The Mission of the Department of Drama

The Department of Drama is engaged in the creation, investigation and understanding of theater and the storytelling arts. Our mission is to offer our students opportunities to join us in this pursuit so that they can expand their experience, build their skills as artists and scholars, and articulate a vision for their own future as artists, storytellers, teachers and citizens.

We see this mission as essential to the task of building a more equitable, inclusive, and inquisitive society. To that end, we are committed to training and educating students whose creative and scholarly activity is informed by creative and critical thinking, deep exploration within the theatrical laboratory, and a close examination of the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that affect our lives.