The Theatre Arts department offers concentrated, pre-professional training in acting, musical theatre, and theatrical design/production. Actor training is Stanislavski based and incorporates techniques to guide students toward greater self-awareness and knowledge of their own potential. The program is geared toward the serious student of theatre. It affords students the opportunity to experience disciplined training similar to conservatory theatre programs at the college level. Students are provided with individual college/conservatory counseling and exposure to the Unified College Auditions to assist in making decisions about advanced training.

Students are asked to declare an area of concentration at the time of admission. Three options for concentration are available: acting, theatrical design and technical production, and musical theatre. Concentrated study begins with consent of the faculty, usually in the junior year. Younger students may have enrollment opportunities in related arts disciplines to enhance their area of concentration (i.e., visual arts and music).

Programs of study are written for each student and are geared toward personal interests and previous experience as assessed by the faculty based on auditions at the beginning of each year. Classes do not necessarily follow a sequential order and students may be placed in a particular course several times as deemed necessary by the faculty.