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Our 2021-22 Season

Our theme for this season — “Glimmers in the Dark: Tales of Grit and Grace” — celebrates the return of live performance while also honoring the many challenges of the past year. Season subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now!

Welcome to Auburn University Theatre and Dance

AU Theatre and Dance students do it all, from performance to technology, design, and management. You name it, our students are making it happen! Our students are champions in fulfilling the mission of the Department of Theatre and Dance: for the Auburn family, for surrounding communities, and into the world beyond.

BFA in Music Theatre

Are you a "triple threat" with a passion for musicals? The BFA in Music Theatre is a four-year degree track that offers practical, pre-professional skills in acting, dancing, and singing for the student whose ambition is to be a professional musical theatre artist. Learn more...

BA in Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre is a wide-ranging, comprehensive degree program that offers students the opportunity to engage deeply in all the various components of creating, curating, and critiquing performance. All theatre students share a common series of courses, but the BA has many more electives that allow students to chart their own path. Learn more…

Minor in Dance

The Minor in Dance is an exciting and rapidly growing program within the Department of Theatre. This program is open to all students at Auburn University and accommodates everyone who are just beginners to the experienced dancer who wants to continue training throughout their college career. Learn more...

BFA in Design/Technology

Rated in The Top 30 College Theatre Design and Tech Programs for 2019-2020, this program offers a practical foundation in all areas of theatre production, including scenic, lighting, sound, costume and property design, etc. The BFA in Design and Technology provides a foundation for a career in theatre and related fields. Learn more...

BFA in Performance

The BFA in Performance engages actors in a rigorous course of study including scene study, text analysis, voice, dialects, mask work, on camera training, and more. Students have opportunities to attend audition workshops with working professional actors and producers and audition for every show in the department's season. Learn more...

Minor in Theatre

Love theatre but have other commitments? Get a minor! A minor in theatre can open many exciting doors in your college career. Through the many and varied course choices available, you can craft a unique minor experience specialized in such things as performance, design or management. Learn more...

BFA in Theatre Management

The BFA in Theatre Management trains our future leaders in the field, giving each student a breadth of opportunities within a production, not only including management but also creation and design. Students are given experience as paid student workers and ample opportinites for production credits. Learn more...

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Degree Programs and Areas of Study

BFA Performance / Music Theatre

Happenings and Connections

Theatre News

Auburn University's Department of Theatre & Dance Welcomes Four Guest Designers for its fall production of Spring Awakening: The 2021-2022 theatre and dance season, Glimmers in the Dark, marks the return to live theatre in the Telfair B Peet Theatre after a year unlike any other for the performance world at large. This season offers performances that engage with this particular moment and encourage light and hope at the end of a difficult period. Spring Awakening is our first musical offering for the season.

Behind the Stage: Behind the Stage: Talking "Spring Awakening" with Costume Designer Bailey Hammett: Opening November 11^th, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Auburn University is presenting its first musical of the 2021-2022 season. “Spring Awakening”, directed by Andrew Schwartz, features the work of numerous guest designers. However, one thing that makes this production unique is the inclusion of a student Costume Designer—Bailey Hammett.

Alumnus London Carlisle currently starring in "HANDS UP" at the Alliance Theatre: Many of our alumni scatter across the country after graduation looking for job opportunities, grad school, and auditions. 2019 graduate London Carlisle has found his way back near The Loveliest Village on the Plains by getting cast in “HANDS UP” at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.