Training
•Bullet: 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)
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: Coursework is structured around real-time decision-making, negotiation with collaborators, and accountability for creative outcomes
•Bullet: Faculty scholarship spans theatre and disability, theatre history, women in theatre, and playwriting
•Bullet: Located in the heart of Boston's Theatre District
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Ari Conte — two-time Tony-nominated co-producer (Suffs, Gypsy)
•Bullet: Guy Ben-Aharon — freelance director; founder and executive director of The Jar
•Bullet: Emily White — freelance dramaturg; editorial manager, New York City Center
•Bullet: Alison Yueming Qu — co-founder and executive director of CHUANG Stage, Boston's first Asian American theatre company
•Bullet: Anne Morgan — Programs Director, National New Plays Network
Professional Development
•Bullet: Emerson Stage productions include classics, contemporary plays, new student-written works, musicals, and devised theatre
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: Study abroad at Kasteel Well and through Global Pathways programs in London and Chile
•Bullet: Cross-registration through the Professional Arts Consortium (ProArts), an association of six Boston-area arts institutions
