Stage Productions
There's magic to do. Outstanding production opportunities and basic but rigorous pre-professional training await you and the growing number of students who choose to major or minor in theatre at Southern Virignia University. So no matter what area of the theatre you're interested
in—acting , directing, playwriting, musical theatre, set, costume and lighting design, technical theatre or even front-of-house operations like box office or theatre management
—at Southern Virginia you'll get plenty of experience.
You'll have the chance to employ gospel principles in the creation and performance of your craft. When you leave Southern Virginia, you'll be prepared to exert a positive influence on the arts in the marketplace of popular culture, whether in the home, school, community, the local or professional stage, or in film or television.
We stage five mainstage productions each year and produce several other shows directed by guest artists and theatre majors. These productions span all types of theatre, from Shakespeare to Shepherd, from mystery plays to musical theatre. Best of all, auditions for our productions are open to everyone—you don't have to be a theatre major to be the lead.
Recent performances include well-known classics such as The Diary of Anne Frank, The Miracle Worker, All My Sons, The Sound of Music, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Importance of Being Earnest, Into the Woods, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, The Fantasticks and Fiddler on the Roof. Original works are also a major part of our season. Prominent LDS writers often premiere their scripts at Southern Virginia.
So join us! Find out why Southern Virginia is committed to making your undergraduate experience in theatre unforgettable.
"Upon the stage of a theater can be represented in character, evil and its consequences, good and its happy results and rewards, the weakness and the follies of man, the magnanimity of virtue and the greatness of truth. The stage can be made to aid the pulpit in impressing upon the minds of a community an enlightened sense of a virtuous life, also a proper horror of the enormity of sin and a just dread of its consequences. The path of sin with its thorns and pitfalls … can be revealed, and how to shun it.”
- Discourses of Brigham Young