Theatre, BA (NYC)

Northeastern NYC is centrally located in Manhattan and offers classes that allow students to experience the richness of the city. We combine professional theatre education and training with the liberal arts, teaching our students how to create compelling, informed, imaginative, and innovative theatre. Our students are exposed to great theatre — on Broadway, Off-Broadway, along Theatre Row, and downtown in experimental theatres — and they take advantage of the best of New York City’s  co-op/internship opportunities.

Flexible and Tailored

Combine different concentrations in the BAand even add second majors or minors to create your own curriculum and professional path. Concentrations include Directing, in which students study the history of directing and learn to analyze texts, make conceptual choices, and guide actors in the rehearsal process; Theatre History and Performance Texts in which students explore dramatic literature, history, and criticism; Theatre and New Media, in which students embrace cross-disciplinary mediums; and Writing for the Stage, where those in the program study with professional playwrights based in New York City and begin to develop a body of work.

Experience Oriented

Take advantage of the city through internships with leading arts and cultural institutions, including Playwrights Horizons, New York Shakespeare Festival, Saturday Night Live, Nuyorican Poets Café, PBS, and many more. Whether you’re directing in our Bordeau Box, serving as dramaturg on a studio production, or hearing actors bring your new work to life, Northeastern allows you to make it happen.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the BA in Theatre Arts major, you’ll be able to:

1. Demonstrate comprehension of achievements in drama and theatrical production across a range of periods and cultures;
2. Demonstrate comprehension of the interdisciplinarity of theatre study and the collaborative nature of theatre production;
3. Draw on external resources for further study and work experience by utilizing museums, theatres, performing arts organizations, libraries, and other institutions in New York City and abroad.

Concentration-Specific Courses Include: 

Directing:

• Acting: Process and Technique
• Acting: Beginning Scene Study
• Stage Management
• Theatre Production: Main Stage
• Dramatic Forms and Genres
• Directing II
• Design for Directors and Choreographers, or Digital Sound Workshop, or Costume Design I, or Lighting
• Design I, or Scenic Design I

Writing for the Stage:

• Introduction to Playwriting
• Intermediate Playwriting Techniques I and II
• Advance Playwriting Techniques I and II
• One Course in Television or Screenplay Writing, or New Play Development (from a list of courses)