Program Recognition
•Bullet: Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
Training
•Bullet: Comprehensive 44-hour core covering acting, movement, voice, design, directing, and theatre history
•Bullet: Required minor broadens education alongside theatre specialization
•Bullet: Courses in stage combat, playwriting, stage management, and children's theatre
Professional Development
•Bullet: Home to Sock and Buskin, which Murray State calls "the oldest student organization on Murray State's campus"; it assists with theatre productions in the community
•Bullet: Campus Lights (started 1938), which Murray State calls "the longest-running musical in the south that is entirely produced and performed by students" (murraystate.edu/campus/traditions)