Overview

Maybe you are a natural born performer. Or you discovered your passion for the stage while working on a high school play. At Saint Mary’s College, you can pursue your passion while preparing for your career. You can even tailor your major to feed your creativity with a concentration in musical theatre.

Tailor your major with a musical theatre minor

The minor in musical theatre lets you explore the marriage of dance and music on the theatrical stage. Take courses in voice, acting, stagecraft, piano, and dance to propel your skills to the next level of amazing.

Feed your passion and talent under the limelight as you connect with audiences through song, movement, and dialogue. Learn how to express and create a common vision through close collaboration with other students, professors, and visiting artists.

Complete your triple threat status with just a handful of courses, and chassé towards graduation and into your future career.

A Fashion and Costume Minor at Saint Mary's

The Fashion and Costume Minor (FaCO) is a manageable, 13-credit hour minor that helps students be more marketable in Fashion and Costume-based fields, such as fashion merchandising, marketing, museum studies, stage design, and fashion design.

This Theatre program is designed to offer students a working vocabulary of practices associated with Fashion and Costume. Students will develop a proficient, introductory knowledge of historical and aesthetic terms and practices; prepare for post-graduate work in any field with a foundational understanding of marketing and professional aspects; and articulate ethical issues related to the field, demonstrating her attention to the Catholic value of justice. Students of any major are welcome.

Career paths

Employers value the public speaking, critical thinking, and creative skills exhibited by theatre majors. These skills easily translate to the boardroom, courtroom, classroom, and beyond.

In fact, you’ll find the theatre alumnae achieving great things all over the country, and as part of the Saint Mary’s sisterhood, they serve as valuable professional connections.

The graduates pursue careers as professional actors, directors, stage managers, costume and set designers, playwrights, film editors, art critics, talent managers, casting directors, and more.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Acting

Stagecraft

Play Analysis for the Theatre

Rehearsal, Performance, and Production

History of Theatre and Dramatic Literature

Stage Directing

Production Projects

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

More details

Regular Decision - Priority Application Deadline: February 15

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

South Bend, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.7

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Here are the pieces you'll need to submit for your application to be considered by the committee:

Common Application, Saint Mary's First Year Application, or the Transfer Application

Secondary school transcript(s) in English (please note if your transcripts are not in English, you will need to get them translated)

English proficiency test scores(TOEFL, SAT, ACT, IELTS, Duolingo are accepted)

Secondary school report on the Common App with counselor or teacher recommendation

Personal Essay (optional)

Certification of Finances

Tuition Fees

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53934 USD / year

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Out-of-State

53934 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

53934 USD / year

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Living costs

South Bend

United States

885 - 1432 USD / month

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Tailor your major with a musical theatre minor

A Fashion and Costume Minor at Saint Mary's

Career paths

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

South Bend

Funding

Need help with your student visa?

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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