A broad knowledge of theater history and its literary heritage combines with the mastery of skills in performance and production leading to clear and nuanced expression from our stages.

• Our faculty instills a professional standard in each mainstage production as we constantly encourage students to integrate their whole education at each stage of development as young artists and scholars. If students engage in our brand of serious and joyful theatre-making in close collaboration with their peers and faculty mentors, they will be ready to enter the profession or graduate training with the best our discipline offers.

• Our decades-long tradition of Senior Projects provides a platform where students mark their development with research, performances, and production designs that rise to the level of enthusiastic young professionals.

• Our close relationship with the Conservatory of Music benefits their opera offerings, as they support various aspects of our musical and play production.