Theatre Arts

Tiffin University’s Theatre Arts Program offers you the opportunity to hone your skills as a performer, director, playwright, and designer through your participation in mainstage and student-run productions. 

This program is under the direction of a professional staff, and is committed to diversifying your knowledge by offering regular workshops with professional artists in the region including the surrounding cities of Toledo, Cleveland, and Columbus.

You may enhance your studies by taking rotating non-credit classes in acting, directing, improvisation and technical theatre. 


Scene from the 2008 production of Rumors


Generous Scholarships Available!
Generous scholarships are available for students interested in actively participating in the program.  For information, please call 419.448.3360 or email theatre@tiffin.edu

 

About the Directors...

     Dr. Mary V. Grennen holds a PhD in Dramatic Literature, Theory & Criticism, and has been teaching at the college level for sixteen years.  Her directing credits include A Trip to Czardis, Plaza Suite, Bathroom Humor, The Money in Uncle George's Suitcase, Everybody's Doing It, and To Bobolink, for Her Spirit.  Her acting experience at the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University includes A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jack or the Submission, Fashion, The Three Sisters, The Beggar's Opera, The Children's Hour, Icarus' Mother, A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot, Not Enough Rope, Postcards, Electra, Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down, and Action.  She has also been involved in productions of Shenandoah, Hello, Dolly, Hamlet, Two By Two, and How the Other Half Lives.  She appeared in two off-Broadway productions, and as a musician has played in the orchestra pit for productions of Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Robber Bridegroom.  Contact info:  grennenmv@tiffin.edu or 419.448.3376.

     Joseph S. Knipe has been involved actively in the theatre for more than 35 years as an actor, director, set designer, builder and makeup artist.  His acting experience includes roles in West Side Story, South Pacific, Hot L Baltimore, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Boys Next Door, and others.  He has directed both children and adults in productions that include How the Other Half Lives, The Littlest Angel, Private Lives, and The Elves and the Shoemaker.  Mr. Knipe has lit up many community and college stages with intricate and creative set designs, and has years of experience teaching the art of stagecraft to young thespians.  His design credits include Plaza Suite, Fried Green Tomatoes, Gypsy, and others.  Mr. Knipe directed the November 2007 Tiffin University production of Love Letters.