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East Lansing,Michigan 48824-8332
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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
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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 Include:
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 Info:
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.
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