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Department of Theatre Arts

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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting for the Stage and Screen

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Theatre Production

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production

Minor in Theatre Arts


The Department of Theatre & Film at the University of Mississippi offers great artistic and academic opportunities. Our students receive individualized attention from a faculty with extensive professional experience and we create performance, design and stage management opportunities for all of our students, including freshmen. We offer a wide selection of courses in areas including musical theatre; acting; costume, lighting, scenic, and sound design; cinema production and cinema acting; dance; history; and business. The department offers four undergraduate degrees: A BFA with Emphasis in Acting for Stage & Screen, Design & Theatre Production, Film Production and a BA in Theatre Arts. We offer a minor in Theatre Arts and training in dance, cinema production, and cinema acting, and we support the college's interdisciplinary cinema minor.

Faculty Info:

Michael Barnett, Alan Arrivée, Micah-Shane Brewer, Donna Buckley, Yi-Tai Chung, Jaye Sarah Davidson, Leslie DeLassus, Carey Hanson, Sarah Hennigan, Rhona Justice-Malloy, Rory Ledbetter, Lauren Bone Noble, Matthew Shifflett, Jared Spears, Dan Stearns, Cody Stockstill, Peter Wood.



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The Prom
(11/10/23 - 11/12/23)
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(4/27/16 - 5/13/16)
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