The MFA in playwriting is a three-year sequence that includes courses in playwriting, theater history, performance theory, dramatic literature, and script analysis, as well as a variety of electives. By the end of the three years, playwrights will have written three full-length plays, scores of short plays, and a critical thesis demonstrating knowledge of relevant theatrical frames. They will have also developed the necessary business acumen and skills to navigate a playwriting career.

Webster University's Bachelor of Music in Music Direction for Musical Theatre is a pre-professional degree, designed for students who wish to pursue a career as a professional music director for musical theatre. Extensive applied instruction and classes on technique, coaching, and musical theatre performance styles, as well as ensemble experience, constitute the core of the curriculum.

One of the few low-residency MFA programs whose graduate students work on their scripts with local professional actors and directors. During your first year in the Stage & Screen track, you will write a full-length script in both disciplines. For your second year, you can choose to concentrate in either stage or screen, or you can choose to write another full-length play and another screenplay. Either way, you will leave the program with four full-length scripts and three ten-minute plays. You may write additional scripts (like short screenplays, TV scripts, and one-acts) for your...

Theatre-related careers include box office manager, theatre manager, publicist, costume designer, arts promoter, teacher, acting coach, set/light/sound designer, technician and stage manager.

The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in a variety of entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life's work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.

The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in a variety of entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life's work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.

The M.F.A. in Playwriting is an intensive three-year program designed for writers with original voices who are committed to making an impact on the profession. The comprehensive training program comprises coursework, productions, and professional engagement. Candidates take classes and workshops in the areas of adaptation, screenwriting, writing a solo play, writing with an ensemble, and writing for television. The program offers visits and guest workshops with successful writers, literary managers, artistic directors, and agents, preparing students for entrance into the world of...

Mission: To educate the next generation of theatre artists for successful careers in the performing arts, the entertainment industry and arts education and to contribute to the cultural climate of our diverse community, region, and beyond as engaged partners. Central to the mission is the belief that theoretical and practical courses combined with production experiences and personalized mentorship are critical to the education and training of our students.

Learn your craft from award-winning screenwriting faculty who not only have decades of experience as professional film and TV writers in Hollywood, but are also as passionate about storytelling as you are. Find your voice in a unique, multicultural university setting as you write short and feature-length screenplays, original TV pilots and episodes, and web series. Make your mark producing your own content at the one of the largest studio facilities in North America, then open the door to a career in Hollywood through the School of Cinematic Arts' renowned L.A. Quarter program.

The MU Department of Theatre has a distinguished history that began shortly after 1900 when a small group of aspiring thespians resolved to enhance the cultural life of the campus by producing plays in an abandoned dining room in Lathrop Hall. In 1925, Professor Donovan Rhynsburger joined the MU faculty and established the Missouri Workshop Theatre. For over 85 years, the department has sustained a national and international reputation as a major center for theatre and performance scholarship and dramatic art production.

The Theatre program at Indiana University Southeast is committed to providing a wide variety of opportunities for students to explore and develop expertise in performance and design. All theatre majors are active participants in the Theatre Department's productions which serve as a laboratory for the major. Students are able to acquire skills and specialize in design, directing, and performance as they receive individualized attention and one to one interaction with the theatre faculty.