Theatre Arts

Areas of Study

Program Features

  • Professional Resident Faculty
  • Edinburgh Fringe Festival Participation
  • Yearly New York City Showcase, "WCSU Off-Broadway"
  • Children's Theatre and Community Outreach Programs
  • Workshops with N.Y. Stage, TV and Film Professionals
  • Internships possible with New York City and Connecticut Regional and Professional theatres.
SPOTLIGHT ON ...

New Visual and Performing Arts Center

The new facility, expected to be complete in 2014 will house a 350-seat theater, a 150-seat black box theater, a 350-seat concert hall, an art gallery, a recording studio and state-of-the-art rehearsal, classroom and studio art facilities.

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Theatre Arts Faculty

Amy Jones

[Director/Choreographer]

Amy Jones most recently served as co-choreographer/associate director for Bedbugs! The Comedy Sci-Fi Thriller Rock Musical at ATA Theatre in NYC. This past year, Amy directed/choreographed The Spitfire Grill and The Marvelous Wonderettes at Flat Rock Playhouse in NC, where she has been the resident vocal director and choreographer since 1999, working on numerous shows including The Producers, Hairspray, Children of Eden and All Shook Up. She is the associate musical director of the national tour of Girls Night The Musical and has provided dramaturgy for the new musicals Alice and Warsaw. At Western, Amy has directed and/or choreographed Almost, Maine, I Love a Piano, Best Little Whorehouse, and Cabaret, among others. She is a member of Actors’ Equity and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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