2027 Bliss Hall
Youngstown OH 44555
Program Head Christine Cobb
330/941-1896
Fax 330/742-2280

For more information, please contact the Theatre Office at (330) 941-3810. To schedule a personalized campus visit, please contact the Cliffe College Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment at 330-941-2346 or djlorenzi@ysu.edu.

Dr. Joseph Carucci, Director
Theatre and University Theatre
1 University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555
P 330.941.3810
F 220.941.7183
jwcarucci@ysu.edu

Faculty

Director

Joseph W. Carucci, D.M.A., Professor

For over 50 years, YSU’s Theatre program and University Theatre have offered degrees and high-quality productions that critically and creatively serve Youngstown State University, Cliffe College, and the region. Our world-class faculty and staff provide outstanding training for the theatre professionals of tomorrow. Through coursework and hands-on experiences on stage and behind the scenes, our students explore all aspects of the theatre arts. They receive individualized attention and one-on-one mentoring from our faculty and staff, and our program prepares them with the skills needed for a variety of careers in the theatre arts and beyond. Each year, they’re engaged in numerous fully produced mainstage Theatre and Musical Theatre productions, cabarets, the Festival of New Works, conferences, masterclasses with internationally acclaimed guest directors and actors, and more. Our alumni enjoy diverse and fulfilling careers working throughout the theatre and entertainment industries across the globe. We offer the professional B.F.A. degree, where students may pursue either Theatre or a Musical Theatre concentration, and the B.A. degree in Theatre Studies. We also offer minors in dance, film studies, musical theatre, puppetry, and theatre.

The Theatre Program offers coursework leading to the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a concentration in Musical Theatre
• Minors in Dance, Film Studies, Musical Theatre, Puppetry, and Theatre

Facilities:

As a theater student, you’ll be able to take full advantage of our state-of-the-art production and performance facilities, all located in Bliss Hall. Along with spacious studios, your studies will be further enhanced by:

• Ford Theater, a 400-seat proscenium stage
• Spotlight Arena Theater, a flexible capacity theater that serves as an experimental space for University Theatre and also houses smaller-scale productions
• Lab theater and rehearsal spaces
• Theater design studio
• Film screening room
• Television production studio (affiliated with PBS channels 45/49 in Northeastern Ohio)
• Scene and costume shops
• Makeup and dressing rooms
• Greenroom
• Box Office
• Front-of-house facilities
• Spacious dance studio