About the UT Department of Theatre & Film

Our Mission

The Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Toledo, an undergraduate liberal arts department, actively engages students in creative practice, critical thinking and cross cultural/global exchange through the study and practice of live productions and cinema.

Our Vision

By interacting with emerging technologies and engaging with work from the experimental to the mainstream, we empower students to be thoughtful & productive scholars, artists, professionals and individuals, helping to expand their social, cultural and artistic understanding throughout the public realm.

Take a look at our programs of study to see how you can be a part of our community.

Message from Chair of Theatre & Film

Renovation 2011: The UT Center for Performing Arts

The University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts, home to the Departments of Theatre & Film, and Music, has undergone some exciting and major renovations this past summer! For Theatre students, the scene shop has been reconstructed and the dressing rooms, greenroom and make-up areas are in a newly created backstage area. The scenic design lab has been expanded and and improved. For Film majors, the Digital Lab Classroom moved to the first floor into a much larger space. The film/video checkout and equipment room has also moved to the first floor into bigger area that is next to the Lab Theatre, where students often shoot their work.

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News and Happenings
Film professor Holly Hey's "Rat Stories" will be on WGTE (Ch. 30) Sept. 18 UT Department of Theatre & Film Wows Carnegie! Cirque du Soleil, Shakespeare Festival and Valentine Theatre to hire UT College of Visual & Performing Arts Students Theatre & film Faculty, Alums head to New York & Carnegie Hall UT Theatre Instructor's wins Prize at PEER Awards UT Theatre Student Lands HBO Role! UT Faculty & Theatre and Film Students Create Video for Lucas County Juvenile Court