The Theatre Conservatory
Located in the heart of Chicago, one of the world's great theatre cities, Roosevelt University's Theatre Conservatory offers you the opportunity to study with leading professionals in a rigorous conservatory curriculum.
- Professional faculty and staff
- Low student/faculty ratio
- Visiting artists from Chicago and around the country
- B.F.A. programs in both Acting and Musical Theatre (undergraduate)
- Three-year M.F.A. Acting program with full tuition support (next entry semester TBD)
- Three-summer M.A. Directing program for current high school theatre teachers
- Opportunities for professional internships
- All students cast in an exciting season of plays and musicals
Because of the program's reputation for excellence, students from around the world have studied theatre at CCPA/Roosevelt. The university recruits nationally, with the majority of its student body coming from out of state. In the conservatory's outstanding internship program, students receive academic credit for interning at Chicago's professional theatres. With over 100 theatre companies in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, the Wall Street Journal recently touted Chicago's theatre scene as surpassing the theatre scene in New York City.
". . . I've come to feel that the Windy City is blowing the Big Apple out of its once-secure spot at the top of America's theatrical tree." -Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal, May 2010
