Welcome to Theatre at Montreat College

Montreat offers a minor in Communication and Theatre Arts including exciting courses in acting, directing, playwriting, ensemble work and more.  Students can also take these courses as electives that will greatly enhance their educational experience.  These courses provide excellent performance training for public speaking, teaching, communicating, or any career that requires presenting yourself effectively in a public setting.
 
The minor in Communication & Theatre requires the following 18 hours:

Communication 304 (3) and 230 (3)
Select 12 hours from Communication 232 (1), 312 (3), 314 (3), 315 (3), 316 (3), 332 (1), 341 (3), 432 (2)

Montreat College also offers a major in English with a concentration in communication through the English & Foreign Languages Department.
 

ON CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

Once a year there is a Montreat College mainstage production that offers performance and technical support opportunities for freshmen on up. In addition each semester there is a showcase of student theatre work. There are staged readings of scenes written by student playwrights. Each acting class and directing class presents a showcase of scenes for the college community that shows the culmination of their semester's work. This provides some exciting experiences of theatre that is written, acted or directed by Montreat students.



TOURING THEATRE ENSEMBLE

The Montreat College Theatre Ensemble provides further training in acting and its application in a worship arts or ministry setting. On alternate years a select ensemble of students perform theatre that enhances worship in chapel or church settings, provides programming for youth in the community or offers performances in the local prison.

INSTRUCTOR

Assistant Professor Carol Anderson has her MFA in Acting from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For over 10 years she has performed nationally with husband Jim Shores as the professional Christian theatre company called ACTS of RENEWAL.

They have written, recorded and filmed a wide repertoire of theatre material for organizations such as Focus on the Family and FamilyLife Today as well as a show that has been aired on PBS. They have also performed their material live at conferences for audiences of up to 18,000 as well as at colleges and church events across the country. Ms. Anderson offers in depth teaching backed by an active career of writing, directing and performing theatre nation wide.

THEATRE ARTS SERIES

The Montreat College Fine Arts Theatre Series brings in the best professional Christian theatre artists and performers from across the country to provide outstanding theatre experiences for the college and community.
 
This highly successful series will offer for 2005-2006:
 

	Curt Cloninger More information will be forthcoming
	Jeff Berryman More information will be forthcoming
	Acts Of Renewal National touring artists Jim Shores and Carol Anderson-Shores perform a series of theatre pieces entitled Love, Relationships, and Other Confusing Things. February 2nd - 3rd at 7:30 in Upper Anderson Auditorium.
	Bruce Kuhn March 16-17
	Acts Of Renewal Back by popular demand - national touring artists Jim Shores and Carol Anderson-Shores perform a hilarious, moving, highly entertaining series of theatre pieces entitled Rediscovering Christmas. This year they will expand the show with additional material that simply adds to the atmosphere of joyous celebration. December 2nd at 7:30 in Upper Anderson Auditorium.