Overview

Nazareth’s theatre arts degree program hones your talents and prepares you for a life in the arts. Every day in classrooms, rehearsal halls, and studio settings, you will train to reach new depths and use your talents to move audiences.

You will study a variety of areas — from technical and design courses to acting and directing. These courses offer a thorough grounding in the history and philosophies behind theatre works, as well as the ability to analyze plays for production.

Highlights

• Provides a broad and thorough preparation in the most important areas of theatre.
• Concentrations and specializations in acting, technical theatre, design, or history.
• Particularly in production work, the program provides hands-on opportunities for leadership, teamwork, and collaboration.
• Strong liberal arts and sciences foundation strengthens critical thinking and awareness of the world and its heritages.
• In the summer after junior year, a required internship helps facilitate the transition to the profession.
• Our collaboration with Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival enhances training and learning opportunities and creates an intensive professional track training program, rivaling many national programs.
• Intern at a theatre in Florence or Barcelona, connect with theatre education and development initiatives in Ecuador, and more.

Example Careers

• Dramaturg
• Stage manager
• Stage director
• Production designer
• Actor
• Talent agent
• Theatre reviewer
• Teacher