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From the moment they walk on campus, Franklin College students find themselves playing important roles in theatre productions and in the program’s decision-making process. We are a dynamic program, producing four shows a year which explore a variety of genres, including dramas, comedies, musicals, historic classics and cutting-edge contemporary plays. Theatre at Franklin is different than at larger institutions. Students get to perform more roles because of our smaller size, and they aren’t competing with graduate students.

They not only play lead roles in productions but also participate in set and prop construction, lighting and sound design and operation, costume design and construction, stage management and publicity. Our size (typically between five and 15 students in a course) fosters meaningful, close relationships between students and professors—in the classroom as well as on stage.

The program is housed in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts. At the heart of the facility is Théâtre Margot, a flexible black box theatre seating 125-150 audience members. In addition, the Johnson Center contains makeup and dressing rooms, a costume shop, a scene shop, state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, multimedia classrooms, a painting and drawing studio, and lobby gallery and performance space.

Also, students will take a variety of theatre courses within the liberal arts curriculum to prepare them for graduate school or careers in professional theatre.

Franklin College Theatre is eagerly waiting to give you the opportunity of a lifetime. We offer a variety of academic classes, opportunities to perform, or to simply greet guests as they arrive! Even though there are so many options, one thing is for sure—you can always find a passion here in the Franklin theatre department