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 Acting + Original Works
BFA in Musical 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.
Scenic Design, Sound Design, and Stage Management
should visit our Performance Production Department.
Explore Your Major
Recent Cornish News & Blog Posts
Media Coverage
Cornish alum, writer-performer Sara Porkalob featured on American Theatre podcast
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Student Work
Leah Adcock-Starr
Adjunct Faculty
Naghmeh Samini
Adjunct Faculty
Nicole Beerman
Instructor
Danny Kam
Adjunct Faculty
Heidi Zamora
Instructor
Carl Bronsdon
Adjunct Faculty, Costume Shop Supervisor
Sheila Daniels
Instructor
Richard Gray
Musical Theater Program Director
Timothy McCuen Piggee
Instructor
Kate Myre
Acting & Original Works Program Director
Robin Lynn Smith
Adjunct Faculty
Matthew Smucker
Professor of Scenic DesignInstructor
Bret Torbeck
Performance Production Program Director
Geoffrey Alm
Adjunct Faculty
Jeannette d'Armand
Adjunct Faculty
Sarah Harlett
Instructor
Charlie Johnson
Adjunct Faculty
Claire Marx
Instructor
Meg McLynn
Adjunct Faculty
Guillaume Tourniaire
Instructor
Matthew McCarren
Scene Shop Supervisor
Rhonda J. Soikowski
Instructor
Faculty Emeriti | Theater
Kathleen Collins, Professor Emerita,| 1999-2020
John Kendall Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Theater | 1989 – 2019
Hal Ryder, Professor Emeritus | 1982 – 2017
