About
WMU Theatre is an exceptional learning environment dedicated to training our student artists with the skills necessary to pursue their goals in an ever-changing industry. We mindfully build a community that includes highly-motivated students, deeply committed faculty, engaged alumni, and a range of professional guests and specialists. Together, we produce intentional work that enriches the lives of artists and audiences alike. We are passionate about empowering a new generation of theatre, film, and media artists to shape a vibrant, inclusive, and innovative future for our art form.
WMU鈥檚 nationally award-winning program offers extensive onstage, offstage and behind the curtain training. The range of experiences to which you will be exposed is vast so that you can become the talented, vibrant, flexible theatre artist necessary in today鈥檚 field. Opportunities for participation in the production program begin during the freshman year. The department presents nine faculty-directed productions each season in three different theatres, which feature student designs in set, costumes, lighting and sound. Additional plays are presented in the laboratory theatre program and in the directing classes, allowing even more opportunities for onstage experience and student directing through our Footlight productions.
Here, you鈥檙e more than a student ID number. You are an individual鈥攚ith talents and goals that we are eager to help you develop and explore.
Why WMU?
- Conservatory-style training at a public university price.
- 8-10 main stage productions.
- Career building travel and study abroad opportunities.
- Direct engagement with theatre, film and television professionals from around the world.
Theatre productions are often recognized for their excellence. We have received top honors at the prestigious American College Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Alumni are regularly featured on Broadway, television, film and in regional theatres, and have received numerous Tony nominations.
WMU Theatre is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre. This association sets standards for curriculum and production programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels for institutions of higher learning and is considered a prestigious accolade.