The Program in Theater(link is external), part of the Lewis Center for the Arts,(link is external) welcomes all students.
We hope to investigate questions about ourselves, others, and the events and systems that affect us all, through the imaginative and collaborative medium of theater. We center the making of theater through scholarly and embodied exploration and study with world-class scholars and artists. We encourage students to explore theater from a liberal arts perspective–as a key component of world cultures, and as a genre that shapes and is shaped by history, economics, politics, and technology.
The program offers courses in many forms of writing, performance, directing, design, dramaturgy, performance history, theory, and criticism. Visiting guest artists offer workshops and co-curricular classes, participate in theatrical explorations, and join students in conversation. In conjunction with music theater, we offer a season of theatrical productions and explorations for all students to participate in, produced in collaboration with professional artists and craftspeople. Our season operates on the principle that rigorous artistic practice is a form of research, innovation, discovery, and intervention.
Most program courses are open and welcoming to all undergraduates interested in exploring theater at any level. The program also offers courses and co-curricular activities that will allow a student to move into graduate education to pursue advanced training. Certificate students come from the full range of concentrations the University has to offer.

