The Department of Theatre is a dynamic and intensive educational program with experienced professors, an active production season, and scheduled workshops, guest artists, and special events. The curriculum is based on a liberal arts foundation providing all students with the “Theatre core” courses in various aspects of the theatrical art, including history and criticism, performance, directing, design, technical production, and Theatre education – the background and skills important for individual development and necessary in professional life. Students of all walks of academic life participate in theatre courses and production activity. In this light, Theatre is more than a major program at King’s College; the Theatre is a service in the highest sense to the overall mission and goals of the college. Theatre stands with disciplines such as Mass Communications, English, Education, Philosophy, Psychology, or History, concerned with educating a central core of majors while exerting a humanizing and liberalizing influence on students. As a non-profit theatre organization, King's Theatre aims to provide a solid background in the various aspects of theatre as a whole. Each year, the theatre presents four main stage productions, including a Shakespeare selection, a tradition for over 60 years. In addition to its regular season, King's Theatre produces multiple Brown Bag Theatre Series, performances that are presented in the middle of the school day, which give students and faculty the opportunity to bring a lunch, watch a show, and take a break. Evenings of One Act Plays are also presented each semester. These plays are entirely student run, from directing to acting to lighting to costuming. This gives students the chance to work together in all aspects of the theatre to produce, as aptly titled, an evening of one act plays. Furthermore, The King's Players, is an on-campus club that supports the productions and takes care of the on-goings within the theatre department. From helping build the sets to running fundraisers during shows, the Players really lend a helping hand to making everything run smoothly. The Players also complete services projects on campus and around the community, and have the opportunity to participate in an annual trip to Ontario, Canada for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
