Location
•Located in the Twin Cities, with 200+ theater and dance venues (second-highest per capita in the U.S. after New York)
•Students attend productions at nationally recognized theaters: the Guthrie, Penumbra Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Jungle Theater, and Mixed Blood Theatre
•Internship opportunities as assistant directors, designers, actors, dancers, dramaturgs, and arts administrators
Facilities
•New theater and dance building opened January 2019
•11 flexible classrooms and a large performance space with hinged galleries for varied seating configurations
•Expanded costume shop and 2,400-square-foot dance studio
Training & Curriculum
•Cross-disciplinary degree integrating theater and dance with flexible elective coursework in acting, dance, design, playwriting, and more
•Local and nationally recognized artists regularly visit to work with students, give lectures, and perform
•Senior capstone: individual research essay of 20-25 pages, with optional year-long Honors project extension
Graduate School Placements
•Yale School of Drama, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Columbia University, American Conservatory Theater
•UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UCLA, Dell'Arte International, Florida State University, University of Washington
