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Summer Spotlight “SHORTCUT” production named official selection at Student World Impact Film Festival

SWIFF receives more than 5,000 submissions each year from over 100 countries.

SWIFF receives more than 5,000 submissions each year from over 100 countries.

For a week in July, five students from various Alabama high schools and two Troy University graphic design students came together to create a murder-mystery short film, titled “SHORTCUT,” during the annual Summer Spotlight Intensive hosted by the Department of Theatre and Dance. Less than a month later, “SHORTCUT” was chosen as an official selection…

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Summer Spotlight intensives give visiting students hands-on experience in all aspects of theatre

The Spotlight Showcase allowed all the students to show off the skills they learned throughout camp.

The Spotlight Showcase allowed all the students to show off the skills they learned throughout camp.

For the 13th year, Troy University and the Department of Theatre and Dance welcomed high schoolers from across the state and beyond to a series of Summer Spotlight intensives in performance, technology and film. 

The week-long, residential camps were held from July 17-23, and participants were immersed in all aspects of theatre: dance, film, technology and on…

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Kids take the stage in Creative Drama Spotlight camp

Children from across the southeast and beyond took part in the annual Summer Spotlight Creative Drama Camp from July 11-15.

Children from across the southeast and beyond took part in the annual Summer Spotlight Creative Drama Camp from July 11-15.

Now in its 13th year, Troy University’s Summer Spotlight Creative Drama Camp gave over 70 kids the opportunity to experience theatre life last week. 

Children ages 8-13 were able to participate in playwriting, acting, creative drama, musical theatre and more, culminating in a Spotlight Showcase performance. 

Gabbie Reeves, a 2022 TROY graduate, served as the Head of…

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TROY Department of Theatre and Dance to host theatre educators for two-day Teacher Intensive program

Theatre educators can earn professional development hours at TROY's new Teacher Intensive Summer Spotlight program coming in July.

Theatre educators can earn professional development hours at TROY's new Teacher Intensive Summer Spotlight program coming in July.

Theatre educators from across Alabama will have the opportunity to earn state-approved professional development hours at the Summer Spotlight Teachers Intensive hosted by Troy University and the Department of Theatre and Dance beginning July 21.

Summer Spotlight is an arts education program initiated in 2009 that offers day camps for children and youth as well as week-long intensives…

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