Moulin Rouge!,” was quoted in a feature about dancers studying musical theatre in college.