Academic programs

To inquire about this program:
Theatre Admission Office | 773-325-7999
Department site: http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/undergraduate_application_theatre_arts.php

The Theatre School's Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Theatre Arts is our most flexible program and allows students to study and get experience in a variety of theatrical disciplines. The program is tailored toward students interested in pursuing careers in areas as diverse as directing, arts writing, educational outreach, literary management, arts administration or law.

While students major in Theatre Arts, they can choose from four concentrations of study:

Directed Studies - Includes coursework in a variety of theatrical areas as designed by the student and his or her advisor.

Directing - Includes expanded coursework in directing and assistant directing opportunities in our public production season as well as directing assignments in the annual Wrights of Spring Festival and other independent projects.

Interdisciplinary Performance - Includes topics such as Performance of Literature, Chamber Theatre, autobiographical performance, ethnographic performance, solo performance, documentary performance, and multimedia performance.

Theatre for Young Audiences - Includes the study of dramatic literature for young audiences, educational outreach, artists as teachers, and educational practice. This concentration prepares students for working in education departments of theatres and in social institutions/programs.

Students learn from a distinguished and award-winning faculty of professional directors, arts administrators, playwrights and arts writers both in the classroom and through individual guidance and advising. Students receive formal and informal feedback from faculty through continual evaluation of their work both in the classroom and in response to their production work.