Theatre Program

Theatre at William and Mary is a liberal arts experience that emphasizes a vital breadth of knowledge. Students find that courses in art history, psychology, and literature prove invaluable for a well-educated theatre artist and prepare them for the broader challenges of life.

We offer over forty courses in all aspects of theatre, providing a broad range of subjects as well as depth in specialized areas. Performance classes have fewer than twenty students and a studio class with six students is not unusual. Diversity is encouraged. All theatre concentrators take basic courses in acting, play production, design, theatre history, dramatic literature and directing. But theatre students demand more than basics, and at William and Mary the theatre courses are carefully designed to develop advanced skills. Students interested in acting will find three semesters of performance courses, plus other courses in voice training, dance and styles or periods. Students interested in technical theatre may take a full year's study in lighting, scene design, costume design, or stagecraft. A student playwright may take three semesters of work in playwriting and have plays produced in the Studio Theatre.