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CSB/SJU have one of the finest undergraduate theater programs in the Upper Midwest. The theater department brings together a dedicated faculty with strong ties to professional theater companies, a course of study that emphasizes the interrelated nature of all facets of dramatic production and an annual program of both faculty-directed and student-directed plays.

In classes as well as productions, theater students at CSB/SJU learn by doing. Resident and visiting faculty members continually bring new ideas, techniques and challenges to students.

CSB/SJU Theater Department 2011-12 Season

The Trojan Women by Euripides
Darnall Amphitheater-September 29, 30, October 1,2, 2011

Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. 

A Christmas House by Kaarin S. Johnston
Gorecki Theater-November 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 2011

It seems like a regular Christmas season for a typical American family, with its mix of charity and selfishness. All that changes when some of the world's traditional Christmas characters unexpectedly show up and teach us all about the true meaning of Christmas. Bring the whole family to this premiere production of Kaarin Johnston's touching Christmas story! 

A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow
Colman Theater-February 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2012

A powerful, haunting and deeply affecting portrait of a family, which conveys the aftermath of the Holocaust through a poignant, imaginatively conceived examination of one divided family's experience. 

As Five Years Pass by Garcia Lorca
Gorecki Theater-March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 2012

Imagine lasting through a five-year engagement only to be dumped for an obnoxious football player. Enter surreal heartbreak: a psychedelic dream world where reality bends and shifts in order to reveal the core of your heart.  True love was never so messed up!

Overview of Program

The theater major includes:

  • Classes in acting, theater history, dramatic literature, costuming and technical theater.
  • The opportunity to specialize in one of the areas that most interests you.
  • Four, full-length productions every year.

Theater Scholarship Recipient Requirements

  • Theater Scholarship Application (To be considered for these scholarships, students must apply and be accepted for admission.)
  • $1000 Award Recipients: Each academic year, to take a 2-or-more credit theater course or participate (for 240/340 credit) in productions offered by the CSB/SJU Theater Department.
  • $1500-$4000 Award Recipients: Each semester, to take a 2-or-more-credit theater course or participate (for 240/340 credit) in productions offered by the CSB/SJU Theater Department.
Program Highlights
  • The theater faculty includes specialists in all major areas of theater, and all directors of productions are full-time faculty members.
  • Collaboration with the CSB/SJU Fine Arts Programming exposes our students to theater professionals and great productions from all over the country.
  • The department stages four major productions each year.
Contact Us

Leigh Dillard
Department Chair
Theater Department
College of Saint Benedict
Saint John's University
(320) 363-5007

ldillard@csbsju.edu