Overview

Key facts:

Special features of our program at the University of Pennsylvania include faculty-directed productions, which are taught as courses for credit, and extracurricular programs such as workshops and talks with visiting artists, staged readings, and theatre outings. One special highlight of our program is the Edinburgh Project.

On alternating years, majors are selected to enroll in a course that develops a performance piece that travels to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The honors thesis is another special opportunity in which majors who are accomplished in both academic and production work are invited to work on honors thesis projects, which may be based on practice such as acting, directing, and design or on scholarly research.

Penn Theatre Arts graduates proceed to a wide array of successful careers, both in and out of the theatre. Our majors are well-prepared to enter professional MFA programs in acting, directing, or design, as well as doctoral programs. We also count among our alumni not only those who are successful in theatre and film as artists, producers, and business people, but also those who flourish in unrelated fields, such as medicine and law.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Theatre, History, Culture: From Classical to the Middle Classes
Romantics, Realists and Revolutionaries
Acting
Directing
The Play: Structure, Style, Meaning
Light, Set, and Costume Design

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

More details

Regular Decision application deadline is January 5.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application or Coalition Application & Penn-specific Essay
Official High School Transcript
School Report
Counselor Recommendation
Academic Teacher Evaluations (2)
Early Decision Agreement (only if applying for Early Decision)
Mid-Year Report
Final Report
SAT or ACT
English language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

63204 USD / year

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Out-of-State

63204 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

63204 USD / year

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Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Funding

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