Students and professionals engage in creative problem solving requiring the setting and meeting of long-term goals and the analysis and understanding of movement, dramatic literature, and arts administration skills. Faculty and students work closely in support of our active programs which includes productions and events that are directed, choreographed, and managed by students, faculty members, and guest artists. These include ten-minute play festivals, faculty dance concerts, full-length plays, student choreographers' concerts and TEDx SUNY Potsdam. *Accreditation: The SUNY Potsdam...

Art in the Public Eye’s mission is to support the intersection of the arts & entertainment and educational pillars of our community. APE strives to help each build and grow in partnership through: Relevant arts and educational programs that are either free or affordable to participate in and to attend Listening to what’s needed from the community and working to develop artistic and educational programs to meet those needs Providing support for individuals and small groups looking to advance ideas Collaborating with other organizations to create an attractive place to live, play and work.

Special projects in the performing arts through our Metropolitan location include Winter Summer Institute in Applied Theatre and Playwriting Lab publication. Students who study playwriting have the opportunity to have their work showcased by Indie Theatre Now in the SUNY/Empire State College Play Collections.

The Department of Drama offers conservatory-style training at a major American university, combined with a level of integration with a professional theater company that is unparalleled among undergraduate programs.

The Department of Drama offers conservatory-style training at a major American university, combined with a level of integration with a professional theater company that is unparalleled among undergraduate programs.

Since 1976, when Goddard College launched the nation’s first low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, we have provided an enduring creative home for writers like you. Our goal is to help you find, refine, and share your words with the world.

Black Theatre Troupe was originally founded as Soul Rebel Performance Troupe in November 2009 by veteran actor Jean-Remy Monnay as a not-for-profit organization to foster understanding, appreciation and participation of the performing arts among communities of color. Headquartered in New York State’s Capital Region, Black Theatre Troupe promotes performance and theatrical pieces by, and about, artists of color.

Whether you are looking for one-on-one mentorship to prepare for a career in professional theatre, or looking to integrate your passion for the performing arts with another discipline, the Theatre program at Union College will give you the skills and experience you are looking for. Our professionally-active faculty are dedicated to inspiring and training all students--majors, double majors, minors and enthusiasts alike. We are committed to socially active, community involved, anti-racist approaches to theatre. From the classroom to rehearsal hall to productions on our Yulman stage, we offer...

Harlequin Productions is the award winning body that produces live theatre on the Cayuga Community College campus. Students are the actors and tech staff with professional designers and directors brought in to guide them. Standards are high as Harlequin Productions specializes in new works, providing students the opportunity to create pieces of theatre that have never been seen before while having fun in a positive educational environment! The works tend to be edgy and provocative by playwrights from across the country. Over the years many playwrights have even traveled to Auburn to see their...

The Rev Theatre Company presents classic and contemporary works, new musicals, and in-school arts education for a diverse audience, to spur social awareness and cultural development in the Finger Lakes region.

Theatre Program The Theatre Program is committed to fostering an equitable and accessible community for all our students. Our curriculum and production work challenges students to work collaboratively, creatively, and inclusively to solve problems, communicate effectively across mediums, and to acquire the skills necessary to become engaged citizens of a changing world. Students will also acquire proficiency in core theatre knowledge and practice, and embody the self-discipline and work ethic necessary to pursue new and evolving opportunities of a life in the arts.

Steeped in the College's prestigious literary tradition, Bennington's Master of Fine Arts in Writing is consistently named one of the top low-residency programs. Founded in 1994, Bennington's Writing Seminars was one of the first low-residency graduate writing programs in the country. During this two-year, low-residency program, you commit as much to reading as to writing and conceive reading lists that strengthen and broaden your knowledge. You perform critical literary analysis. You craft bold new works of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry inspired by your discoveries. You finish with a...