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