Theatre - Associate in Fine Arts (AFA) (2500) Do you enjoy performing onstage or in front of a camera? Would you rather work backstage designing and building sets and costumes, operating lights and sound, designing and applying special effects make up, or directing a stage production? Whether you are an actor, director, designer or technician, our Theatre Associate in Fine Arts (AFA) program may be for you! With a conservatory approach, our program teaches you the fundamental knowledge and techniques essential in acting and/or theatre production.

Messiah University is a nationally ranked, private Christian university with a student body of 3,276 undergraduate and graduate students. Our scenic 471-acre suburban campus is located in central Pennsylvania, just 12 miles from the state capital of Harrisburg. The University was founded in 1909 by the Brethren in Christ Church. Today, the University’s faith base is broadly evangelical and includes students and employees from a variety of denominations and Christian faith traditions.

Perform, direct, design and more in a blended theatre program. From your first year the opportunities are endless to perform, direct, design and more in the York College theatre program. Join a program with an individualized blend of academic and practical theatre courses.

Perform, direct, design and more in a blended theatre program. From your first year the opportunities are endless to perform, direct, design and more in the York College theatre program. Join a program with an individualized blend of academic and practical theatre courses.

The Theatre Arts Program of the Fine Arts Department produces graduates possessing a well-rounded liberal arts education through a general Theatre Arts concentration.

The Program in Theatre Arts and Studies offers a comprehensive approach to the arts of acting, directing, and playwriting along with the fundamentals of technical direction, play production, play analysis, theatre management, and theatre history.

The ensemble develops, nurtures and enriches the artistic talents of youth and adults who aspire to learn the crafts of drama, dance, music, and stage technical competencies. The ensemble is dedicated to creating a community theater that educates, entertains and affects change on a local and national level.

The Friedheim Music Library houses one of the largest and oldest music collections in the country. Holdings include over 150,000 books, scores, and periodicals.

The mission of the Fine Arts program is to create students that are skilled in expressing themselves in the visual or performing arts. This program prepares students for careers in the art field such as professional artists, art and museum educators, gallery, museum or independent curators; and/or to continue on to M.F.A., Teacher Certification, and Ph. D. programs (Art Track); to work as actor, director, teacher, technician, and manager in the professional, academic, or community theatre setting (Theatre Track); or to pursue careers as performers, teachers, music directors, as well as follow...

Through a partnership between DTC and Ingleside Retirement Apartments, the Playwriting for Seniors Program was born. Now reaching a number of facilities, the program allows participants to meet and share stories of their past while also learning the fundamentals of playwriting. Ingleside residents meet once a week for ten weeks to write, edit and perform original monologues drawn from their own life histories.

MA in Theatre with an area of specialty in Playwriting available As a student, you will have the opportunity to expand your mind through rigorous academic courses, covering topics such as theatre history, dramaturgy, dramatic literature, theatre criticism and script analysis. In addition to these academic courses, Villanova also offers a number of performance-centered classes in acting, characterization, directing, musical theatre, playwriting and more.

At Wilkes, we focus on the craft and business of writing. We do this in a mentoring atmosphere that embraces one-on-one guidance while immersing you in a community of working writers.