Theatre
Production; Performance; Perfection
The theatre department is a student-centered, merit-based, professional training program. Students from our program have gone on to work for Phoenix Theater, Ballet AZ, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, Childsplay, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, and Disney. Other students have transferred to major universities including USC and ASU’s film schools. Some students have become film directors, writers, and producers.
Our partnerships with The Bridge Initiative and Southwest Ballet Theater allow students opportunities to engage with working professionals and get hands-on production experience. Select students can also work at EMCC’s Performing Arts Center to gain practical experience and have professional references upon leaving EMCC.
Theatre, Theatre and Film, and Theatre Performance and Production courses we offer:
THE 111: Introduction to Theatre
THE 118: Playwriting
THE 220: Modern Drama
THF 115: Makeup for Stage and Screen
THF 205: Introduction to Cinema
THF 210: Contemporary Cinema
THP 112: Acting I
THP 201AA: Theatre Production I
THP 212: Acting II
THP 213: Introduction to Technical Theatre
THP 214: Directing Techniques
THP 217: Introduction to Design Scenography
THP 270: Musical Theatre Workshop
THP 270AA: Musical Theatre Workshop
THP 271: Voice and Diction
Theatre
Explore degrees and career information on Theatre here:
Associate in Arts, Fine Arts, Emphasis in Theatre
Associate in Arts, Fine Arts, Emphasis in Musical Theatre
EMCC Fine & Performing Arts Info Page
Performing Arts Center
The centerpiece of arts at EMCC is the Performing Arts Center (PAC) – a 30,000 square-foot free standing fine arts building at the Avondale campus. The PAC opened its doors to students in fall 2015, and is home to individualized learning areas, including a dedicated Black Box Theater, a Dance Studio, a Media Technical Laboratory, a Costume Shop, and a Music Studio. Entering the PAC, guests are greeted by a gallery providing exhibition space for local, national, student, and faculty art shows, with a beautiful light sculpture titled "Breaking Sound" hanging above the lobby. The Main Theater, seating almost 300, is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies (i.e., digital projection capabilities) and professional structures (e.g., pipe grid, crossover orchestra pit and pit lift platform). For more info, go to: https://www.estrellamountain.edu/arts/pac