"Everyone needs to express themselves well. It's not just what you say, but how you say it.” – Tye Noorda The Theatre for Youth and Education (TYE) Center, originally known as the Noorda Regional Theatre Center for Children and Youth, was founded in 2009 with a generous gift from Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation. The TYE Center is part of the UVU Department of Theatrical Arts for Stage and Screen. Benefactor Tye Noorda was raised in rural Utah, and had few opportunities to perform. It is in the spirit of Tye Noorda’s resilience and commitment to children and youth in which we operate,...

Creative Writing MFA graduates produce work suitable for public presentation, publication, and other forms of creative expression that fit their post-graduate plans.

The SLAC Playwrights’ Lab dedicates time, talent, and artistic resources to the exploration and investigation of new scripts. SLAC brings together local and national artists to form the Lab company, which is comprised of actors, directors, dramaturgs, stage managers, and resource artists.

Department of Theatre Arts and Dance (TAD) classrooms encompass the studio, the stage, and the production laboratory to provide students ample opportunity to choreograph, design, create, and perform. Faculty, of national and international renown, pride themselves on creating deeply-personalized learning experiences dedicated to the development and future success of all our students. TAD offers liberal arts Bachelor degrees (BA/BS) in theatre and dance and a professional Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Theatre Design & Technology, Classical Acting, and Musical Theatre. Southern Utah...

Theater Masters is dedicated to nurturing, developing, and producing the work of the next generation of American playwrights on a national scale, Theater Masters is also a producing and presenting organization dedicated to bringing distinguished theater professionals to the Roaring Fork Valley and to enriching the quality of theater education in our Valley. Our goal is to enhance audience understanding of, and support for, theater. Under the leadership of Julia Hansen, Theatre Masters was formed in 2001 by Aspen residents Barbara Broeder, Ann Ferrell, Mike Otte, and Virginia Pearce. WHAT...

Our new Spark Program accepts plays by emerging playwrights for a week-long workshop process that culminates in a seated reading. Our first Spark workshop will take place in the Spring in Boise, Idaho, and our second will take place as part of our festival in Boise, Idaho in September. If your work is selected, your play will be assigned a cast, a dramaturg and director, you will receive a prize of $100 for a selected full-length play, and you will receive airfare and housing for a week in Boise, Idaho.

Our Staged Reading Series accepts plays by emerging playwrights and offers them a fully staged reading at our festival in Boise, Idaho in September. Please keep in mind that we will be taking technical requirements and feasibility to produce with a short rehearsal schedule into consideration when making selections. Selected plays are assigned a cast and director. Playwrights will receive a prize of $100. Campfire Theatre Festival is not currently able to provide playwright travel stipends for the Staged Reading Series; however, if a selected playwright can provide their own travel to Boise...

Grant Writing USA delivers training programs across America that dramatically enhance performance in the areas of grant writing, grants management and grant maker research.

To support and advance the study and practice of theatre and performance in higher education.

Butterfly Effect Theatre Company presents profound theatrical stories that inspire our audiences and enrich our community. Each season, BETC selects one playwright through a national competition to join us in Boulder for a one-week residency. During the residency week, the playwright works with a professional director, dramaturg, and actors to develop the selected script. The week concludes with a public reading and post-reading conversation. BETC takes pleasure in supporting our parent playwright residents’ writing careers post-residency, and advocating for production of their plays...

Local Theater Company discovers and develops world premiere plays through Local Lab, which offers playwrights and audiences the chance to participate in conversations that help move new plays toward full productions.

The Department of Theatre in the College of Fine Arts offers programs in performance, production and technology taught by experienced faculty, while taking advantage of the entertainment richness of Las Vegas.