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Program

Program snapshot

Admissions
No PrescreenScholarship AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required

PROGRAM RECOGNITION
BA degree with comprehensive training in all areas of theatre: history, dramatic literature, performance, design, management, and technical theatre
No audition required for admission — any admitted student can declare the theatre major
Part of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Texas's oldest university (founded 1840)
TRAINING
11:1 student-to-faculty ratio with award-winning faculty mentors
Liberal arts context allows double majors and interdisciplinary study
Strong preparation for graduate schools, advanced training programs, and professional theatre
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
Multiple mainstage productions each season across three performance venues
Student directors given opportunities to direct fully produced productions in the black box
Opera Theatre open to all students by audition
FACILITIES
Alma Thomas Theater — 750-seat proscenium theatre
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater — 325-seat thrust theatre
Heather Jean McGaughey Black Box — 50-seat flexible performance space
Costume shop, scene shop, and computer design studio

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