Theater Education Minor

About

Do you love the stage and want to share your passion for theater with the next generation? Our theater education minor will prepare you to teach and lead a theater programs in schools or community organizations, with a solid groundwork in theatrical and educational methods including acting, stage direction, voice, classroom management, theater history, stage design, sound, lighting and more.

In addition to taking education, dance, voice and acting classes, you’ll gain hands-on opportunities to apply technical and artistic skills learned in a campus play, musical or opera production every year.

And when you participate in college as a performer, stage manager, director or choreographer, you will be learning high-demand job skills that will serve you well in the classroom or leading a theater group. These include working on a team, problem-solving and effective communication.

Goshen College’s Vox Profundi choir to tour eastern U.S. during spring break

February 22, 2022

The Goshen College Vox Profundi low voice choir will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches and schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio from Feb. 26 through March 4, with a home concert on Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Stats

71^%

of Goshen College students study abroad

99^%

of Goshen College students receive financial aid

^$74,211

average salary of GC graduates 10 years out

100^%

of alumni agree that theater professors are genuinely interested in their students

^#4

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Students & Alumni

student

Irish Cortez ’24

Irish Cortez ’24 believes in storytelling’s power, and wants to use stories to make the world a kinder place.

Irish's story

Student

Jacob Claassen ’22

Jacob Claassen ’22 found his calling behind-the-scenes in theater, and a well-rounded education to go with it

Jacob's story

Stage Director for the Portland Revels

Bruce Hostetler '88

Hostetler is currently resident stage director for the Portland Revels, artistic director of CompassWorks, and a freelance theatre/opera director, producer and playwright.

Bruce's story

Theater major

Ben Friesen '05

Ben Friesen ’05, of Oakland, California, uses his theater background to teach Origami.

Ben's story

Music, Theater

Lisa Rosado Rivera '21

Lisa Rosado Rivera '21 hopes to one day find herself on Broadway.

Lisa's story

Theater Major

Sarah Elizabeth Miller '05

Sarah Miller graduated from GC in 2005 with a theater degree. Today, she is a professional make-up artist who has competed on SyFy Network's "Face Off," a popular reality show that features special-effects makeup artists.

Sarah's story

Faculty & Staff