Overview

The Theatre program of Northwestern University offers the  opportunity to study and practice acting, voice, movement, dance, directing, design, stage production, playwriting and dramaturgy, along with theatre history, literature and criticism. You'll develop the ability to analyze situations and complex social issues from a variety of perspectives, while developing skills in research, writing, group discussion, oral presentation, performance and production.

Whether your focus is acting, directing, playwriting, production or design, you'll have ample opportunity to practice your craft. As many as forty productions are staged each year in the multi-stage Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, with an equal number of student productions across campus.

Career paths

As a Northwestern theatre major, career opportunities exist in a vast number of fields. Many theatre majors go on to pursue professions in the field of theatre as performers, directors, designers, producers, and more. A theatre major, however, is also a productive major for those students who might not want to pursue theatre professionally. Northwestern Theatre majors have gone on to jobs in a variety of fields – such as consulting, law, teaching, and a variety of others.