Theatre is more than a craft: it’s a way of connecting with others, of approaching challenges, and engaging the world. As theatre artists in Emerson College’s Department of Performing Arts, students will receive the necessary tools to focus their creative talents toward a fulfilling career—and life—in the theatre.
About the Department
Housed in the School of Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Department of Performing Arts’ five undergraduate programs and singular graduate program encompass every aspect of the theatre from performance to design to management, from administration to teaching and scholarship.
Performing Arts faculty are not only passionate and dedicated teachers, but also active theatre professionals with deep and ongoing connections in their field. Our students receive hands-on educational experience through studio work and classroom study, applying those lessons in the thriving student theatre community on campus, in Boston’s vibrant professional theatre scene, and in stunning professional-grade theaters and production spaces as a part of Emerson Stage.
