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PROGRAM RECOGNITION
•Joint major between Theater Studies and Creative Writing departments
•Theater Emory's Playwriting Center has provided resources for student playwrights since 1989
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Brave New Works biennial festival has developed over 100 new works, many produced at regional theaters from Yale Repertory Theater to Oregon Shakespeare Festival
•Lenaia Festival — annual student-run festival featuring staged readings of student plays-in-progress
•Faculty playwright Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain earned 7 Tony nominations on Broadway (2025)
•Nationally known playwrights visit campus annually — past visitors include Athol Fugard, Paula Vogel, John Guare, David Henry Hwang, and Theresa Rebeck
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Lauren Gunderson ('04) — America's most-produced living playwright (2017, 2019, 2023); Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award winner for I and You and The Book of Will
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
•Tommy Sullivan-Lovett's play won the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans
•Students compete annually for the Artistine Mann Playwriting Award
Academic info
Snapshot
3.84
Avg GPA
11%
Admit Rate
school-wide
91%
Grad Rate
7,298
Enrollment
$80,137
Earnings
10yr after
Costs & Aid
Average Annual Cost
$22,585
after typical aid
Tuition & Fees
$64,280
before aid
Average annual cost reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.
$0-30k$7,363
$30-48k$9,220
$48-75k$11,237
$75-110k$13,821
$110k+$53,018
Program info updated 3d ago
PROGRAM RECOGNITION
•Joint major between Theater Studies and Creative Writing departments
•Theater Emory's Playwriting Center has provided resources for student playwrights since 1989
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Brave New Works biennial festival has developed over 100 new works, many produced at regional theaters from Yale Repertory Theater to Oregon Shakespeare Festival
•Lenaia Festival — annual student-run festival featuring staged readings of student plays-in-progress
•Faculty playwright Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain earned 7 Tony nominations on Broadway (2025)
•Nationally known playwrights visit campus annually — past visitors include Athol Fugard, Paula Vogel, John Guare, David Henry Hwang, and Theresa Rebeck
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Lauren Gunderson ('04) — America's most-produced living playwright (2017, 2019, 2023); Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award winner for I and You and The Book of Will
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
•Tommy Sullivan-Lovett's play won the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans
•Students compete annually for the Artistine Mann Playwriting Award
Updated 3d ago
