Training
•Bullet: Comprehensive liberal arts theater education covering acting, directing, dance and movement, design, stage management, playwriting, and dramaturgy
•Bullet: Curriculum restructured in 2024 to emphasize global theater, historically marginalized voices, and professional practices including consent and wellness initiatives
•Bullet: Senior thesis: two-semester in-depth artistic production and/or scholarly investigation
•Bullet: Faculty recipients of NEH Fellowship, Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Sound Design, and "Best of Boston Theater" award
•Bullet: 10 Elliot Norton Award nominations in a single year (2016) across faculty and alumni
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Mary Faber '01 — Broadway: American Idiot, Avenue Q, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying •Bullet: Rachel Peters '99 — composer/lyricist with OPERA America commissioning grants and Fort Worth Opera premieres
Professional Development
•Bullet: Students work alongside faculty in productions as assistant stage managers, assistant designers, shop workers, and performers
•Bullet: Fisher Explorer Grants fund senior creative projects
•Bullet: Summer internships at New Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Barrington Stage Company, and Trinity Repertory Company
•Bullet: Study abroad programs in London (including Globe Theater), South Africa, Russia, Ireland, Israel, and Ethiopia
Facilities
•Bullet: Spingold Theater Center houses three performance spaces: 748-seat proscenium mainstage, 161-seat thrust Laurie Theater, and 50-seat Merrick Theater
•Bullet: Dedicated by legendary luminaries including Sir John Gielgud, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Lillian Hellman, George Balanchine, and Richard Rodgers in 1965
