Training
•Liberal arts theatre with conservatory-level attention in a small program setting
•Training spans acting, directing, design, dance, playwriting, history, and performance theory
•Tennessee Williams Center built with royalties from the legendary playwright
•Proctor Hill Theatre and Studio Theatre performance spaces
Faculty
•Jim Crawford (Chair; MFA UC San Diego, Brown University), award-winning actor with 15 productions at Tony-winning Dallas Theater Center and appearances at Nashville Rep
•Sarah Lacy Hamilton (MFA University of Iowa, BFA SMU), director specializing in new and contemporary plays
•Dr. Durell Cooper (documentary theatre, new works development)
•Jordan Vera (lighting and projection design, MFA University of Tennessee)
•Courtney World (dance, artistic director of DanceWise)
Performance & Productions
•Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret, Urinetown
•She Kills Monsters, The Oresteia, Hamlet, Twelfth Night
•Student-directed productions and new works regularly staged
The Sewanee Pledge
•Funded summer internship or research fellowship for every student
•Study abroad at no additional tuition cost
•Guaranteed graduation with one major in four years
