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    Production Mainstage

    Our Mainstage Season presents 5 productions each year including classics, musicals, plays by contemporary writers and new work. Our Partnership Program brings a team of nationally known artists to create a cutting-edge work with students and faculty.

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    Production Gallery Season

    Our Gallery Season presents ~15 new plays each year by graduate and undergraduate writers.
    Playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, designers, actors, stage managers, technicians and audiences collaborate on new works.

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    Undergraduate Passion for Success

    Our undergraduate program offers in-depth training in every aspect of theatre, developing the skills needed in every contemporary career: creativity, collaboration, leadership, and the ability to complete a complex project on time.

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    Graduate In the Studio & On Stage

    Actors, designers, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights and stage managers all have their own intensive MFA programs of study – in the studio and on stage – working together on ~25 productions each year, including ~15 new plays by student writers.

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What are our alumni doing?

Zach Twardowski

Zach Twardowski

will be starring in upcoming films Trial of the Chicago 7, Monuments, and Pins

Brian Quijada

Brian Quijada

starring as Kid Prince in KID PRINCE AND PABLO, a world premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center

Karen Janes Woditsch

currently playing Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway

Tanna Frederick

co-founder of Project Save Our Surf and recently starred in film Two Ways Home

Ethan Henry

is guest starring on Criminal Minds on CBS

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Join an artistic community at the cutting edge.

A comprehensive education in theatre with a special emphasis on new work

  • Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, including an emphasis in Musical Theatre
  • MFA in Theatre, with specialties in Acting, Design, Directing, Dramaturgy, Playwriting, and Stage Management
  • Partnership in the Arts brings distinguished artists to create major new works with students.