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Michigan State University

Department of Theatre

Department of Theatre

426 Auditorium Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-8332
517.355.6690
admissions@msu.edu

Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Acting for Stage, Screen, and New Media
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Stage Management
Minor in Theatre
Minor in Musical Theatre
Minor in Dance
Minor in Arts and Cultural Management
Master of Fine Arts – Acting
Master of Fine Arts– Design
Master of Arts– Arts and Cultural Management

About the program

The Department of Theatre at MSU is challenging the traditional in order to create something new, unique and fresh. We are doing things differently! Our one of a kind self-selected undergraduate education (School of Choice) benefits from graduate mentors of our highly regarded artist/educator Master of Fine Arts programs. With the most advanced stage technology we allow designers the opportunity to defy conventional design. With focused-based theatre studies courses that surround today’s most pressing topics we challenge the traditional survey teaching model. Through forward-thinking acting classes we embrace media at its core. And our adventurous programs like the ?máGEN in collaboration with Wharton Center develops new trailblazing musicals with today’s most promising artists.

Notable alumni

Katie Maggart, Abbey Moore, Andrew Anglin, Shelley (Barish) Bernacki , Chris “C.J.” Brock, Jay Burns , Rachel (Roberts) Cain, Chris D’Arienzo, Jovon E. Shuck, Carl Pasbjerg.

Acceptance rate

Michigan State University has an acceptance rate of around 85%. The university is a large, public, coed institution in a suburban setting.

Faculty

Stephen DiBenedetto, Alexis Black, Alison Dobbins, Kirk Domer, Philip Effiong, Max Evjen, Levi Galloway, Alisa Hauser, Sarah Hendrickson, Karen Kangas-Preston, Amy Lampe, John Lepard, Holly Williams, Deric McNish, Tina Newhauser, Dionne O'Dell, Jason Price, Rob Roznowski, Laura Scales, Shannon T. Schweitzer, Ranae Selmeyer, Daniel T. Smith, Jr., Kellyn Uhl, Ryan Welsh, Angie Wendelberger, Dave Wendelberger, Ann Folino White, Marc White, Brad Willcuts, Mark Willoughby, Brian de Vries, Sherry Stevens, Brian Adams, Tony Caselli, Lynn Lammers, Missy Lilje, Michele Root-Bernstein, Emily Sutton-Smith, Abigail Tykocki.

LIFELONG by Pepperdine Scotland to Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe

LIFELONG by Pepperdine Scotland to Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe

by Stephi Wild — June 9, 2026

Double Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lynda Radley reunite for LIFELONG, a new work set in an AI-controlled facility where scientific advances grant residents extraordinarily long lives — at a cost.

LIFELONG to Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe

LIFELONG to Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe

by Stephi Wild — June 3, 2026

Double Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lynda Radley reunite to premiere LIFELONG at the Edinburgh Fringe, a new work exploring longevity technology, AI, and the dangers of power in the wrong hands.

ANOTHER REVOLUTION Will Make Indiana Premiere in June

ANOTHER REVOLUTION Will Make Indiana Premiere in June

by Stephi Wild — May 5, 2026

This June, Constellation will present the Indiana Premiere of Another Revolution, a new play by Jacqueline Bircher, playwright of Constellation’s hit 2024 production of Webster’s B!+@#.

Past student productions

Past student productions at Michigan State University
Show Dates Theater
4/23 – 4/26/2026 Michigan State University Dept of Theatre

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