The Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts fosters artistic excellence, interdisciplinary learning, socially engaged performance, and the spirit of collaboration. Home to the College’s undergraduate degree programs in American Musical Culture and Theater & Performance Studies as well as dozens of performing groups in music, theater, and dance, the Department features a renowned faculty and close partnerships with leading arts organizations from the D.C. region and beyond. Georgetown students have performed music and dance at the White House; participated in recent concert...

The Theatre Lab is Washington, D.C.’s largest and most comprehensive independent, nonprofit school for the dramatic arts. For over a quarter century, The Theatre Lab's mission is to transform lives through theatre education. We work to make the real-life benefits of theatre training accessible to all regardless of age, income, or experience level.

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Howard University's Department of Theatre Arts is an internationally acclaimed leader and producer of artistic merit. Each season the Department of Theatre Arts presents classical and contemporary plays in its two-theatre complex. These plays offer not only entertainment, but also a forum for ideas and discussion.

In this three year program, playwrights collaborate with actors and directors to shape and reshape their works in classrooms, readings and workshops. They will come in contact with a variety of dramaturgical techniques for the development of dramatic action, character, language and structure. The focus is on a professional and practical approach to scriptwriting, culminating in the writing of three or more rehearsal-ready works for the stage. Opportunities for lab workshops of plays in process will be made available to the playwrights, beginning in the second semester.

The B.A. Program: Our award-winning faculty is comprised of active professionals with proven expertise across the full range of dramatic disciplines including acting, playwriting, design, media, technical theater, movement, voice, costume and production design. Our alumni transition to a rich variety of career pathways and have been recognized for their work on Broadway, film and television. Graduates have performed with Beyoncé, produced and directed Glee Live, served as President of Paramount Pictures and worked as Vice President of Casting at 21st Century Fox. The two-year Master of Arts...

The Maryland Opera Studio’s curriculum is designed to prepare singers for the future of opera by building vocal and musical skills alongside dramatic and physical skills through practical experience with esteemed resident faculty and visiting artists. Individual attention is a core principle with a select number of graduate students in each class and guaranteed performances in each semester of study, including full roles in two productions with orchestra.

BSU Theatre produces two Main Stage productions and two Black Box productions per season, as well as student produced work, and hosts visiting companies and other co-curricular activities for students, faculty/staff, and the community. Our recently opened Fine and Performing Arts Center features a 400-seat Main Stage Theater, a 200-seat Black Box Theater, and a 90-seat Movement Studio. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts offers the Theatre Arts program at Bowie State University. Students can earn the Bachelor of Science degree in theatre with concentrations in acting/directing and...

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