Resources and Opportunities

Professor Cheryl Warnock and student operating a table saw. Maria McCoy '24 and Professor Cheryl Warnock

Awards

Jessica Steinbrenner Molloy Award

This award honors an outstanding senior in theatre arts, chosen by the faculty of that program.

Lucile Barrow Turner Award

This award is given to a student or students majoring in music or in drama to provide scholarship assistance.

Sweet Briar Performing Arts Scholarships

These scholarships are available to students who show exceptional promise in the performing arts.

Conferences

SETC (South Eastern Theatre Conference)

SETC is a nationwide organization that helps connect theatre practitioners of all experience levels with training and resources.Services include Auditions & Interviews, Professional Hiring, Scholarships, Training, Competitions, Conferences, Publications, and Events. Sweet Briar faculty lead trips to SETC in most years.

USITT (United States Institute of Theatre Technology)

USITT connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialogue among practitioners, educators, and students. USITT was founded in 1960 as an organization to promote dialogue, research, and learning among practitioners of theatre design and technology. Today, the Institute boasts thousands of members at all levels of their careers and has embraced the new technologies being used in entertainment. USITT is now the leader in life-long learning opportunities for the entertainment design and technology industry. Sweet Briar faculty often attend USITT with Sweet Briar students.

Honor Societies

Alpha Psi Omega

In 2001, the Alpha Delta Beta chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity, was established at Sweet Briar College to honor outstanding students in theatre arts.

Information about additional honor societies can be found here.

Honors Program

The Honors Program at Sweet Briar is dedicated to enriching the intellectual life of the entire College community. The program is designed to engage all programs and academic disciplines and to provide opportunities for motivated students that emphasize both breadth and depth of study. The program offers recognition to those students who perform academically at an honors level, but also encourages the participation of all interested students in honors courses and co-curricular activities.

The program encourages honors students to challenge themselves and their peers, and it provides experiences designed to stimulate and strengthen students’ critical thinking abilities and creative endeavors. In honors classes, through independent research projects and at co-curricular activities and events, the program provides a venue in which exceptional students can meet, share ideas and stretch their intellectual boundaries inside and outside the classroom.

Please visit the Honors Program website for more information.

Internships

Students majoring or minoring in the arts have completed internships with the following organizations: