<p>I’m going to clarify my earlier answer. </p>
<p>If you are really asking, “Are there opportunities for non-majors to get involved with theatre productions outside the faculty-directed and run mainstage shows?”, then the answer is yes.</p>
<p>If you are asking, “Are there several ad hoc student groups dedicated to making theatre (esp. musical theatre) completely unrelated to the theatre department?”, then the answer is not so much. There are some performance-based ‘official’ (by which I mean incorporated and funded) student organizations including the improv group, Hum Play, the fire spinning group (WMD), glow opera… But all of those have specific ‘programs’, none are going to stage like Sweeney Todd or Othello. Besides those, there are a handful of students who do their own thing independent of official productions, theses, and classes, and could potentially stage Sweeney Todd or Othello. Sometimes the performances are a part of RAW, Paideia, or Renn Fayre. I can think of 1 or 2 this year, and maybe 3 or 4 a couple years ago. It is relatively easy to start your own student group at Reed and seek funding, or find interested collaborators and do a student-initiated project, but it might be harder to find the time to do so. It depends on the person. There are also students who participate in off-campus workshops and productions in the greater Portland theatre scene. </p>
<p>Does that answer your question?</p>