Training
•BFA for future producers, directors, playwrights, and dramaturgs — not an actor-training track (BFA Acting and BFA Theatre Education and Performance cover on-stage performance)
•Curriculum runs the full theatrical process: students analyze texts, narratives, and social systems, test ideas in rehearsal and workshop settings, and carry projects through to full production
•Coursework is structured around real-time decision-making, negotiation with collaborators, and accountability for creative outcomes
•Faculty scholarship spans theatre and disability, theatre history, women in theatre, and playwriting
•Located in the heart of Boston's Theatre District
Notable Alumni
•Ari Conte — two-time Tony-nominated co-producer (Suffs, Gypsy)
•Guy Ben-Aharon — freelance director; founder and executive director of The Jar
•Emily White — freelance dramaturg; editorial manager, New York City Center
•Alison Yueming Qu — co-founder and executive director of CHUANG Stage, Boston's first Asian American theatre company
•Anne Morgan — Programs Director, National New Plays Network
Professional Development
•Emerson Stage productions include classics, contemporary plays, new student-written works, musicals, and devised theatre
•Internships at Boston companies SpeakEasy Stage Company, Huntington Theatre Company, and Lyric Stage Company, plus opportunities through Emerson's Los Angeles campus on Sunset Boulevard
•Study abroad at Kasteel Well and through Global Pathways programs in London and Chile
•Cross-registration through the Professional Arts Consortium (ProArts), an association of six Boston-area arts institutions
