Wabash College: Theater History Crawfordsville, Indiana

History

The first reference to theater at Wabash College dates back to 1836 when the faculty of the college passed the following rule:

Faculty met and took into consideration the subject of Thespian amusements and unanimously resolved that no student who enlists in Thespian exhibitions can longer be a member of this Institution; and that we strongly disapprove of attendance on such exhibitions; and students who attend will be liable to a public admonition, and if they persist, to dismission.

An entire history of the Wabash Theatre Department was written and compiled by James Fisher and updated in 2009 by Dwight Watson. Click here to read the complete history.