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The Department of Theatre is located in Nordhoff Hall on the southwest corner of the
California State University, Northridge campus in suburban Los Angeles.
There are three theatres where four to seven productions are mounted each semester.
The department has 12 full time faculty, 7 professional staff, and approximately
12 to 15 part time faculty who serve over 200 undergraduate and graduate theatre majors.
BackStage Magazine ranked CSUN as one of the top nine university programs in the nation
that were "the most effective and offer a unique approach to the college-professional connection",
noting the department is "ideally situated for finding internships in the Industry".

Within the context of a broad-based liberal arts education, the Bachelor of Arts in theatre at California State University, Northridge offers an integrative, balanced program of studies that prepares students to enter the field of theatre, to undertake specialized graduate study, or to draw upon their theatre education in other fields and pursuits. The Master of Arts Program provides a broad-based education in theatre preparing the student for theatre related careers and for further study in theatre history, literature, and theory.

We emphasize the power of imagination, passion, discipline, and collaboration in theatre. Central to our mission, our production curriculum provides not only a laboratory for theatre instruction but a dynamic and multifaceted outreach component that enables the Department both to draw upon and serve all segments of the larger community. The Department of Theatre is committed to diversity in all areas and to international education. We believe a systematic study of theatre in its many aspects can impart lifelong skills in creative problem-solving, effective teamwork, and interpersonal communications.