The right size for opportunity and rigorous training
CMU's theatre department is large enough to tackle ambitious projects and small enough to tailor to your needs. Classes have a small student to faculty ratio, allowing for significant individual attention. Each season’s productions are picked specifically for the current class of students.
Perfect location
We are located at the center of a circle of entertainment centers such as Aspen, Telluride, Moab, and Park City, Utah. There are regional theatres within driving distance, such as the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
Auditions & Interviews
Learn more about upcoming Colorado Mesa University Theatre & Dance auditions, deadlines and requirements.
All CMU baccalaureate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking, communication fluency, quantitative fluency, and specialized knowledge/applied learning. In addition to these campus-wide student learning outcomes, graduates of this major will be able to:
1. Communicate verbally contemporary and enduring concepts concerning Human Culture through participation and/or observation of the performing arts and speech. (Specialized Knowledge/ Communication)
2. Create progressively more challenging projects through the use of intellectual and/or practical skills. (Applied Learning)
3. Demonstrate teamwork and problem solving skills through collaboration and cooperation on creative projects. (Critical Thinking)
4. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and versatility of the discipline from conceptualization to application. (Applied Learning)
5. Analyze ethical, social, and/or civic challenges and their intersection with the performing arts at the local, national, or global levels.