NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

ENROLLMENT

• The Production & Design Studio is a program within the Drama Department at NYU-Tisch. Drama has roughly 1,400 students with the vast majority (1,250) being acting and musical theater majors. There are about 30-40 directing students and between 55-60 Production & Design majors.

ACCEPTANCE

• On average how many students a year does NYU accept into the Tech program. Our incoming class is roughly 14-15 students of all disciplines - scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, management - both design and technical.

DRAW FOR STUDENTS

• Our faculty work in the profession - both in NYC and around the world, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in developmental productions. Since they work in NYC, they don't need to travel to teach! And they are fantastic - the Stage Managers from Lion King, August Wilson plays, Matilda; scenic design associate work on The Great Comet and American Psycho as well as the touring set for Beyoncé. Costume design for Hand to God on Broadway. Just to name few

DRAW FOR STUDENTS

DRAW FOR STUDENTS

• on expects that you will take challenging courses in the liberal arts and theater studies (history, literature and dramaturgy) as well as a deep study of the art, craft and business in studio. You have the ability to craft your focus to balance the studio/theater studies/liberal arts in a way that best suits your interests. Our management training features a belief that the manager is a creative, artistic collaborator in the process of making great theater. With 1,400 students in our department, we do a LOT of shows. There are easily more than 150 plays and musicals done each year. Some are small projects with little or no production/design and we do 5 major productions that are fully produced. The graduate theater departments and the Undergraduate Drama Department are separate programs. We have our own shops, theaters, faculty, staff and production season. The graduate departments have their own. Because of this, our shows are for our students and our P&D students are the heads of the creative teams.

How can New York University provide the best training for the future?

• ​I think that what was shared about our "draw" is the first part of that answer. Another part is that our training looks beyond the "industry" of theater - namely the commercial and profession theater that is produced in the world. It envisions our alumni shaping the field of ​theater - that includes the industry, but also the academic, this historic, the education, the research into performance that is bigger than simply the stage. I believe that our training - studio, academic and hands-on experiences - provides a solid foundation, a process or technique that allows our alumni to find successful careers in theater, dance, television and film. And, if they want to, successful careers in industries and professions that are beyond the theater.