Training
•Liberal arts BA balancing theatre scholarship with hands-on practice.
•Curriculum includes acting, directing, playwriting, design, dramatic literature, and theatre history.
•The department emphasizes broadly trained, “three-dimensional” theatre students rather than a single acting-only track.
Performance & Productions
•Six department productions per year: four faculty- or guest-directed productions and two student-directed productions.
•Student theatre groups stage additional student-directed work.
•Casting and production participation are open to all Boston College students.
Program Flexibility
•More than half of Theatre majors also pursue a second major.
•The undergraduate-only department gives students opportunities in performance, directing, design, playwriting, and stage management.
