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