Carroll College - One of the best in the northwest United States, Carroll is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and preprofessional college in Helena, Montana

Our Goal - Art for Life

The Carroll theatre student will graduate with an education that goes beyond technical skills or knowledge of subject matter.

Skill and information are important, but they are only the beginning, the prelude to understanding. However, we seek to prepare students for the real world, and merely understanding is not enough. We guide and challenge our students go beyond understanding, and move to successful application. They are challenged to creatively work in the varying contexts of history, culture and society, in order to make a meaningful contribution.

Our ultimate goal is preparing students for leadership. Most of all, we want our students to know that they can use the power of their art to make a positive difference in the world.

Reasons you should choose Carroll College Theatre -

Individual Attention: Over the past 10 years we have averaged 15 - 20 theatre majors and 5-6 minors. Does that size of group appeal to you? Students don’t get lost in classes of that size. The faculty, and your fellow students know you, and work with you, as a close-knit team. Now think about being in a class with 100 or 125 majors, quite a different environment.

Opportunity: Undergraduate students are our only focus. Here there are no graduate students or professional training program students to get preference. At Carroll College everybody is on the same footing. A freshman can play a lead role and a junior can design a main-stage show. The opportunity to earn an important work assignment is here at Carroll, waiting for you.

Listen to what one of recent alumni has to say:"At Carroll, I’ve designed lighting for three main-stage productions and one children’s show. In larger programs, undergrads are lucky to have even one design implemented on stage. I’ve also worked as a stage manager, carpenter, painter, and costumer. Additionally I’m a member of the Improv Troop, and have acting credits in 11 productions. Plus, I will be directing a show this fall. Carroll Theatre has afforded me the opportunity to grow in a variety of disciplines. " - David M. Gerke BA Theatre, Dec. 2007 - currently in Graduate school at University of Hawaii

Still more Opportunity: There are also opportunities for you in the Helena Theatre community. Carroll students are welcomed at Grandstreet Theatre, The Myrna Loy Center, The Helena Theatre Company, and the Helena Civic Center. The college also partners with these companies for joint productions and other efforts.

Hands-on Experience: We firmly believe in the value of experiential learning. Carroll students learn theatre by doing theatre, repeatedly, and at a progressively higher level each time. This teaches more than skills, it teaches self confidence.

Successful Outcomes: We are proud of our graduates. We know they can do this work, because they did the work here with us. Many of our graduates can be found working in the best graduate programs in the country. Some of our graduates have gone on to further studies at top graduate programs around the country.  And many of our other graduates are doing their work professionally. Other students have used their theatrical skills in other fields, such as law, education, electronics, and business, to name a few.

But the key outcome is that our graduates hold the values, the vision, and the personal power, to make the world a better place. Wherever they work and whatever they do.

Involvement: At Carroll we feel that being involved in the Theatre should be a choice available to everyone. We love Theatre and we understand that many students in other disciplines love it too. We welcome students who are pursuing other educational goals and just want to participate in our shows! At Carroll Theatre is available to everybody.

 

10 reasons

to choose carroll college for Theatre

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS DEGREE?

The best answer is another question, What do you want to do?
Over the last 15 years we have had 183 theatre majors and 23 theatre minors as graduates, and here is a short list of what they have done with their degrees.

• Acting on Broadway
• Acting in Hollywood and other film locations
• Acting many other places around the country.
• Stage combatant and choreographer.
• Professional stage managers and production managers
• Lawyers and Law school
• Producers/Directors/Playwrights
• Theatrical riggers
• Film consultants and researchers
• Special Events coordinators
•   Education, quite a few teachers, elementary, high school and college
• Entertainment technology sales
• Technical Directors and Designers
• Scenic Artists.