The primary goal of the Department of Theatre and Dance is to develop skilled and creative student artists for careers in theatre, dance, and related arts.<br><br>The ProductionDesign degree program at Western Illinois University is hands-on program where students learn from highly skilled professional faculty. Teamwork, mentorship, collaboration are essential part of a career in the theatre and core to your experience at WIU. A unique quality of our program is the commitment we have to providing individualized attention to each student and to the student’s professional growth. Our class sizes are small, the student-to-faculty ratio is low, and we offer realized scenic, lighting, costume, sound, prop, projection design opportunities in all of our theatres each year to undergraduate ProductionDesign students. Our students are exposed regionally and nationally by actively participating in KCACTF, SETC, USITT, and other major theatre conferences around the country. WIU Theatre and Dance hosts four or five summer stockregional theatre companies each year for on campus auditionsinterviews. The relationships you build at WIU will serve as the basis of your professional network for many years to come.