Training
•Bullet: Four areas of study: Acting, Design and Stage Management, Music Theatre, Playwriting
•Bullet: Acting curriculum features an optional developmental two-year cohort sequence beginning sophomore year
•Bullet: Faculty work professionally in Chicago and nationally, with active ties to Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, and Victory Gardens
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Up to 40 productions staged annually in multi-stage Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
•Bullet: Equal number of student productions across campus through Northwestern Student Theatre Coalition
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Ana Gasteyer — Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls on Broadway Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Music Theatre Certificate available (audition during winter quarter of sophomore year)
•Bullet: Theatrical Design Module and Theatre Management Module for specialized study
•Bullet: Playwriting Sequence allows students to write a full-length play during one school year
•Bullet: Honors in Theatre available to qualified seniors
