Theatre UNI maintains a high profile of activity in regional and national organizations and conferences, such as the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) and University/Regional Theatre Auditions (U/RTA), and United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).
The Department, in cooperation with the University, also provides numerous opportunities for students to study abroad in such places as Poland, Russia, Japan, England, Mexico, Spain, and Germany. In addition, the department annually arranges opportunities for students to travel to major metropolitan areas in the region to attend professional productions. Specific exchange and internship programs have also been established with Theatre de la Juene Lune in Minneapolis, The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, and Theatre Wybrzeze in Gdansk, Poland.
In addition to a faculty and staff of fifteen theatre professionals with diverse educational and artistic experiences, the department frequently hosts other theatre professionals as guest artists, both in the classroom and productions.
Guest artists have included:
| Cat Chow, visual artist | Matt Anderson, scenic designer |
| Aaron DeYoung, sound designer | Linda Roethke, costume designer |
| Larry Paulsen, director and actor | Cathine Norgren, costume designer |
| Mary Tharp Booty, actor | Jay Jagim, scenic designer |
| Michael Mullin, actor | Wieslaw Gorski, playwright |
| Matt Mullin, actor | James DeVita, playwright |
| Richard Devin, lighting designer | Brendan McCall, actor and movement specialist |
| Steve Gilliam, scenic designer | David DelColletti, lighting designer |
| Kim Hines, director | SST Theatre of Chicago |
| Holly Hughes, performance artist | Susan Grace Cohen |
| Catherine Weidger, The Shakespeare Theatre | Jill S. Dolan and Stacy E. Wolf, feminist theatre scholars |
| Gloria Naylor, playwright | Joan McTeer, costume designer |
| Aaron Cabel, actor | Susan Colverd, British director |
| Tony Bish, props artisan | Split Britches Theatre Company |
| Mark Harvey, lighting designer | Theatre de la Juene Lune |
| Marzena Paludan, movement specialist | Augusto Boal, director and theoretican |
| J.e Franklin, playwright |
Student Theatre Organizations
U.N.I.S.T.A.
U.N.I.S.T.A., the UNI Student Theatre Association, is an independent producing organization open to all UNI students. The organization provides funding
and guidance for students to direct, design, build and perform four to six production per season.
TAP
TAP is the Department of Theatre honor society.