The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training 
program that prepares students for work in a variety entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre and Dance 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 inter-disciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process. The department offers two programs of study.
Guiding Principles:
- The Department of Theatre and Dance is committed to guide and challenge students to develop to their full potential through physically rigorous training and a strong, unwavering work-ethic guided by personal integrity and self-control.
- The Department of Theatre and Dance believes in the diverse student as exhibited in divergent perspectives, multi-cultural influences, and extensive exploration and mastery of the many varied fields of study within the ente rtainment industry.
- The Department of Theatre and Dance is a student-centered, professional training program focused on the melding of experiential learning with transformative academic training allowing the student immediate opportunities for practical application.
- The Department of Theatre and Dance is a compassionate Christian program that believes that the entertainment artist has the civic and moral duty to engage and transform the world locally and globally
Belmont's theatre program gives personal attention to each student's program so that each student has opportunity to directly apply his or her theatre talents and knowledge.
