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East Lansing,Michigan 48824-8332
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Acting for Stage, Screen, and New Media

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Stage Management

Minor in Theatre

Minor in Musical Theatre

Minor in Dance

Minor in Arts and Cultural Management

Master of Fine Arts – Acting

Master of Fine Arts– Design

Master of Arts– Arts and Cultural Management


The Department of Theatre at MSU is challenging the traditional in order to create something new, unique and fresh. We are doing things differently! Our one of a kind self-selected undergraduate education (School of Choice) benefits from graduate mentors of our highly regarded artist/educator Master of Fine Arts programs. With the most advanced stage technology we allow designers the opportunity to defy conventional design. With focused-based theatre studies courses that surround today’s most pressing topics we challenge the traditional survey teaching model. Through forward-thinking acting classes we embrace media at its core. And our adventurous programs like the ?máGEN in collaboration with Wharton Center develops new trailblazing musicals with today’s most promising artists.

Notable Alumni Include:

Katie Maggart, Abbey Moore, Andrew Anglin, Shelley (Barish) Bernacki , Chris “C.J.” Brock, Jay Burns , Rachel (Roberts) Cain, Chris D’Arienzo, Jovon E. Shuck, Carl Pasbjerg.




Faculty Info:

Stephen DiBenedetto, Alexis Black, Alison Dobbins, Kirk Domer, Philip Effiong, Max Evjen, Levi Galloway, Alisa Hauser, Sarah Hendrickson, Karen Kangas-Preston, Amy Lampe, John Lepard, Holly Williams, Deric McNish, Tina Newhauser, Dionne O'Dell, Jason Price, Rob Roznowski, Laura Scales, Shannon T. Schweitzer, Ranae Selmeyer, Daniel T. Smith, Jr., Kellyn Uhl, Ryan Welsh, Angie Wendelberger, Dave Wendelberger, Ann Folino White, Marc White, Brad Willcuts, Mark Willoughby, Brian de Vries, Sherry Stevens, Brian Adams, Tony Caselli, Lynn Lammers, Missy Lilje, Michele Root-Bernstein, Emily Sutton-Smith, Abigail Tykocki.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes
(11/8/24 - 11/17/24)
Michigan State University
Bright Star
(4/14/23 - 4/23/23)
Michigan State University
Head Over Heels by Charlotte Caffey
(4/15/22 - 4/24/22)
Michigan State University
A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage ? 1959
(10/15/21 - 10/24/21)
Michigan State University
Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play
(6/17/21 - 6/20/21)
Michigan State University
INTO THE WOODS in Broadway INTO THE WOODS
(2/14/20 - 2/23/20)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them
(6/14/19 - 6/22/19)
Michigan State University
One Man, Two Guvnors
(6/6/19 - 6/9/19)
Michigan State University
Oklahoma!
(2/15/19 - 2/23/19)
Michigan State University
AMOUR
(6/6/18 - 6/9/18)
Michigan State University
AMERICAN IDIOT
(4/13/18 - 4/22/18)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
URINETOWN
(4/14/17 - 4/23/17)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
A Grand Night for Singing
(6/8/16 - 6/11/16)
Michigan State University
CARRIE the musical in Broadway CARRIE the musical
(10/10/14 - 10/19/14)
Michigan State University
XANADU
(11/15/13 - 11/24/13)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
BABY
(6/19/13 - 6/22/13)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
(4/5/13 - 4/7/13)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

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