Theatre at John Brown University

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The department of music and theatre produces four faculty-directed productions per year—two plays and two musicals. In addition, student-directed projects are presented upon approval. All productions are open to JBU students from any major.

Students are involved in every aspect of production, including on stage and off, lighting and sound design, set construction and stage management. Course credit is available for all areas of involvement.

For auditions and to get involved, contact Josiah Wallace at jwallace@jbu.edu.

Minor in theatre

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Minor in musical theatre

JBU offers a minor in theatre and a minor in musical theatre for students interested in acting, directing, technical theatre or design.

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Earn a scholarship

Scholarships are available for qualifying students who choose to minor in theatre or musical theatre, whether they focus on acting, technical theatre or design.

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Actor holds crate on stage while two actresses write at desks

Two actresses hold and look at each other

Three actresses stand around another actress, placing arms and hands on her in support

Actor and actress in period clothing both hold on to a hat

Actor sits and looks to the side while other actors sit around him and stare at him

Actor and actress stand apart as another actress stands between them, holding up a cup

Actors in period costumes sit around a dining table on stage

Actress dressed as Little Red Riding Hood smiles and holds basket

Two Into the Woods actors sit and stand on stage

Three actresses perform in Into the Woods as Cinderella

Actors perform as Cinderella and Cinderella

Servant of Two Masters (2023)

She Loves Me (2022)

Babette's Feast (2022)

Into the Woods (2021)

Tartuffe (2021)

Little Women the Musical (2021)

The Princess and the Goblin (2021)

Silent Sky (2020)

Sense and Sensibility (2019)

The Fantasticks (2019)

Big Fish (2019)

Great Expectations (2019)

Hello Dolly (2018)

Hunchback of Notre Dame (2018)

The Boyfriend Musical (2017)

David Copperfield (2016)

Parfumerie (2016)

The Secret Garden (2016)

Man of La Mancha (2015)

Brigadoon (2014)

Patience (2013)

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2012)

Into the Woods (2011)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (2010)

Cosi fan Tutte (2009)

Singin' in the Rain (2008)

Ruddigore (2008)

She Loves Me (2006)

Pirates of Penzance (2006)

Josiah Wallace has a B.A. in Theatre from Seattle Pacific University, an M.F.A. in Directing from Baylor University, and studied commedia del’arte performance and mask making at the Scuola Internazionale Dell’Attore Comico in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He worked professionally at Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle Washington as the Director of Outreach and spent six years teaching, directing and designing at Dordt College in Sioux Center Iowa before joining the JBU faculty in 2018. He has received multiple awards in design and directing from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

Josiah Wallace
Associate professor of speech and theatre

jwallace@jbu.edu

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