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Storrs,Connecticut 06269-3088
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Puppet Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre - Costume Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Lighting Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Scenic Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Technical Design

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies

Master of Fine Arts in Acting

Master of Fine Arts in Arts Leadership and Cultural Management

Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre - Costume Design

Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Lighting Design

Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Scenic Design

Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technical Theatre -

Technical Design


The Department of Dramatic Arts and its theatre production arm, the Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), combine to create an exciting center for excellence in the dramatic arts. Each year young theatre artists from across the United States choose to pursue education, training, and production experience through undergraduate and graduate study in the Department of Dramatic Arts and CRT. The goal of the department is twofold. First, it aims to provide the finest possible professional training through classroom and studio instruction. Second, it aims to supplement and enrich that classroom and studio training through professional level production experience in plays produced by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) is the production organization of the Department of Dramatic Arts. Through CRT, the Department produces a subscription series of plays and musicals during the academic year. CRT operates in a manner that is essentially identical to a typical regional repertory theatre and does so with similar artistic aspirations. The CRT's contract with the Actor's Equity Association permits our acting majors, both graduate, and undergraduate, to participate in the Equity Candidacy Program through which many of them are eligible for union membership upon their graduation.

Faculty Info:

Edward Weingart, Tom Kosis, Panagiota Capaldi, Alana Conti, Terrence Mann, Michael Beasley, Robert E. Copley, Jr., Nisha Joshee Hardnett, Kristin Wold, Julie Foh, Marie Percy, Dexter J. Singleton, Vincent Tycer, Pat McCorkle, Jennifer Scapetis, Greg Webster, Constance DeVereaux, Michael Chybowski, Michael Demers, John Parmelee, Alexander Woodward, Christina Lorraine Bullard, John Kaspar, Erik Lawson, Susan Tolis, Daniela Weiser, Bart Roccoberton, Jr., Matthew Isaac Cohen, Emily Wicks, John Bell, Paul Spirito, Lindsay Cummings, Gary M. English, Adrienne Macki.



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Past Student Productions

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(12/5/20 - 12/5/20)
University of Connecticut's Jorgensen Center
Men on Boats
(3/26/20 - 4/5/20)
University Of Connecticut
MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
(2/28/19 - 3/10/19)
University of Connecticut
SHE LOVES ME in Broadway SHE LOVES ME
(2/1/19 - 2/3/19)
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT OPERA THEATER

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