Our Bachelor of Arts in Theatre combines a liberal arts education with professionally-focused training. We believe that theatre artists are makers, creators, devisers, designers, writers, leaders, activists, and entertainers. So, at the heart of our program is the belief that every student should be given the training and resources they need to realize a unique vision for their life, education, and creative work. Our major is the place to train intensively as an actor, join an entirely student-produced, designed, and directed Studio Theatre, write, devise, and produce your own work, train as a designer using state-of-the-art technology, and develop a scholarly understanding of culture and art. Students are admitted to the major based on an audition or interview, or what we call our ''gateway'' process, and graduates enjoy an excellent record of placement in jobs at professional theatres on Broadway and off-Broadway, in film and television, and as teachers, theatre makers, and leaders in the arts. Faculty are distinguished for their professional accomplishment and student-centered teaching. The Theatre Studies Concentration provides a course of study which combines theatre history and textual analysis with hands-on performance and production experiences to prepare students for a wide-range of careers within the theatre. Theatre Studies includes: directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, arts management, and performance studies (such as theatre history, criticism, dramatic literature, critical theory, applied theatre, or theatre for social change). Students interested in focusing in one of these areas will develop an individualized course plan and be assigned a faculty mentor.