Where the Stage Meets the Real World.
Theatre is more than performance — it's a discipline that builds collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving. Whether you're drawn to the spotlight or thrive behind the scenes, LaGrange's rigorous pre-professional Theatre Arts program trains you to succeed on stage, backstage, and beyond. You'll gain real skills, real audition experience, and close faculty mentorship from day one.
90%
of Theatre Arts graduates (since 2015) are working in the industry or earned MFAs
A Program Built for Where You're Going
LaGrange offers a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts — available as both a major and a minor — with concentrations in:
- Performance — actor training, audition technique, and mainstage experience alongside faculty who are working professionals and members of Actors' Equity
- Technical Production — sound, properties, and technical direction, with hands-on training in every aspect of what makes a production run
From your first semester, you're in the room. 100% of performance majors perform during their first year.
Build Skills That Work On Stage and Off
Coursework develops skills in:
- Performance, directing, and stage management
- Scenic, lighting, costume, and sound design
- Properties craftsmanship and technical direction
- Creative dramatics and devised theatre
- Collaboration across art, music, musical theatre, and digital media
Where Theatre Arts Majors Go
Performance
- Professional touring companies
- Theme parks and destination entertainment (Universal Studios, Tokyo Disney, Dollywood)
- Cruise line and live entertainment performance
Production & Design
- Props master and scenic artist
- Stage management and technical direction
- Film and television production
Education & Community
- Theatre education (K–12 and higher ed)
- Theatre for Young Audiences director and performer
- Teaching artist
Graduate Study
- MFA programs in acting, directing, and design
- Arts administration
"LaGrange College gives you the tools and the confidence to pursue your career in the arts with passion and creativity."
Ellie Boykin '19
Why Theatre Arts at LaGrange?
- 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio — close mentorship from faculty who are working professionals
- Concentrations in Performance and Technical Production
- 100% of performance majors perform their first year
- 90% of graduates are working in the industry or earned MFAs
- Represented at SETC and NETC — two of the most important industry showcases in the country
- 250-seat mainstage, black box theatre, concert hall, and professional studios
- An hour from Atlanta — with access to major companies, auditions, and employers
- Scholarships available through auditions or portfolio presentations