School Tour

Each year, undergraduates are chosen to perform and produce a touring show that travels to numerous schools in the central Ohio region. More than any other production opportunity that the department sponsors, the tour calls upon our students to become real professionals. As performers and producers, you learn how to craft a production for specific audiences—and as educators (and ambassadors), you learn how to talk with your audiences about the work and subjects you’ve presented. Tours have focused on subjects as diverse as Shakespearean plays in Rock-N-Roles to Private Words about Anne Frank, as well as dealing with contemporary issues such as drug addition in Sobering Thoughts. Students who have worked on the tour have gone on to significant internships with the Cleveland Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, CATCO, and other regional theatres. The tour is cast each autumn, with students enrolled for credit in Winter or Spring quarters while rehearsing and performing.