Training
•Consent-based, equitable and wellness-oriented working practices in performing arts
•Each theatre student paired with faculty mentor from year one
•Training in emerging performance practice — intimacy coordination protocols, digital and projection design tools, and screen-acting technique — from a resident faculty of 18, including program director Rachel Bowditch, directing faculty Jerry Ruiz and Lance Gharavi, and dramatic-writing faculty Idris Goodwin
Performance & Productions
•Students serve in lead production, design and performance roles on mainstage as undergraduates
•Season features large-scale productions, classical theatre, experimental and contemporary plays, student-generated work
•Opportunities across multiple art forms: theatre, musical theatre, theatre for youth, dance, movement, opera, virtual reality, animation, fashion, television and film
Facilities
•Mainstage work staged in the 481-seat Paul V. Galvin Playhouse and the 164-seat Lyceum Theatre, the oldest theatre venue on ASU's Tempe campus
•Studio 133, a black-box space in the Nelson Fine Arts Center, hosts the MainStage Studio Series and TheatreLAB developmental work
Degree Flexibility
•BA programs educate the whole artist with strong liberal arts background
