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Cornell University

Department of Performing and Media Arts

Department of Performing and Media Arts

430 College Ave
Ithaca, New York 14850
607.254.2700
contact@broadwayworld.com

Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Media Arts
Minor in Performing and Media Arts
Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Media Arts

About the program

As a PMA major, you will take courses in four rubric areas: Creative Authorship, Design, Embodied Performance and History/Theory/Criticism (see further descriptions below). You will also specialize by pursuing a sequence of courses in the rubric area of primary interest to you. Production laboratories provide practical experience building, running and managing theatre productions, dance concerts and film shoots. Across these courses and labs, our majors benefit from the synergies between the study and practice of dance and movement, live theatre and media arts.

Notable alumni

Sam Gold, Antoinette Lavecchia, Jenny Schwartz, Ethan Phillip, Lauren Feldman, Esosa Edosomwan, Barrie Kreinik, Ed Schiff

Acceptance rate

Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) is highly competitive, with admission decisions made centrally by the admissions staff. Cornell University's overall undergraduate acceptance rate is around 8.4%,

Faculty

P.A. Angelopoulos, Christine Bacareza Balance, Sarah E. Bernstein, Theo Black, Austin Bunn, Jumay Ruth Chu, Warren Dennis Cross, David M Feldshuh, Veronica Fitzpatrick, J. Ellen Gainor, Carolyn Goelzer, https://pma.cornell.edu/kent-lynn-goetz, Sabine Haenni, Karen Jaime, Bruce A Levitt, Rebekah Maggor, Beth Frances Milles, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Jeffrey Palmer, Natasha Raheja, Nick Salvato, Samantha Noelle Sheppard, Jason Simms, Aoise Stratford, Byron Suber, Stewart Thorndike, Amy Villarejo, Sara Warner.

Tenured Faculty Join The UCLA School Of Theater, Film And Television

Tenured Faculty Join The UCLA School Of Theater, Film And Television

by A.A. Cristi — October 19, 2020

Brian Kite, Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), announced today the appointment of award-winning lighting designer Lap Chi Chu, and scholars Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Amy Villarejo as UCLA TFT tenured professors.

Big Play Festival! Wraps Up Summer At The Hangar Theatre

Big Play Festival! Wraps Up Summer At The Hangar Theatre

by Julie Musbach — August 14, 2019

The Hangar Theatre Company wraps up its 45th summer season with the Big Play Festival! (BPF!), featuring lightly staged readings of three big plays, all featuring the theme of the American family.

Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL Opens This Sunday

Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL Opens This Sunday

by A.A. Cristi — November 29, 2018

The Hangar Theatre Company presents its second annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca with public performances running December 2-23, 2018.

Past student productions

Past student productions at Cornell University
Show Dates Theater
11/10 – 11/17/2011 Cornell University

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