Conservatory of
Theatre Arts
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Conservatory of Theatre Arts
A Bright Room Called Day
Whether center stage or behind the scenes, we offer the perfect environment for making theatre.
Transform Passion Into Profession
The Conservatory of Theatre Arts offers intensive, highly focused BFA professional 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 theatre-makers—within a broader liberal arts context.
Your path to a robust career begins here—the only conservatory of theatre in the SUNY system.
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Learn more about each program’s individual application instructions.
Acting BFATheatre and Performance BADesign/Tech BFA
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For illuminating a world of vast, dark spaces and flying vampires for the stage adaptation of the cult classic film, Schriever has already won a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award.
Hunter Selby ’18 Joins WWE as Director of Show Production and Design
The three-time Emmy Award-nominated lighting designer will lead the creation of dynamic on-screen visuals for WWE’s live broadcasts and televised events.
Upcoming Events
Sep
23
Anon(ymous) - Conservatory of Theatre Arts
by Noami Iizuka, directed by Michi Barall
This workshop style production reimagines Homer’s The Odyssey as a modern-day story about a young refugee named Anon searching for his mother in the United States, blending magical realism with themes of displacement, identity, and the immigrant experience.
Sep
24
Anon(ymous) - Conservatory of Theatre Arts
by Noami Iizuka, directed by Michi Barall
This workshop style production reimagines Homer’s The Odyssey as a modern-day story about a young refugee named Anon searching for his mother in the United States, blending magical realism with themes of displacement, identity, and the immigrant experience.
Sep
25
Anon(ymous) - Conservatory of Theatre Arts
by Noami Iizuka, directed by Michi Barall
This workshop style production reimagines Homer’s The Odyssey as a modern-day story about a young refugee named Anon searching for his mother in the United States, blending magical realism with themes of displacement, identity, and the immigrant experience.
