Offering UIS students the opportunity to further develop their talents as theatre artists, by working with great dramatic literature in the classroom and on the stage.

We foster the idea that theatre is a vital artistic event, which brings people together to respond to one another’s experiences/stories and to the world in which we live. We expose students to the work of the world’s great theatre artists. Check out UIS Theatre's '23-'24 Season!

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Our Theatre

The UIS Studio Theatre is both intimate and flexible as a theatre performance space, and is recognized as one of the finest theatre venues in the Springfield area. Seating ranges from 100 to 318 seats, depending on the particular stage configuration used for each production. Audiences and performers alike enjoy a very acting-centered theatre.

Our History

In 1971, under the leadership of Guy Romans, the then Sangamon State University repertory company began a memorable period of producing plays that lasted until the early 1980s. In the fall of 2002, The University of Illinois at Springfield installed its new Theatre Program.

Our Mission

As students develop an effective and reliable process of working in the theatre, they gain an appreciation of how theatre works and how its history is made. In addition, students participating in theatre also develop a strong sense of teamwork, as the process of creating theatre is largely collaborative.

  • We provide the aspiring theatre student with a professional setting in which to work as an actor, a director, a playwright, a stage manager, a dramaturg, a costume designer, a make-up artist, or as a lightingsound, or props technician.
  • We believe that the study of theatre becomes more enjoyable when students apply in the lab (the theatre) what they learn in the classroom. Students who graduate from UIS with work accomplished in our theatre program not only become more sophisticated theatre patrons, but for some, a career in the theatre may begin.

Volunteer and Off-Stage Opportunities

The UIS Theatre department invites all theatre artists to audition for roles or apply for offstage work in one of our upcoming productions.

Currently enrolled UIS students are given primary consideration in casting roles and backstage assignments, as well as in determining each production.

Theatre Events

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News
Aug 09, 2023
UIS Theatre Announces the '23-'24 Season Celebrating 21 Years of Theatre that Matters Fall 2023 - THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa…