Training
•Pairs the core Theatre Arts BA curriculum (acting, design, voice & movement, play analysis, theatre history, directing, playwriting, stage management, Shakespeare studies) with a Business minor that adds courses such as Business Ethics, Law & Business, and Management of People and Organizations for students aiming at arts administration, producing, or entrepreneurship
Performance & Productions
•Students take on performance, design, tech, directing, and stage-management roles across all four years, plus cabarets, new-works festivals, study abroad, and collaborations with local theatre partners
Notable Alumni
•Logan Faust — Theatre '15; staff writer on Apple TV+'s Palm Royale and the miniseries George & Tammy •Charis Gullage — '19; national tour of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Ikette and understudy for the title role)
•Cereyna Jade Bougouneau — '20; actress with credits on The Chi, Chicago Med, and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Facilities
•150-seat Marquette Theater, a proscenium house on the second floor of Marquette Hall off St. Charles Ave., plus The Lower Depths, a flexible 70–85-seat experimental black-box theater
Location
•Set in New Orleans, a major theatre and film-production hub, on Loyola's St. Charles Avenue campus
Degree Flexibility
•The built-in Business minor lets theatre students graduate with management and entrepreneurship credentials for arts-administration and production careers without leaving the degree
