Student Opportunities
Opportunities for incorporating theatre into your Coe experience abound:
- Take a class or theatre lab.
- Get involved with Off-Stage Players, Blindspot or Alpha Psi Omega.
- Study off-campus for intensive exposure to theatre.
- Participate in one of our two main-stage productions.
- Share your talent in any number of student-directed or student-generated productions.
- Write a play and get it produced by The City Dionysia, Spectrum Stories or Play in a Day.
We encourage you to take what you have learned in the classroom and test it with your peers on stage in the Mills Experimental Theatre or in the community schools.
Off-Stage Players
Off-Stage Players (OSP) is a student organization that supports theatre on Coe's campus and in the greater Cedar Rapids community. OSP regularly hosts events like Blindspot, Play in a Day and City Dionysia, as well as coordinates ushering and Hugs & Kisses for mainstage productions at Coe. OSP also supports visits to local theatre productions in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Alpha Psi Omega
Alpha Psi Omega is a National Theatre Society that aims to encourage dramatic production at every step in a person's academic career. By participating in theatre events, students can earn points towards induction into this prestigious society.
"While I was concentrating on directing and writing, I stage-managed a play and a huge musical; I performed in five plays; I edited sound cues and ran the sound board; I hung and focused lights; I helped build sets and construct costumes for almost every production that was produced in my four years."
Chris Leyva ’01