Theatre and Dance

Image of Students on stage performing Hairspray

 
Phone: 516.572.7508
 
Location: Building W
 

Theatre and Dance at Nassau Community College provides enriched curricula for students enrolled in each of its discrete Associate in Arts degree programs: Acting, Dance and Technical Theatre.

With a committmen to academic excellence, undergraduate courses of study prepare students for transfer to four-year Baccalaureate or conservatory programs, along with a low student-to-faculty ratio provides for more personal attention in the classroom. Students have the opportunity to gain expertise in the fundamental areas of Theatre and Dance through an integrated program of study in a liberal arts context.

For students not majoring in Theatre or Dance, Theatre and Dance courses may be used as Humanities or General Elective Credit. Specific courses satisfy NCC and/or SUNY General Education requirements.

Acting and Performance
Dance
Technical Production

Performance Opportunities

Theatre and Dance offers students numerous opportunities to perform on stage, by audition, or to work in any one of the several technical theatre areas to hone their skills. The extensive open-to-the public Theatre Production Program features a Broadway Musical, a Children’s Musical, a joint production with the Africana Studies, an evening of original dance works and a variety of classic and modern comedies and dramas each year.

Facilities

Facilities include two Acting (Smart) Classrooms, a Dance Studio, Scenery Shop, Costume Shop and Prop Room, Technical Lab, as well as offices and two theatres, the 199-seat Mainstage Theatre and 99-seat Little Theatre.

Advisement

It is highly recommended that all students meet with a Theatre and Dance Academic Adviser each semester to create their class schedule. This is an opportunity for us to discuss student goals, review student progress and make sure appropriate courses are taken in the proper sequence.

To schedule an appointment with a Theatre and Dance advisor, email throff@ncc.edu.


Production Program

Theatre and Dance offers an extensive open-to-the-public Production Program includes a major musical, a children's musical, a joint production with the Africana Studies, a dance concert and a wide variety of dramas and comedies. Auditions are open to all students enrolled in a minimum of six credits at the College. The Production Program serves as a closely supervised laboratory for acting, dance and technical theatre courses and as an effective mechanism for taking education beyond the walls of the classroom.

Production Schedule

Theatre cast on stage Dancers on stage

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