Theater Department

Department of Theater

Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, Wesleyan’s Theater department prepares theater makers. We encourage original thinking and innovation and engage theater as both an artistic and civic practice.

Theater at glance

193X Founding Year
19 Faculty
# Productions per year

Theater Major

Prepare to become a creative, collaborative, and socially engaged storyteller.
Our curriculum develops artistic vision and practical skills through hands-on work in performance, design, directing, writing, production, and theater scholarship.

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A Lifelong Network

Through the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of theater making at Wesleyan, students forge meaningful, lifelong bonds. The result is a strong network of theater alumni who continue to call on and work together throughout their careers.

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Where Creativity Thrives

This is a creative campus where arts majors and non-majors alike express their talents and creativity through abundant courses, clubs and organizations, and enjoy incredible venues for visual art, film, music, theater, and dance.

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