The Theatre Arts program at LMU gives students strong comprehensive course work, training and experience in acting, directing, design, theatre technology, playwriting, history and criticism. Our intimate classes allow for close working relationships with the faculty and peers. Students receive a diverse theatre experience with classic, contemporary and new works that are multicultural, political and progressive.
Students also have opportunities to pursue individual research and creative projects as well as participate in an exclusive study abroad program in Europe. Our program focuses on professional preparation to enter the industry and world of professional theatre, the development of new work alongside a grounding in the classics, and theatre for social justice: how one can use one’s art to make the world a better place for others.
Through the theatre arts major, students can train for a variety of careers in film, television, theatre, producing, casting, playwriting, event planning, arts management and promotion, stage management, law, public relations or teaching. Theater arts majors will also develop practical communication and leadership skills and apply them in a humanistic context.
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- Actor
- Voiceover Actor
- Casting Director
- Costume Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Scene Designer
- Sound Designer
- Master Electrician
- Technical Director
- Choreographer
- Fight Choreographer
- Scenic Artist
- Director
- Dramaturg
- Theatre Manager
- House Manager
- Playwright
- Literary Manager
- Publicist
- Stage Manager
- Arts Administrator
- Company Manager
- Road Manager
- Theatre Critic
- Professor
- Teacher
- Box Office Manager
- Wardrobe/Dresser
- Makeup Artist
- Production Hairstylist
- Theme Park Coordinator/ Event Designer
- Comedian
- Usher
- Drama Coach
- Technician
- Scenic Carpenter
- Shop Foreperson
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- Actor's Art Theatre/Co-op
- Attic Theatre
- Casa 0101
- Center Theatre Group
- JAMA Theatre Company
- Knightsbridge LA Theatre
- LA Kings
- Latino Theatre Company
- Lexicon Public Relations
- Los Angeles Theatre Center
- Miramax
- MTV
- Nickelodeon Animation Studio/ Games Group
- Openfist Theatre
- Pasadena Playhouse
- Pacific Resident Theatre
- STAR Theatre
- Theatre of Note
- Theatre Raymond Kabbaz
- Tohubohu Extreme Theatre
- Viacom
- Westside Comedy Theatre
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- CalArts
- Circle in the Square Repertory School
- Columbia College
- DePaul University
- George Washington University
- The Juilliard School
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts
- New York University
- San Francisco State University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Nevada, Los Vegas
- University of Southern California
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THEA 467
Career Development
An overview of current trends in casting for professional work in theatre, television and film. Includes visits from agents, managers, casting directors and working actors.
THEA 491
Surviving as an Artist
This course examines careers in acting, self-marketing, funding sources, show business, health, mentors, budgeting and financial considerations, resilience, as well as finding and creating work.
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Unions
Actors’ Equity
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
SAG/AFTRA
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
United Scenic ArtistsNational Organizations
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
American Theatre
Asian American Performers Action Coalition
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Association of Theatre Movement Educators
Black Theatre Network
Black Theatre Commons
Black Broadway Men
Broadway Advocacy Coalition
Broadway for Radical Justice
CAATA - The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists
Costume Society of America
Dramatists Guild of America
Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF)
Latinx Theatre Commons
MENA Theater Makers Alliance
National Alliance of Acting Teachers
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed
Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
Voice and Speech Trainers' Association