About the Program
At Tisch Drama, our interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for a sustained career in the performing arts and related fields. You’ll benefit from a curriculum that has practical and theoretical components. Partnering with many of the country’s top professional theatre training institutions, our students enjoy rigorous training in acting, directing, musical performance, production, design, or stage management. Your in-studio training is enriched by an expansive and innovative academic curriculum. That includes theatre studies and general education programs, as well as elective courses in the humanities and sciences. Aside from curricular performance experience in-studio, you will be able to audition for a wide variety of productions and rehearsal projects led by world-famous theatre artists and faculty.
Tisch Drama's ethic of collaboration seeks to nurture belonging as learners in the department. A culture that centers on belonging requires a collaborative process that develops connection, mutual aid and trust; it encourages our community to be rigorously curious collaborators, and it is at its best when we can readily move through conflict with care and hold one another accountable for our growth—as individuals and community.
Upon graduation, Tisch Drama students earn a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) and will have honed and exercised creative, analytical, and intellectual skills that have prepared them for artistic and professional achievement in the performing arts, related fields, and beyond. For more details about each component of our program, read below.
The Theatre Studies curriculum focuses on the theoretical and historical aspects of the larger field of performance. Courses provide students with foundational knowledge of their chosen area of study and future profession.
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There are two levels of professional training: primary and advanced. Primary training studios provide an intensive conservatory program that lays a strong foundation in a particular technique. At the advanced level, a variety of additional training options are available.
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General Education (or Liberal Arts) courses take students into the College of Arts and Science at NYU, enabling them to consider and pursue all kinds of academic interests.
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Elective courses offer additional study in professional training or academic curriculum. You can also benefit from the Artistic electives offered by Tisch Drama, including stage combat, private voice lessons, dance classes, and audition technique.
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