Theatre: Performance Concentration

Bachelor’s
100%
Off-Campus Internships
100% of theatre majors at NGU complete off-campus internships. Gain hands-on experience and expand your professional network in local theaters and across the country.
4
Major Productions
Each year, NGU theatre students produce four main stage productions (including two musicals). Explore your passion onstage and backstage as an actor, set designer, prop/wardrobe master, and more.
250-Seat
Black Box Theatre
All theatre productions take center stage at NGU’s 250-seat black box Billingsley Theatre. Experience the thrill of engaging your audience in an intimate setting you have to see to believe.

Turn Your Talent Into a Career

Create compelling, impactful theatre experiences with a Concentration in Performance. Work as an actor in improvisational theatre or scripted plays and productions, bringing the story to life in your own way. Build practical skills in visual storytelling, production, and event planning. Explore your talent and work with other students and professors. Get involved in many local theatre opportunities, including the Warehouse TheatreCentre StageGreenville Theatre, and South Carolina Children’s Theatre. Join our production team at the Billingsley Theatre here at North Greenville University.

Potential career paths include working in local theatre productions and Broadway performances, acting or voice acting in film and television productions or opportunities within industries such as education. Training in performance will also prepare you for professional pathways as a teacher, coach, or public speaker, where strong communication and creativity skills are often essential. Begin your career with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a Concentration in Performance.

Interested in being part of a ministry group? Learn more about Act II here, our drama ministry troupe that performs on campus and at churches and local community groups. All students may audition to join.

Why Choose?

  • Degree Flexibility: Work as actor, director, artist, stage manager, teacher, and more. You can explore diverse and fulfilling careers that allow you to express your creativity and make a meaningful impact.

  • Learn from Talented Artists: Learn from professors with lifelong artistic passions and careers. Let your artistic talent guide you as you embark on a journey to pursue a career that aligns with your passions and goals.

  • Earn Acting Opportunities and Internships: Get exposure and refine your talents through the annual gathering of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Get involved in local theatre opportunities at many different theatres in and around Greenville, including the Warehouse Theatre, Centre Stage, Greenville Theatre, and South Carolina Children’s Theatre.

  • Create a Professional Portfolio: We’ll help you professionally showcase your talent and work to best highlight your achievements.

Program Overview

  • Why NGU?

    Become the transformational leader God has called you to be. At NGU, you will learn how to lead others and make a positive impact in your next career.

  • Purpose

    Develop skills in theatre performance and voice as well as the more technical aspects of a theatre production. Create a professional portfolio and connect with industry peers in the Greenville area.

Attend One of Our Theatre Performances!

The School of Theatre organizes productions created by our faculty and students. Come visit us and see a performance for yourself!

Sample Courses

Theatre Year 1

Year 1 Sample Courses

  • Design and Production
  • Engaging the Arts through Theatre
  • Acting
  • Movement for the Actor
  • Costume Construction
Theatre Year 2

Year 2 Sample Courses

  • Theatre History
  • Stage Management
  • Scene Design
  • English Composition and Literature
  • Lighting Design
Theatre Year 3

Year 3 Sample Courses

  • Theatre History
  • Directing
  • Voice for the Actor, Costume/Makeup Design, or Drama Ministry
  • Advanced Stagecraft
Theatre Year 4

Year 4 Sample Courses

  • English Literature
  • Audition and Career Management
  • Camera Acting or Scenic Art
  • Oral Communication
  • Playwriting

Share What You Love

Are you interested in teaching? Discover our Theatre Education program, which combines training in the theatre arts with teaching preparation, including field experience. Bring the beauty of the arts to a new generation of students!

Get to Know Our Faculty!

Amy M. Dunlap, MFA
Associate Dean, School of the Arts
Bess Park, PhD
Professor, Theatre
Kennedy Roberts, MFA
Assistant Professor, Theatre
Joshua Scott, MFA
Assistant Professor, Theatre
Cheyenne Rivenbark
Theatre Assistant

Have Questions about the Theatre Program?

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Amy M. Dunlap, MFA

Associate Dean, School of the Arts
864.895.1580 amy.dunlap@ngu.edu
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