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School of Theatre

School of Theatre

Develop skills. Stimulate your intellect. Learn the challenges and rewards of collaborative art. Appreciate how your knowledge of yourself and the world around you informs your identity. The School of Theatre at BU College of Fine Arts is a new kind of conservatory. One that belongs, in every sense, to Boston University.

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Programs of Study

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BFA Acting

Acting

  • bfa

Artisan Certificates

  • professional-artisan-certificate

Dance Minor

  • minor
BFA Design

Design

  • bfa
  • mfa
MFA Directing

Directing

  • mfa

Los Angeles Internship

  • post-graduate
Music Theatre Concentration at BU (Photo: "Parade" by Kalman Zabarsky)

Music Theatre

  • concentration

Playwriting

  • mfa
Production

Production

  • bfa
  • mfa
  • professional-artisan-certificate
MFA Production Management

Production Management

  • mfa

Scene Painting

  • professional-artisan-certificate
Stage Management

Stage Management

  • bfa
  • professional-artisan-certificate
BU Summer Theatre Institute

Summer Theatre Institute

  • pre-college

Theatre Arts

  • bfa

Theatre Education

  • mfa
School of Theatre Minor

Theatre Minor

  • minor

Student Productions and Performances

BUSTI 2020 Cancelation

Frequently Asked Questions Per Boston University’s recent announcement, all in-person College of Fine Arts 2020 summer programs have been canceled, including Boston University Summer Theatre Institute (BUSTI). Over the past few weeks, we—like you—have been watching the rapidly evolving effects of a global pandemic. As eager as we are to get back into studio classrooms […]

Jim Petosa commentary on the ARTery: Revisiting ‘Julius Caesar’ — Theater In The Age Of Trump

June 16, 2017  (originally published by The ARTery) By Jim Petosa “Ambition’s debt is paid!” So cries one of the conspirators moments after the death of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play. It is uttered as a slogan, a moral summation to an act of violence that the speaker believes is as inevitable as it is […]

CFA Alum Finds Himself in the Tony Spotlight

Lighting designer Christopher Akerlind nominated for Indecent Members of the cast of Indecent, a new play by Paula Vogel, cocreated by Vogel and Rebecca Taichmann, now running at the Cort Theatre on Broadway. Play photos © Carol Rosegg Originally published by BU Today 05.25.2017 By John O’Rourke As one of the nation’s foremost lighting designers, Christopher […]

Let Your Light Shine, Uzo Aduba (CFA’05) Tells CFA Grads

Orange Is the New Black actor this year’s Convocation speaker In the video above, watch as Emmy-winning actor Uzo Aduba (CFA’05) addresses graduates at the College of Fine Arts Convocation on May 20, 2017. Published by BU Today. By Amy Laskowski Photos by Natasha Moustache Video by BU Productions Orange Is the New Black actor […]

Trunk Show: A Portable Production of Peter Pan

This article was originally published on BU Today. The trunk looks promising. It’s battered and old-fashioned but sturdy, and its leather straps, domed lid, and embossed metal panels bespeak the possibility of adventure, journeys, even magic. And that’s exactly what Danielle “Dani” Taylor conjures from its depths. Taylor (CFA’17) is completing an MFA in production […]

Production Photos

Theatre

Theatre Production

Looking At Samples for Assassins

Scene Painting

Theatre

Scene Painting

Production Photos

Theatre

Directing, Theatre Production

Scenic Painting

Scene Painting, Theatre

Theatre

Scene Painting

The Serpent #SOTsneakpeek

Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts

The Serpent

Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts, Theatre Production

A Delicate Balance

Production, Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Design, Directing, Production Management, Theatre Arts, Theatre Production

Production Photos

Theatre

Acting, Theatre Production

Our Class

Production, Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Design, Production Management, Theatre Arts, Theatre Production

Scenic Painting

Scene Painting, Theatre

Theatre

Scene Painting

A Delicate Balance

Theatre

Acting, Design, Directing, Production Management, Theatre Arts, Theatre Education, Theatre Production

The Penelopiad

Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts, Theatre Education

Scenic Painting

Scene Painting, Theatre

Theatre

Scene Painting

Metamorphosis

Production

Theatre

Acting, Design, Directing, Production Management, Theatre Arts, Theatre Production

The Skin of Our Teeth

Production, Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Production Management, Theatre Production

The Adding Machine

Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Directing, Theatre Arts, Theatre Production

Our Girl in Trenton

Production, Production Photos, Student Perfomances, Theatre

Theatre

Acting, Design, Production Management, Theatre Arts, Theatre Education, Theatre Production

Production Photos

Theatre

Theatre Production

Scene Painting

Allison Jung

Theatre

Scene Painting

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