Theatre & Event Production Basics Certificate
Certificates in Theatre and Event Production
Learn the technical skills to put on live events, both in-person and virtual, anywhere there are live performers or speakers on stage
Employers of all kinds need people who can set up sound, lighting, staging and livestream video broadcasting of such events, and who can provide other support such as event promotion, ticket sales and access.
You’ll gain hundreds of hours of hands-on experience during the program, with on-campus events at CMC’s New Space Theatre, and off campus via our extensive network of community partners including Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House.
Students can earn the nine-credit Theatre and Event Production Basics Certificate of Proficiency in as little as two semesters by taking three classes offered in the fall and spring semesters. Interested in going deeper?
Add on the Advanced Theatre and Event Production Certificate of Occupational Proficiency by taking three more classes offered in spring and summer semesters.
Both certificates can stand alone for those who are not seeking a degree, and both can be fully embedded within our transferrable Associate of Arts degree so that students could also apply this certificate to a Bachelor degree. Additionally, many of the credits also apply to the AAS and COP in Digital Media and our AAS and COP in Graphic Design.
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Sopris Theatre Company
CMC's theatrical production company produces plays and musicals at the New Space Theatre on the Spring Valley Campus and other venues.
The Theatre & Event Production Basics Certificate is offered at:
- Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs: Mostly in-person
- Manage the technical production of a variety of live events, including in-person and virtual events such as plays, concerts, festivals, conferences, fund-raisers, etc.
- Operate high-end lighting systems for live staged events.
- Set up audio capture, amplification and recording of sound from live performers and speakers at staged events.
- Operate high-end sound boards for live staged events.
- Edit, mix and remaster sound for the purpose of streaming recordings of live events.
- Design and build sets for live staged events.
- Set up and operate livestream video broadcasts of live events.
- Manage ticket sales and front-of-house operations for live events.
- Promote live events through a variety of media, including social media, electronic communications, public service announcements and posters/playbills.
- Describe common employment arrangements for event production jobs, including gigs, part-time and full-time employment.
- Describe where to find employment opportunities in event production.
- Produce a résumé and apply for work in the event production field.
- Articulate an appreciation for live performing arts as an essential cultural heritage of humanity and as a means of individual self-actualization.
- Discern how to platform and support the expression of cultural diversity in the performing arts.
Colorado’s mountain resort communities are considered a hotspot for jobs in the event production field. The number of jobs in the field are 175% of the national average, and the average compensation in this field within the CMC District ranges from $46,808 - $53,391.