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Conservatory of Theatre Arts

Conservatory of

Theatre Arts

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Whether center stage or behind the scenes, we offer the perfect environment for making theatre.

Yerma (Written by Federico Garcia Lorca, Adapted by Pam Gems, Directed by Alexandru Mihail) featuring the work of Acting and Design/Tech ...
Orlando (Written by Virginia Woolf, Adapted by Sarah Ruhl, Directed by Rachel Dickstein) featuring the work of Theatre and Performance BA...
Pride and Prejudice

Transform Passion Into Profession

The Conservatory of Theatre Arts offers intensive, highly focused BFA training programs in Acting and Theatre Design/Technology and a Theatre and Performance BA program for those interested in exploring the history and aesthetics of world drama and the possibilities of theatrical expression—as directors, dramaturgs, and playwrights—within a broader liberal arts context.

Rebecca Rich
Meet the Director:
Rebecca Rich

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rebecca.rich@purchase.edu

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Your path to a robust career begins here—the only conservatory of theatre in the SUNY system.


Acting

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  • BFA

Theatre and Performance

  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA

Theatre Design/Technology

  • Major
  • BFA

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Learn more about each program’s individual application instructions.

Acting BFATheatre and Performance BADesign/Tech BFA


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Latest Stories

Precious Omigie

Precious Omigie ’23 Joins Shakespeare in the Park

The recent grad  joins award-winning cast members Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) in Twelfth Night, a comic romp about romance, gender roles, and mistaken identity.  

Micah Stock

Tony® Award Nominee Micah Stock ’11 Returns to Broadway in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’

Costarring Laurie Metcalf, the play debuted last summer at the renowned Steppenwolf Theater Company where Stock was hailed by The Chicago Sun Times as “shockingly terrific” and “a revelation.”

Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff in season three of HBO's The White Lotus. (Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO)

In the Emmy Spotlight: Parker Posey and Stanley Tucci

And the shows featuring our alumni that rose to the top.

Upcoming Events

Oct
17

Water by the Spoonful - Conservatory of Theatre Arts

by Quiara Alegría Hudes, directed by Kadina de Elejalde

Water by the Spoonful
is a powerful drama about trauma, recovery, and connection across generations in a Puerto Rican family. Alongside Elliot, an Iraq War veteran, the play features a diverse online support group of recovering addicts from varied cultural backgrounds. Blending reality and virtual worlds, it explores healing, forgiveness, and the search for belonging in a fractured, multicultural America.

This production is funded in part by the LISTO grant, with support from the US Department of Education.

7:30pm
Oct
18

Mosquitoes - Conservatory of Theatre Arts

by Lucy Kirwood, directed by Joshua Fardon

Mosquitoes
is a sharp, moving drama about science, family, and belief. Set in Geneva near the Large Hadron Collider—the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator—it follows two sisters, one a scientist and the other a skeptic, as they clash over truth, loss, and responsibility. With wit and emotional depth, Mosquitoes explores family chaos and the search for meaning in an uncertain universe.

1:30pm
Oct
18

Water by the Spoonful - Conservatory of Theatre Arts

by Quiara Alegría Hudes, directed by Kadina de Elejalde

Water by the Spoonful
is a powerful drama about trauma, recovery, and connection across generations in a Puerto Rican family. Alongside Elliot, an Iraq War veteran, the play features a diverse online support group of recovering addicts from varied cultural backgrounds. Blending reality and virtual worlds, it explores healing, forgiveness, and the search for belonging in a fractured, multicultural America.

This production is funded in part by the LISTO grant, with support from the US Department of Education.

7:30pm

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