George Mason University Department of Theatre

George Mason University — Fairfax, VA

4400 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
703.993.1120
admissions@gmu.edu

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Upcoming productions

Upcoming student productions at George Mason University
Show	Dates	School
Music From The Sole: I Didn't Come to Stay	9/26/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Grand Piano Celebration 2026	9/27/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Noseda conducts Exotic Tales	10/1/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
ARTS by George! Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra	10/3/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Mason Bands Concert: West Side Story	10/5/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Glorious Musical Jewels – Beethoven and Schubert	10/11/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Mason Choirs Concert: Celtic Voices: A Choral Journey Through Ireland and Scotland	10/13/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
VOCES8	10/17/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Mason Symphony Orchestra Concert: Beginnings & Triumphs	10/21/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Mason Jazz Ensemble Concert: Fall 2026	10/22/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Compagnie HERVÉ KOUBI: Sol Invictus	10/24/2026	George Mason University Fairfax
Faculty Artist Showcase Recital 2026	10/25/2026	George Mason University Fairfax

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Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Theatre Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Theatre Education for Theatre Arts PK - 12
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Performance (Acting and Directing)
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Design and Technical Theatre
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre - Performance for Stage and Screen (Acting and Directing)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre - Design for Stage and Screen
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre - Musical Theatre
Minor in Theatre
Minor in Theatre Performance

About the program

The School of Theater will prepare you for careers on the stage and screen with a wide range of courses, productions in state-of-the-art venues, and exciting summer field experiences. Students select their paths, supported by individualized attention from teachers and mentors who are practicing professionals with industry contacts. You'll participate in such productions as contemporary plays, modern musicals, historical dramas, and original student work. From day one, you'll find opportunities to show your talent, leadership, and collaborative abilities.

Acceptance rate

Reported acceptance rate (source/year not provided by school): George Mason University's overall acceptance rate is around 88.8%, which means that for every 100 applicants, 89 are admitted.

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Past student productions

Past student productions at George Mason University
Show	Dates	Theater
The Originals! 2026	9/11/2026 – 9/12/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Center Will Not Hold: A Dorrance Dance Production	5/2/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Magic of Rob Lake	4/19/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Peppa Pig – My First Concert	4/11/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens	3/22/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Danú: Traditional Music of Ireland	3/20/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Mozart and Friends—Beethoven, Haydn, and Clementi	3/15/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mnozil Brass	3/1/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Vaughn Wiester: The Music of Stan Kenton	2/28/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Les Ballets Africains: The National Dance Company of the Republic of Guinea	2/20/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Intelligence	2/15/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble: Dances to American Music	2/7/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Curious George: The Golden Meatball	1/31/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Poetic Tone Pictures	1/25/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	1/23/2026	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
CELTIC WOMAN Symphony Christmas Tour 2025	12/16/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna	12/14/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
American Festival Pops Orchestra - Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season	12/13/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma	12/6/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Chanticleer: A Chanticleer Christmas	11/29/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Cinderella	11/23/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mariza	11/16/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mason Artist-in-Residence: La Santa Cecilia	11/15/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
360 ALLSTARS	11/8/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mason Artist-in-Residence: Limón Dance Company	11/1/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	10/25/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Laurie Berkner Band	10/18/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin—The Romantic	10/12/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mason Artist-in-Residence: Papermoon Puppet Theatre	10/4/2025	Harris Theater at George Mason University
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble	10/3/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Special Event – ARTS by George! An Evening with Darren Criss	9/27/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Loving v. Virginia	5/3/2025 – 5/4/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Theater Terra: Rapunzel the Musical	4/6/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk	4/5/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Les Arts Florissants: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300	3/30/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Humor in Music	3/23/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Rhythm India: Bollywood & Beyond	3/22/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Cherish the Ladies	3/15/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Peking Acrobats	3/9/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Angélique Kidjo	3/2/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Kodo - One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe	3/1/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Acting Company: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running	2/16/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Versa-Style Street Dance Company: Rooted Rhythms	2/15/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Czech National Philharmonic	2/7/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mike Super - Magic & Illusion	2/2/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Branford Marsalis	2/1/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Dances for the Ears	1/26/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Silkroad Ensemble: Percussion All-Stars	1/25/2025	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Christmas Caravan	12/7/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Take 6	12/1/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Canadian Brass: Making Spirits Bright	11/30/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Enchantment Theatre Company: My Father’s Dragon	11/24/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra with Jeremy Denk	11/23/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Carmen	11/16/2024 – 11/17/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Arturo Sandoval	11/10/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble	10/19/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Franz Schubert: The Soulful and the Sublime	10/13/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Ballet Hispánico	10/5/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
An Evening with Lea Salonga	9/28/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music of Joy and Peace	9/15/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Brian Ganz: A Chopin Recital	5/4/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Bamberg Symphony with Hélène Grimaud	4/27/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Okee Dokee Brothers	4/21/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Small Island Big Song	4/20/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Hot Pick Martha Graham Dance Company	4/13/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Three Great Romantics	4/7/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mutts Gone Nuts	4/6/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Trinity Irish Dance Company	3/24/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Madama Butterfly	3/17/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin and Liszt	3/3/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham	2/17/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens	2/10/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Sanctuary Road	2/4/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason	1/28/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North	1/27/2024	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mariachi Herencia de México	12/10/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season	12/9/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas	12/2/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Festive French Fare	11/26/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Chanticleer	11/25/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
B – The Underwater Bubble Show	11/19/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra with Renée Fleming	11/18/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: The Barber of Seville	11/12/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Power and Passion of Beethoven	10/29/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride	10/28/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Malpaso Dance Company	10/20/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE	10/15/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Siegfried	10/8/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Renée Elise Goldsberry in Concert	9/30/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Indigenous Enterprise	4/29/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Passing Zone	4/23/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra with George Li	4/22/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Mozart and Friends	4/16/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
State Ballet of Georgia	4/15/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Bobby Floyd	4/8/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra	4/2/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Cirque FLIP Fabrique	3/31/2023 – 4/1/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon	3/26/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
KODO	3/18/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: La Traviata	3/11/2023 – 3/12/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Musical Valentines	2/26/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Chloé Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies LIVE!	2/25/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Voctave	2/19/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Doug Varone and Dancers	2/18/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Czech National Symphony Orchestra	2/12/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Fellow Travelers	2/4/2023 – 2/5/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Silkroad Ensemble	1/29/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Acting Company: The Three Musketeers	1/28/2023	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
American Festival Pops Orchestra	12/10/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Vienna Boys Choir	12/9/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The Queen’s Cartoonists	11/27/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
The 5 Browns	11/26/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Immortal Impromptus	11/20/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: The Pirates of Penzance	11/12/2022 – 11/13/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Preservation Hall Jazz Band	11/6/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble	11/5/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mason School of Theater: Head Over Heels	10/27/2022 – 10/30/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: The Valkyrie	10/8/2022 – 10/9/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
MOMIX	10/1/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Kristin Chenoweth in Concert	9/24/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Lila Downs	4/24/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra	4/23/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra	4/16/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: The Marriage of Figaro	4/10/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Evocative Visions	4/3/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Camille A. Brown & Dancers	4/2/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Edgar Meyer and the Scottish Ensemble	3/27/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
SW!NG OUT	3/19/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Ladysmith Black Mambazo	2/27/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Mark Morris Dance Group	2/26/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Pilobolus	2/20/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Popovich Comedy Pet Theater	2/19/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Virginia Opera: Three Decembers	2/6/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Fantastic Fantasies	1/23/2022	Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: The Glorious Music of Chopin	11/21/2021	George Mason University

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