Students can pursue a B.A. degree in dramatic art, an M.F.A. covering a full spectrum of performance practices including acting, directing, choreography and design, and a Ph.D. in performance studies. Each year the Department of Theatre and Dance presents a vibrant mix of performance styles in our season and ITDP productions, in which students participate.
Students can pursue a B.A. degree in dramatic art, an M.F.A.
covering a full spectrum of performance practices including
acting, directing, choreography and design, and a Ph.D. in
performance studies. Each year the Department of Theatre and
Dance presents a vibrant mix of performance styles in
our season and ITDP productions, in which
students participate.
Teaching Philosophy: Our teaching and learning
engages big questions through practical and immediate experience
in stage productions.Students work creatively through a range of
knowledge in classrooms and studios: interpretation and
communication using voice, body and gesture, spatial and material
visualization and implementation, sociocultural media, and
academic exploration and argumentation.
Productions: For complete information about the
current season’s productions see our Season page.
Alumnus Joe Schupbach (MFA, dramatic art, ‘19) has recently
launched Mirepoix Podcast. The project is an
interview-based journey through food, family, and culture via the
lens of food practice and tradition. Schupbach started publishing
episodes in August and the podcast has already been streamed over
one thousand times in nine different countries.
The Department of Theatre and Dance advances the knowledge of the
practice, history, and the contemporary range of the diverse
repertoire of drama and choreography in its Dramatic Art major.
Students will gain understanding of both creative power and
different kinds of knowledge, interpretation, and communication
using voice, body, and gesture, spatial and material
visualization and implementation, sociocultural media, and
academic exploration, and argumentation.
The Peter J. Shields Library, with more than 2.6 million volumes,
is ranked among the top research libraries in the country. The
special collections in the performing arts—especially in
experimental theatre—are impressive, comprising more than 650
linear feet of materials. Holdings range from the Ballantine
papers, chronicling the development of the Provincetown Players,
to the archives of the Living Theatre, which from the
mid-twentieth century advocated anarchy and radical social
change.
