Find Your Stage
Belmont University’s Department of Theatre & Dance is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in the performing arts industry. It is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life’s work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.
The Theatre & Dance Difference
Our Facilities
The College of Music & Performing Arts at Belmont University offers premier facilities designed to support both student development and professional performance, from the acoustically sophisticated Fisher Center for the Performing Arts to imaginative production canvases such as the Black Box Theater.
Testimonials
Conner Boggs
Theatre Education Student
"Belmont’s theatre program has allowed me to diversify my talents by providing opportunities in directing, design, stage management, acting, and many areas I never thought were possible. The program has challenged me to think critically about why we tell stories and how a single story can change the lives of those who experience it, particularly children. Through these experiences, I have developed a deep passion for using theatre as an educational and empathetic tool in spaces where young people are learning about themselves and the world around them. The theatre department has affirmed my desire to pursue a career in the arts and to create spaces where storytelling becomes a powerful means of connection, growth, and lasting impact for future generations."
Nora Jones
Theatre Directing Alumni
"Belmont allows students to explore their craft in a collaborative and encouraging environment with faculty and professors there for you every step of the way."
Ben Tonks
Theatre & Drama Alumni
“My education at Belmont University through the College of Music & Performing Arts played a key role in preparing me for opportunities like the New York Theater Festival. Through a diverse curriculum that included courses in directing, script writing and performance, I gained the creative and practical foundation necessary to approach the festival with confidence and clarity of vision.”
Theatre & Dance Important Information
Mission
Our mission is to mentor students in the development of their artistic skills, creative abilities, and critical faculties by providing them with a solid foundation of history, theory, technique, and practical experience in the theatre and related disciplines.
Vision
The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to developing compassionate, well-rounded artist, possessing a professional work ethic and a desire to serve the greater community through the transformative power of the performing arts.
Values
- The ideal of ensemble and collaboration to create truly transformative art
- Challenging students through rigorous training in a liberal arts setting
- Students with personal integrity and a strong work-ethic
- Diverse student artists with a broad range of competencies
- Theatre that integrates the artistic with the academic
- An actor training program with an intensive foundation in the Meisner technique
- Creating a compassionate Christian program that endorses the entertainment artist’s civic and moral duty to engage and transform the world locally and globally.
The College of Music and Performing Arts awards undergraduate and graduate scholarships based on audition or portfolio submissions, separate from academic merit or need-based aid. These performance-based scholarships recognize incoming majors who demonstrate exceptional artistic ability and may be combined with University-awarded aid. In the School of Music, scholarships are offered across all music majors and are divided equally among voice, keyboard and instrumental departments.
Please visit the CMPA About page for information about program accreditation.
Contact Us
College of Music and Performing Arts
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
School of Music: 615.460.6408
Department of Theatre & Dance: 615.460.5503
CMPA Admissions: 615.460.8116