The Department of Theatre and Dance trains you in the full range of theatrical disciplines, providing you with mentorship and support in creative expression, critical thinking and personal development. Our goal is to create total theatre artists.
Theatre Arts Major
The Theatre department at Drew is dedicated to a broad-based study of the history, literature, theory and practice of theatre and its various disciplines in the context of an overall liberal arts education. Students grow as artists through rigorous academic courses, internships, exciting opportunities for professional collaboration and an extensive co-curricular production program that centers on student initiative. Course Requirements/Listings
Theatre Arts Minor
Musical Theatre Minor
The Musical Theatre Minor is an interdisciplinary program incorporating the study of acting, dance, movement, vocal arts, performance history, and related musical subjects. The program distinctively offers students the opportunity to create original musicals as well as to participate in immersive experiences.
Arts Administration: Performing Arts Minor
Applied Performance Minor
Dance Minor
The Dance Minor strives to create well-rounded dancers and choreographers who are effective collaborators, literate in the study of dance and able to critically analyze dance and movement through research and performance. We develop artists who can recognize the many cultural and social influences that help to inform and shape dance today and can integrate these ideas into the creation of dance.
Latest News
Women’s History Month: A Reflection from Kimani Fowlin
Words of inspiration and vision from the Associate Professor of Dance and Chair of the Theatre and Dance Department
Drew University Theatre Class Focuses on Consent
Course, workshop use applied performance to educate
Drew University Announces 2024 Artist in Residence, Stage and TV Director Scott Ellis
Hosted in Drew’s Theatre and Dance Department
Drew University Remains a Princeton Review Top College
Also named Top 20 in Best College Theater, Lots of Race/Class Interaction categories
Drew University Students Land Competitive Conservatory Internships
Three students are spending their summers in the Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse
Musical By Drew University Professors Provides Learning, Performing Experience for Students
“Airborne: A Bessie Coleman Story” features Drew professors as dramaturg, choreographer
