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School of Theatre and Dance

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1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco,California 94132
415.338.1341
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Bachelor of Arts in Dance

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Performance (Acting & Directing)

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Design

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Technical Production

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Play Development

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Dramaturgy

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Musical Theatre

Minor in Dance

Minor in Theatre Arts


The School of Theatre & Dance offers a comprehensive program of both practical and theoretical courses for undergraduate and graduate students whose professional interests center on a career in professional or educational theatre or dance. As a center for the training of future theatre and dance artists, the School is committed to introducing a diversity of theatre and dance traditions and cultures to students. To this end, the School employs its two dedicated theatre spaces, two dedicated dance spaces, and other flexible spaces as learning laboratories in which students collaborate with each other, faculty, and guest professionals. Studio workshops and advanced stage productions in those performance spaces are the culmination of the educational experience.

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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Rent
(4/20/23 - 4/30/23)
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Marisol
(11/12/21 - 11/21/21)
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The Vagina Monologues
(10/14/21 - 10/23/21)
San Francisco State University
Water by the Spoonful
(11/5/20 - 11/14/20)
San Francisco State University
Spring Awakening in Broadway Spring Awakening
(4/30/20 - 5/9/20)
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Two Sisters and a Piano
(2/27/20 - 2/29/20)
San Francisco State University
The Ghost Sonata
(11/14/19 - 11/22/19)
San Francisco State University
DREAMGIRLS
(5/10/19 - 5/11/19)
San Francisco State University
Top Girls
(5/2/19 - 5/3/19)
San Francisco State University
[title of show]
(4/17/19 - 4/27/19)
San Francisco State University
HAIR
(4/26/18 - 5/6/18)
San Francisco State University
URINETOWN
(5/5/16 - 5/15/16)
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
INTO THE WOODS
(4/23/15 - 5/3/15)
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THE WEDDING SINGER
(1/31/14 - 2/9/14)
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AVENUE Q
(4/25/13 - 5/5/13)
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
SPRING AWAKENING
(4/26/12 - 5/6/12)
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