BA in Theatre Arts in Milwaukee United States | Marquette University

Theatre brings together actors, designers, directors, and technicians to both educate and delight audiences. As a theatre student, you'll craft stage designs, develop costumes, and breathe life into television and stage performances. By blending playwrights' visions with actors' expressions and technical teams' creations, you'll engage audiences while pursuing your theatre degree at Marquette. From your first year, you'll hone your skills through five main-stage shows, dance performances, and studio projects. Performance options span classical works, avant-garde theatre, musicals, and modern plays, with each season featuring at least one social justice-focused production. Course offerings include acting, directing for stage and screen, theatre history, set design, lighting, dance, and costume creation.

The theatre program lets you collaborate with industry professionals on main-stage productions. Acting courses maintain small class sizes of 12-14 students, while technical design classes average just 10. Marquette's proximity to Milwaukee's theatre district enables students to partner with or intern at renowned companies like Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Chamber Theatre, and First Stage. From your first day, you'll participate in main-stage productions, film projects, and studio work—designing sets, crafting costumes, and animating characters. Through classroom instruction and hands-on experience, you'll refine abilities in acting, lighting, scenic and costume design, technical production, and arts management.