Program Overview

Stage Management B.F.A.

About this Program

Combine classroom and experiential learning. Learn and receive individual attention from the professionals at Syracuse Stage, a professional theater company that shares a theater complex with the department. Participate behind the scenes as a production assistant in your first year. Work after your first year as an assistant stage manager or production stage manager for department main stage productions and intern with Syracuse Stage. Experience immersive learning opportunities in New York City, Los Angeles and London (in partnership with Rose Bruford College). Collaborate with community members with disabilities to co-create theater in an inclusive environment through our All Star C.A.S.T. (Community Actors and Students’ Theater) workshops. Benefit from a strong, supportive alumni network.

Program Information

• Degree Type: B.F.A.
• Major: Stage Management
• Modality: In-person
• College or School: College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Career Path: Business and Finance, Performing Arts

Curriculum

• Drama requirements: 42 credits
• Stage management requirements: 44 credits
• Theater laboratory: 0 credits
• Drama electives: 8 credits
• Academic requirements: 6 credits
• Academic electives: 23 credits
• Total Credits Required: 124

Extracurricular Opportunities

• Study abroad opportunity: London Semester
  • Stage management majors can participate in Syracuse Abroad’s World Partner program with Rose Bruford College in London.
• Immersion opportunity: Tepper Semester
  • The Tepper Semester is a rigorous artistic training program that allows you to live and study in the heart of the New York professional theater scene.
• Immersion opportunity: VPA LA Semester
  • The VPA LA Semester is an immersive professional development program that provides you with the opportunity to work as an intern in Los Angeles while taking academic courses taught by LA professionals with expertise in their given disciplines.
• Immersion opportunity: Sorkin Week
  • Supported by drama alumnus and Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning writer and producer Aaron Sorkin, the Sorkin in LA Learning Practicum provides you with a week-long, “hit-the-studios-running” immersion in Los Angeles, the heart of America’s film and television industries.

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