The Theatre Arts Program is designed to incorporate the best of Saint Martin's liberal arts tradition with hands-on, professional-quality theatrical experience. Students majoring or minoring in theatre arts have the opportunity to learn about and gain experience in all aspects of theater: acting, directing, stage craft and stage management, designing and playwriting.

The program integrates this intensive theatrical practice with the study of dramatic literature and theater history as a means of developing intellectual, physical and spiritual adventurousness, openness of mind, and increased understanding of the range of human experience.