Theatre

Our theatre program allows you to explore other worlds, eras, communities, and characters while helping you broaden your horizons and think outside the box.

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Study Theatre Abroad

Earn your BA in Acting in only three years and spend a year abroad!

Through our “2+1” Global Transfer degree program, you can study Acting at Lane for two years and then transfer to the University of Wales Trinity St. David for your third and final year and earn your Bachelor's of Arts in Acting for half the cost of a four-year degree.

For more info, contact Brian Haimbach, haimbachb@lanecc.edu.

Interested in where you'll perform?

Throughout the year, you’ll have many opportunities to perform in our beautiful main Theatre, the Ragozzino Performance Hall. Down the hall, our Blue Door Theatre provides an intimate performance space for students to explore theatre and dance performances. These performance spaces also give student designers and technicians the opportunities to work with state of the art equipment in professional-level spaces!

Learn more about Theatre Program scholarships - Contact Brian Haimbach!

Lane’s Theatre Program offers numerous scholarships that are awarded for one term or a year!

What you’ll earn

If you dream of working in the professional theatre, acting in front of the camera, working behind the scenes, and developing the confidence and “soft skills” that employers find so attractive, Lane’s Theatre program is for you. We offer a wide range of classes and production opportunities that will help you discover, hone, and develop your skills and prepare you for the next step.

Transfer Interest Area

No matter what your career goals may be, studying theatre can help lay the foundation, giving you the confidence and communication skills to stand out in any room. Though our wide range of classes and production opportunities you’ll discover, hone, and develop your skills to prepare you to transfer to a four-year school. Coursers can also fulfill the “arts and letters” course requirements for many Lane degree programs.

Learn about the Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer Degree

2 years Full-time

$15,408 Full program

Learn more about program costs.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Learn the art and business of contemporary theatre
Learn realistic and stylized acting methods and audition techniques
Developing your voice for stage and camera
Learn scene analysis, improv, and character analysis
Learn stagecraft, set design, lighting, sound, stage management and crew work
Learn stage makeup and costume design/construction techniques
Analyze scripts and read plays from the classics to contemporaries

AFTER LANE

Theatre transfer students are highly desirable at four-year schools and professional training programs. Our transfer agreements with the University of Oregon and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David as well as our alignment of Theatre classes at other colleges and universities allows you to transfer easily as a Theatre major or minor. Our students frequently pursue additional training or embark on other professions while applying their training to their active professional lives.

Blue Door Theatre - small and intimate with minimal staging

Our fall production takes place in the Blue Door Theater, which is an intimate space ideal for cutting-edge contemporary plays.

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Every winter term, we produce an evening of student written and directed ten-minute plays. “Winter Shorts” is an opportunity for students to see their plays in full productions and for directors to develop their skills. This event also includes a devised performance, which is a short piece created and written by actors under the guidance of a professional director.

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Our spring term show is our biggest show of the year. It takes place in the Ragozzino Performance Hall, where we can utilize state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment. The spring show may be a big musical, theatre for youth, or another show that allows us to create our largest sets and sophisticated designs.