Theater
Take advantage of an expanding universe of opportunity in theater. Build your skills for stage, film, and television. Experiment with web-based, immersive, and site-specific performance. Specialize in Musical Theater or Acting & Original Works. As a theater student at Cornish, you’ll perfect your technical skills while letting your imagination run wild.
BFA in Theater
What Will You Learn
as A Theater Major at Cornish?
Hone your skills as a performer, through acting, movement, and vocal technique work.
Become an excellent collaborator and communicator. Work with your fellow theater students and collaborate across disciplines at Cornish. Learn to think critically, apply context, and analyze theatrical texts.
Develop yourself as a creator, through writing, directing, devising, producing, improvisation, and more.
Explore Your Major
Student Work
![The Clown Show <br> [Excerpts from the 2018 Performance]](https://mk0cornishqntt591tiw.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/ewpt_cache/300x300_95_1_c_FFFFFF_0741927df270be46e6f38fc50511d1a6.jpg)
![The Lore Project <br> [Full 2019 Performance]](https://mk0cornishqntt591tiw.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/ewpt_cache/300x300_95_1_c_FFFFFF_04e4f984322be1e730f472b8543471df.jpg)
Richard E.T. White
Department Chair
Sheila Daniels
Professor
Acting | Directing | Devising
Timothy McCuen Piggee
Professor
Acting | Musical Theater
Kate Myre
Professor
Voice | Voiceover
Robin Lynn Smith
Professor
Acting
Ellie Rose
Professor
Voice | Yoga | Physical Technique
Geoffrey Alm
Instructor, Stage Combat
Amelia Bolyard
Instructor, Dance
Desdemona Chiang
Instructor, Acting
Jeannette d'Armand
Instructor, Voice | Singing
Liz McCarthy French
Instructor, Musical Theater
Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin
Instructor, Playwriting
Christopher Goodson
Instructor, Theater History
Sarah Harlett
Instructor, Acting
Jacob Alfredo Hutchison
Instructor, Theater History
Marc Kenison
Instructor, Neo Burlesque
Amy LaZerte
Instructor, Production Lab
Claire Marx
Instructor, Musical Theater Voice
Meg McLynn
Instructor, Voice + Speech
Trina Mills
Instructor
Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako
Instructor
Aaron Norman
Instructor, Voice | Singing
Michael Place
Instructor, Mask + Clown
Candice Pullom
Instructor, Voice
Jaclyn Stapp
Instructor, Private Voice
Guillaume Tourniaire
Instructor, Theater History
Katjana Vadeboncoeur
Instructor, Neo-Burlesque | Senior Seminar
Kathryn Van Meter
Instructor, Dance
Shawn Belyea
Producer, Production Lab
Richard Gray
Assistant Professor
Singing | Musical Theater Acting | Audition Technique
Faculty Emeriti | Theater
John Kendall Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Theater | 1989 – 2019
Hal Ryder, Professor Emeritus | 1982 – 2017
Recent Cornish News & Blog Posts
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A Look Back at ‘Living in the Hyphen:’ Cornish Theater Department Chair Richard E.T. White Retires
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Original Works Alum Andrew Lee Creech's Play 'Last Drive to Dodge' Featured in Upcoming Festival
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Michigan Opera Theatre Spotlights Cornish Dance Instructor Tinka Gutrick Dailey
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