Theatre Performance Programs
Develop Your Talents
Shenandoah's rigorous theatre programs equip you for highly successful professional careers in the theatre business. Your talents are nurtured and challenged by our professional faculty and staff, whether your major is in performance or design and technical areas. Graduates from Shenandoah's theatre programs work on Broadway, in regional theatres, on national and international tours, on cruise ships, as well as in film, television and commercials.
At Shenandoah, we engage you from the first day you arrive on campus. A robust season of musicals, plays, and youth theatre productions on two stages keeps you active and involved and helps you hone your skills in a practical setting. Hands-on attention from faculty and a belief in cultivating the individual artist–as opposed to the "cookie cutter" approach–prepares you to compete in the industry with the confidence that comes with knowing how to market your unique "brand."
Theatre at Shenandoah
Shenandoah’s theatre programs prepare students for professional careers both on and off stage. Our rigorous programs will equip students for successful careers in theatre, film, television and new media.
Students are nurtured and challenged by our professionally acclaimed faculty, whether they major in performance or design and technical areas. The faculty works closely with students in the classroom and challenge them to grow as theatrical practitioners.
Shenandoah Conservatory acting students learn the Sanford Meisner Technique from one of the pre-eminent master teachers in the craft.
Between auditions, production and classroom work, our students graduate with a competitive edge in an ever-changing art form.
Theatre News

Reid ’27 Makes Broadway Debut in Lead Role of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
Amanda Reid ’27 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) will make her Broadway debut in the lead role of Ali in the award-winning musical “Hell’s Kitchen” beginning May 27, at Schubert Theatre. Reid succeeds the original star, Maleah Joi Moon, who ... Continue Reading Reid ’27 Makes Broadway Debut…

Conservatory Performs Receives Grant for Theatre Productions
A $10,000 grant from Crescent Cities Charities, Inc., will support two Shenandoah University theatre productions mounted as part of the 2025-26 Conservatory Performs season. Crescent Cities Charities, based in Oxon Hills, Maryland, has seen a ... Continue Reading Conservatory Performs Receives Grant for…

Costume Design Students Create Leather Masks for ‘Falstaff’
Costume design students participated in a leather working workshop with master leather artisan Wheeler “Doc” Stone on Sunday, April 13, to create custom masks for Shenandoah Conservatory’s upcoming main stage opera production of Giuseppe Verdi’s ... Continue Reading Costume Design Students Create Leather…
Theatre Alumni

Voytko ’94 Cast as Mrs. Potts in North American Tour of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Kathy Voytko ’94 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast as Mrs. Potts in the North American tour of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” ... Continue Reading Voytko ’94 Cast as Mrs.…

Twelve PALM Students Present Research at SURE
Pictured from left to right: Megan Behm, Rebecca Hopkins, Raquel Johnson, Madeleine Kee, Molly Miller and Naythen B. Rinehart Twelve performing arts leadership and management (PALM) graduate students ... Continue Reading Twelve PALM Students Present Research…

Logsdon ’84 and Curran ’24 Collaborate in Concert Presentation of New Musical, ‘Romero & Juliet’
Librettist and lyricist Scott Logsdon ’84 (Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre) and composer Aaron Gandy wrote a new musical, “Romero and Juliet,” which features zombies, Shakespeare and 80s-inspired ... Continue Reading Logsdon ’84 and Curran ’24…
Theatre Faculty
Caring and Accomplished
Our artist-educators draw upon extensive professional experience on the stage and screen, in audio, extended/virtual reality and more
- Cutting-edge scholars, actors, directors, and designers actively engaged in the profession
- Highly sought-after experts in their respective fields
- World-class experts in acting techniques
ShenCoLAB
Shenandoah Conservatory turns over the programming and facilities to its students for a week of unbridled exploration, collaboration and creativity.
ShenCoLAB is the only such week of its magnitude and scope offered by a university performing arts program in the United States.
The week culminates in an extraordinary event: the Festival of Arts, Ideas & Exploration, which featured 27 performances and five presentations in the inaugural year!
Take a Virtual Tour of Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory is an exciting hub of collaboration and innovation. Here's a chance to take a quick look at all the spaces in which our students engage in rich and rewarding creative experiences in music, theatre, and dance.
We're an All-Steinway School
Great music stirs the heart and inspires the soul, and Steinway pianos are celebrated as the instruments used by renowned artists to cultivate their talent and produce great music. Similarly, uncompromising excellence in performing arts education sparks the imagination and inspires the future.
