Dream Your Dream
The lights dim. The audience gasps. The spotlight’s on you.

“The quality of mercy is not strained...”

OK, maybe you don’t want to do Shakespeare. Maybe you’d rather be in the next Spielberg. Or maybe you’d like to be a producer. One of Marquette’s graduates produced the Academy Award winning movie, “The Little Mermaid.”

The Performing Arts program gives students a solid training in acting, directing, theatre management, set, sound and costume design and construction.

"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul" - George Bernard Shaw.

Learning Power
Students get their bachelor’s degree in a strong liberal arts environment. Small class sizes provide personalized instruction.

Did We Mention?
Scholarships are available in performance and in technical theatre areas.

For more information on this major including courses click here.

Get Real
Classical, contemporary and new works, including musicals, fill the diverse main-stage season. Performances are in the 226-seat Helfaer Theatre, a 499-seat theatre in the Weasler Auditorium and an 89-seat proscenium theatre in Straz Tower. Get an internship with one of the professional companies only blocks from campus.