No PrescreenNo AuditionInterview RequiredUniversity App Required
Audition format
In-Person Only
Training
•Bullet: INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING Combines theatre study with business coursework in accounting, economics, and marketing Additional training in public relations and advertising through communications courses Prepares students for management roles in arts organizations PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS Partnerships with Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, and Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Internship opportunities with local and national arts organizations Located in Indianapolis with access to thriving arts community
•Bullet: INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING Combines theatre study with business coursework in accounting, economics, and marketing Additional training in public relations and advertising through communications courses Prepares students for management roles in arts organizations PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS Partnerships with Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, and Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Internship opportunities with local and national arts organizations Located in Indianapolis with access to thriving arts community
Program Highlights
Training
•Bullet: INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING Combines theatre study with business coursework in accounting, economics, and marketing Additional training in public relations and advertising through communications courses Prepares students for management roles in arts organizations PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS Partnerships with Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, and Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Internship opportunities with local and national arts organizations Located in Indianapolis with access to thriving arts community
250–650 words · Choose 1 of 7 prompts · Written once for all your Common App schools
Background, identity, interest, or talent: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
Facing adversity: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Challenging an idea: Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Gratitude: Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
Personal growth: Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
Intellectual curiosity: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
Topic of your choice: Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
The Common App enforces the length inside the application.
Why Arts Administration
The school shows this prompt only after you sign in to Butler applicant status page.
A short paragraph; no word count is published. Part of the artistic discipline-specific supplement, which opens on the applicant status page after the Common App is submitted.
•Bullet: INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING Combines theatre study with business coursework in accounting, economics, and marketing Additional training in public relations and advertising through communications courses Prepares students for management roles in arts organizations PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS Partnerships with Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, and Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Internship opportunities with local and national arts organizations Located in Indianapolis with access to thriving arts community
