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- Julie Tucker, NYC Independent Casting Director
(Casting credits include the Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and HBO's Six Feet Under)
“The energy and skills Fordham students
bring to their theatre classes are an inspiration to a teacher.”
- Marian Seldes,
Actor and Fordham Theatre Adjunct Faculty
Fordham Theatre training embraces a company concept with all theatre
students participating as members of the Fordham University Theatre
Company. Each student has the opportunity to work on four faculty- or
guest-directed mainstage productions and up to twenty-five student-directed
and student-written studio theatre productions per year.
The program gives students the flexibility to pursue one of four tracks (Performance, Design & Production, Playwriting, or Directing) and stresses the value and marketability of a well-trained, well-rounded theatre major. All theatre majors, regardless of track, take the Fordham liberal arts core which is eighteen courses. Oftentimes, diversification of skills is the key to getting a first job in the theatre and, to that end, students are encouraged to study acting, playwriting, directing, design, theatre history, and stage management, with a specialization in any one of these areas tailored to the individual student. Students are also encouraged to participate in experimental theatre.
Additionally, the theatre has a multidisciplinary approach and encourages students to study with other departments at Fordham such as English, Visual Arts, Media Studies, and Communications.
The diversification of faculty and distinguished guest artists gives students exciting opportunities to work with leading theatre professionals and begin to focus on their particular interests and strengths.
The interface of liberal arts courses with the extremely diverse theatre courses provides students the opportunity to discover their unique and individual areas of artistic talent and self-expression.
