UIS剧院计划的使命是通过在教室和舞台上与大量戏剧文学作品合作，为UIS学生提供机会，进一步发展其作为戏剧艺术家的才能。该计划激发了一种观念，即剧院是一项至关重要的艺术活动，它将人们聚集在一起，以回应彼此的经历/故事以及我们所生活的世界。该计划使学生接触到世界一流的戏剧艺术家的作品。随着学生在剧院中建立有效而可靠的工作流程，他们会逐渐了解剧院的运作方式以及剧院的历史。此外，由于创建剧院的过程很大程度上是协作的，因此参加戏剧的学生也具有强烈的团队合作感。该计划为有抱负的戏剧学生提供专业的设置，使其可以担任演
The mission of the UIS Theatre program is to offer 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. The program fosters 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. Students who graduate from UIS with work accomplished in our theatre program not only become more sophisticated theatre patrons, but for some, may also begin a career in the theatre.<br><br>The program exposes students to the work of the world's great theatre artists. 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.