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BA Theater
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BA Theater
Program snapshot
Admissions
No PrescreenNo AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App RequiredProgram profile
Study AbroadTRAINING
•Learn-by-doing approach through studio courses, rehearsals, and public performances
•Integrates analytical, physical, emotional, and interpersonal intelligence
•Curriculum spans acting, directing, theater history, stagecraft, design, playwriting, dance, and screenwriting
•Cross-listed courses with the English department including Shakespeare and drama
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Up to four mainstage theater and dance productions per year
•All students welcome to audition for productions regardless of major
•Production participation carries a full course credit
•Student theater and improv groups including Charred Goosebeak
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Todd Rosenthal '89 — Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (August: Osage County), Olivier Award winner, Northwestern professor
•Francesca Zambello '78 — Artistic director of Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Festival, directed at Met Opera, La Scala, and Covent Garden
•Jay Chandrasekhar '90 — Director/actor, co-founded comedy troupe Broken Lizard at Colgate (from student improv group Charred Goosebeak), directed Super Troopers
•Ted Griffin '93 — Screenwriter (Ocean's Eleven, Matchstick Men)
FACILITIES
•Dana Arts Center and Brehmer Theater
•Award-winning faculty and close-knit department community
STUDY ABROAD
•THEA 332: Theater and Performance on the International Stage — semester-long London study group with weekly play attendance
DEGREE FLEXIBILITY
•Nine-course major with Senior Seminar capstone
•40 hours of backstage or technical work required beyond coursework
•Participation in at least one University Theater production required
•Honors and High Honors tracks available
•9:1 student-to-faculty ratio with average class size of 17
•200+ student clubs and organizations
•Graduates pursue careers in theater, communications, media, business, law, and technology
Academic info
Snapshot
3.85
Avg GPA (W)
14%
Admit Rate
school-wide
91%
Grad Rate
3.2K
Enrollment
$85K
Earnings
10yr after
Costs & Aid
Average Annual Cost
$28,786
after typical aid
Tuition & Fees
$70,306
before aid
Average annual cost reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.
$0-30k$6,086
$30-48k$2,678
$48-75k$13,617
$75-110k$21,831
$110k+$48,234
Program info updated 20h ago
Program Highlights
TRAINING
•Learn-by-doing approach through studio courses, rehearsals, and public performances
•Integrates analytical, physical, emotional, and interpersonal intelligence
•Curriculum spans acting, directing, theater history, stagecraft, design, playwriting, dance, and screenwriting
•Cross-listed courses with the English department including Shakespeare and drama
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Up to four mainstage theater and dance productions per year
•All students welcome to audition for productions regardless of major
•Production participation carries a full course credit
•Student theater and improv groups including Charred Goosebeak
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Todd Rosenthal '89 — Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (August: Osage County), Olivier Award winner, Northwestern professor
•Francesca Zambello '78 — Artistic director of Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Festival, directed at Met Opera, La Scala, and Covent Garden
•Jay Chandrasekhar '90 — Director/actor, co-founded comedy troupe Broken Lizard at Colgate (from student improv group Charred Goosebeak), directed Super Troopers
•Ted Griffin '93 — Screenwriter (Ocean's Eleven, Matchstick Men)
FACILITIES
•Dana Arts Center and Brehmer Theater
•Award-winning faculty and close-knit department community
STUDY ABROAD
•THEA 332: Theater and Performance on the International Stage — semester-long London study group with weekly play attendance
DEGREE FLEXIBILITY
•Nine-course major with Senior Seminar capstone
•40 hours of backstage or technical work required beyond coursework
•Participation in at least one University Theater production required
•Honors and High Honors tracks available
•9:1 student-to-faculty ratio with average class size of 17
•200+ student clubs and organizations
•Graduates pursue careers in theater, communications, media, business, law, and technology
TRAINING
•Learn-by-doing approach through studio courses, rehearsals, and public performances
•Integrates analytical, physical, emotional, and interpersonal intelligence
•Curriculum spans acting, directing, theater history, stagecraft, design, playwriting, dance, and screenwriting
•Cross-listed courses with the English department including Shakespeare and drama
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Up to four mainstage theater and dance productions per year
•All students welcome to audition for productions regardless of major
•Production participation carries a full course credit
•Student theater and improv groups including Charred Goosebeak
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Todd Rosenthal '89 — Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (August: Osage County), Olivier Award winner, Northwestern professor
•Francesca Zambello '78 — Artistic director of Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Festival, directed at Met Opera, La Scala, and Covent Garden
•Jay Chandrasekhar '90 — Director/actor, co-founded comedy troupe Broken Lizard at Colgate (from student improv group Charred Goosebeak), directed Super Troopers
•Ted Griffin '93 — Screenwriter (Ocean's Eleven, Matchstick Men)
FACILITIES
•Dana Arts Center and Brehmer Theater
•Award-winning faculty and close-knit department community
STUDY ABROAD
•THEA 332: Theater and Performance on the International Stage — semester-long London study group with weekly play attendance
DEGREE FLEXIBILITY
•Nine-course major with Senior Seminar capstone
•40 hours of backstage or technical work required beyond coursework
•Participation in at least one University Theater production required
•Honors and High Honors tracks available
•9:1 student-to-faculty ratio with average class size of 17
•200+ student clubs and organizations
•Graduates pursue careers in theater, communications, media, business, law, and technology
Updated 20h ago
