Training
•Bullet: Faculty-directed productions with full design teams, open to all students by audition
•Bullet: Annual Student New Works Festival features original student plays with professional production values
•Bullet: Coursework covers acting, directing, playwriting, design, theatre history, and applied theatre
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: James Lapine '71 — three-time Tony Award-winning director and playwright •Bullet: Jonathan Lomma '99 — theatrical literary agent who worked with Steven Spielberg on West Side Story (2021)
Facilities
•Bullet: Schnader Theatre (305 seats) with thrust stage larger than two-thirds of most Broadway stages
•Bullet: Green Room Theatre (205 seats), being rededicated as the James Lapine Theater
•Bullet: The Other Room Theatre, a flexible black box space for new work and student-driven projects
Study Abroad
•Bullet: Domestic programs at National Theatre Institute and SITI Company
•Bullet: International study in London, Prague, Milan, South Africa, Scotland, and more
•Bullet: Franklin J. Schaffner Theatre Award and Geoff Pywell Award fund summer study in England and acting/directing
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Partnership with Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College offers F&M graduates 30-100% tuition scholarships for Master of Arts Management and Master of Entertainment Industry Management
