Overview

The Theater Major is offered by Fitchburg State University. Our theater professors are members of professional unions and they act and direct in Boston and New York City. Productions range from the Greeks to the contemporary repertoire.

Key Facts

By the time our students graduate, after completing a required 12-credit professional internship, they will have acquired a wide range of skills and a repertoire of material that will support their goals of either pursuing further studies at the graduate level or directly entering the profession. Each year students are given the opportunity to submit original work to be juried and possibly selected for our honors art exhibition, VISIONS. This is a showcase of the year's best student work. VISIONS involves a gallery exhibition and a film/video screening. Every three years Fitchburg State’s theater students perform at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. This annual festival is the largest arts festival in the world. Performers travel from all over the globe to perform here. Fitchburg State has performed seven shows in the festival between 2000 and 2018. The Women of Lockerbie was presented by Fitchburg State at the 2018 festival. It was written by Deborah Brevoot and directed by Kelly Morgan. Every year during the last week of January, Fitchburg State's theater students travel to the regional KCACTF Festival and compete in a variety of acting, directing, stage management, design/technical and theater criticism events and attend a variety of professional workshops that support their professional development. Fitchburg State has had full productions invited to the festival.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

History of Film

Contemporary Cinema

History of the Theater

Stage Movement

Voice and Articulation
Acting

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-13 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , International

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Fitchburg State has Rolling Admissions.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Fitchburg, 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.

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General requirements

Application
Official High School Transcript (must be received directly from School)
Course by Course Evaluation of ALL Transcripts
Results from an English Proficiency Exam

Optional Materials:

SAT or ACT Scores
Letters of Recommendation
Essay
Resume

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

7050 USD / year

≈ 7050 USD / year
Out-of-State

7050 USD / year

≈ 7050 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

970 USD / year

≈ 970 USD / year

Additional Details

New England Regional $1455/ year

Living costs

Fitchburg

United States

918 - 1900 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Delivered

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English requirements

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Living costs

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