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Muhlenberg College Theatre & Dance Welcomes UArts Students
Students planning to study the performing arts at UArts: We encourage you to explore Muhlenberg.
With its emphasis on exploration and collaboration, the Theatre Program at Muhlenberg serves as excellent preparation for a career in theatre — or a career anywhere else.
As a theatre major, you’ll explore an academic program designed to provide you a thorough background in the history, theory and literature of performance,with frequent opportunities for structured studio experiences in performance and design. Small class sizes allow for personalized instruction, with work that is intensive, demanding and rewarding. You'll be encouraged to individualize your education to fulfill all of your personal, creative and intellectual goals.
The theatre production program reinforces the philosophy that the study of theatre is both intellectual and practical. Serious training and intense interaction of faculty and students as artists provide a collaborative atmosphere. You'll have extensive opportunities in theatre and dance — and you'll be encouraged to participate in the Department's award-winning productions, exploring your interests through exciting, diverse performance experiences, from intimate blackbox dramas to Broadway-style musicals.
Meet the dedicated theatre faculty and staff and explore our approach to theatre education.
Our full-time and visiting faculty and professional staff will be your guides, mentors and collaborators.
Our flexible theatre curriculum offers many pathways to study: from acting to design to playwriting and more. Which will you explore?
The College is among just 15 percent of higher education institutions to make the list. Muhlenberg is also ranked #2 for Best College Theater and #19 for Best Campus Food and is included on the Best Mid-Atlantic and Green Colleges lists.
Theatre at Muhlenberg
“Muhlenberg was the place where I fell in love with the craft of acting. The professors really encouraged us to get involved in the creative process and find inspiration across multiple disciplines.”— Maggie Robertson '13 , Voice Actor
“I really love the increased collaborativeness of the environment with a work that’s still in development. I really felt like I was part of the process for both of these [student] works.”— Anna Item '25 , Theatre Major, English and Music Double Minor
“My main career goal has always been to design and create themed experiences … My education at Muhlenberg helped me form a strong foundation of tools that set me up for success. ”— Andrew Carey '17 , Theatre Major; Creative Designer
“Hearing and seeing the standing ovations took me somewhere else. To realize that I worked on that and now everyone gets to see what I helped to build—it’s a beautiful thing.”— Arianna Tilley '22 , Theatre and Dance Double Major
Students planning to study the performing arts at UArts: We encourage you to explore Muhlenberg.
Riley, who majored in theatre, has made an impact in the mid-tier market, including originating a role in the play the movie “Selma” was adapted from.
Hill was most recently a professor of theatre and performance making at the University of Roehampton, London.
Three Muhlenberg theatre alumni talk about their work on Broadway’s newest musical.