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The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
    ~ Daniel Day Lewis ~

Scholarship money is available for individuals who will be full-time NPC students and participants in the Theatre program. Students are eligible to receive $500-$1000 scholarships to help defray the cost of tuition and textbooks. Given NPC’s low tuition rates, these scholarships can enable a student to complete the first two years of their higher education without accumulating significant debt. Theatre Scholarship Auditions for graduating high school seniors or returning students planning on attending NPC for the fall 2003 semester will be held Saturday, February 15^th from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Auditions will also be held in the late spring on Thursday, May 15^th from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Both auditions will be held on the Snowflake/Taylor Silver Creek Campus. Performers are asked to prepare a minute-and-a-half long comic or dramatic monologue. Students interested in technical theatre should bring photos or examples of previous work if possible, and be prepared for an interview. Students are encouraged to attend the February auditions to ensure having the best opportunity to secure available scholarships. For information on the auditions or Theatre scholarships contact Dr. Mike Solomonson at 1-800-266-7845, ext. 6217.

NPC's Theatre Department focuses on nurturing and developing students' talents in both the technical and performing disciplines. Small classes help foster meaningful relationships with fellow students and their instructors. This "family atmosphere" extends from the traditional course offerings - Introduction to Theatre, Introduction to Acting, Intermediate Acting, Theatre Dance, Stage Design, Stage Makeup, Technical Theatre, Playwriting and Directing - to a challenging production schedule of a Broadway-style musical in one semester and dramatic play during the other term. Student-directed works and children's theatre performances round out the program.

These annual theatrical performances have become a tradition at Northland. Since The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, presented during Northland's second year in 1976, to the recent production of Kindertransport, students have come together from throughout the college district to make the productions a success. Past productions include The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; Annie; Practical Cats; Egad; The Woman in White; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Oklahoma; Annie Get Your Gun; Fiddler on the Roof; Carousel; The Dining Room; Deathtrap; Ghosts; The Music Man; Pump Boys & Dinettes and an original play The Deadlines Keep Coming.

Descriptions of Speech, Theatre and Film Courses from the College Catalog.