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COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS: SCHOOL OF DRAMA

The College of Fine Arts is a GRADUATED CLASS – SPRING 2020 community of nationally and internationally recognized artists Popular First-Year Courses and professionals organized into five schools: architecture, art, 42 > Stagecraft GRADUATED design, drama and music, and its CLASS > Directing I: Sources associated centers and programs. > Movement I > Dramaturgy I: The College of Fine Arts enhances and integrates Drama Admitted Student Averages Approaches to Text the excellence and distinction of its top-ranked schools with the strengths of the university to SAT-ERW SAT-M ACTE ACTM ACTC > Studiocraft establish a position of international leadership > Ballet I in preparing students to engage successfully 690-730 650-710 31-34 26-28 29-32 with local and international communities and in transforming the professions through critical Middle 50% ranges inquiry and creative production.

Uniquely positioned within an internationally ranked tier-one research university, the College of Fine Arts and its students truly meet at the intersection of the arts and technology every day. The College of Fine Arts offers the unique We educate brilliant artists, designers, actors, opportunity of a concentrated conservatory setting singers, musicians, architects and urban designers who, upon graduation, bring innovative solutions inside a world-class university environment. to their fields.

PROGRAMS FACULTY

Acting Notable Faculty

Design > Catherine Moore, teaching professor and option coordinator for acting and music theater, has received Costume recognition as “Best Female Actor Combatant” three years Lighting in a row at the SAFD National Stage Combat Workshop Scenic held at the University of , Las Vegas. 42 Sound FACULTY Video & Media > Tomé Cousin, associate professor of dance, is a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab and has directed Directing productions of Susan Stroman's Contact the world, most recently in Korea. Dramaturgy > Susan Tsu, University Professor of costume Music Theater design, is an award-winning, internationally renowned costume designer. She has designed theater, opera Production Technology & Management and television, including the award-winning hit musical Stage and Production Management Godspell and The Joy Luck Club. In 2016, she won Technical Direction the TDF/Irene Shariff Lifetime Achievement Award.

90 GRADUATE90 SUCCESS 2019 TOP EMPLOYERS

% Distinguished alumni and faculty Walt Disney 90.6 populate the ranks of the international

EMPLOYED % entertainment industries, working in Universal Television 1.9 every capacity including agencies, OTHER Second Stage

production companies, management,

design and performance: 2019 % Theatre Club > Broadway +26I + GRADUATES* 5.7 NO Actors' Equity Association INFORMATION > Broadway touring productions AVAILABLE > Cirque du Soleil Roundabout Theatre Company 1.9% > Film, both major studio and independent Williamstown Theatre Festival PLANS > Regional Theater, including Oregon PENDING Signature Theatre Company Shakespeare Festival and Williamstown Theater Festival *Percentages recorded as of January 2020 CLO > The Scenic Route New York Musical Festival > Television, both network and streaming > William Morris Endeavor

Alumni Accomplishments

Matt Bomer (A 2000) and Zachary Quinto (1995) was nominated for his leading role in the turns as Aaron Burr and Angelica Schuyler (A 1999) co-starred in the hit revival of Boys revival of Falsettos, and Kevin Emrick (2007) respectively. Rory O'Malley (2003) stepped in in the Band on Broadway. was nominated as producer for by for as King George III in the Lynn Nottage. spring of 2016 and was a member of the Eugene Lee (A 1975) and Andrew Leitch touring company. (A 2012) both won 2017 for their Six School of Drama alumni were nominated for work as production designers on Saturday Night 12 in 2018: Jamie DeRoy won three Mark Worthington (1991) has been the Live and Veep respectively. awards for producing Best Musical Award winner production designer for for The Band's Visit; Best Revival of a Play winner, the past five seasons and was nominated for a (1979) has been the creative force ; and Best Revival of a Musical 2016 Emmy Award for Outstanding Production behind some of prime time’s biggest hit television winner Once On This Island. Additionally Jules Design of a Narrative Program for his work on series like ER, The , Third Watch and Fisher (A 1960) and AHS: Hotel. Worthington has been nominated for Shameless. He’s won six prime-time Emmys and (A 1983) were nominated for their lighting five Primetime Emmys for his work onAHS and has been nominated numerous times. designs of The Iceman Cometh and Once On This Ugly Betty. John Shaffner (1976) and Joe Stewart (1977), Island respectively; Grey Henson (A 2012) was Michael Cohen’s (2009) Broadway Stage have done art direction and production design nominated for his role as Damien in Mean Girls; Management credits include Amazing Grace for , The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Peter Hylenski (A 1997) was nominated for the and Chaplin. Half Men (for the latter, they were nominated for sound design of Once On This Island; and Ann an Emmy). Roth (A 1953) was nominated for her costume Four School of Drama alumni were nominated for designs of The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Tony Awards in 2017: Denée Benton (2014) and and Carousel. Josh Groban (1999-2000) were both nominated Numerous School of Drama alumni have played for their titular roles in the musical Natasha, Pierre in the cast of the musical phenomenon . and the Great Comet of 1812, Both Leslie Odom Jr. (2003) and Renée Elise Goldsberry (1993) won Tony Awards for their

OFFICE OF ADMISSION DID YOU KNOW? CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 5000 FORBES AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15213-3890 T: 412.268.2082 Carnegie Mellon University alumni have won Playground is a festival of student- F: 412.268.7838 1. a total of 50 Tony Awards. 4. produced work. For one full week, without E: [email protected]

scheduled classes, students are invited to carnegiemellonadmission In 1917, Carnegie Mellon granted the first 2. participate in this festival and take on new CarnegieMellonU undergraduate degree in drama in the work, incorporating innovation and risk- CarnegieMellon United States. taking with an interdisciplinary approach. Carnegie Mellon University CMadmission Drama students also go abroad! Locations Performed over three days, it typically 3. produces 50 different works, ranging from visited over the years include Australia, Choose your program England, South Africa and France. musicals, plays, dance performances, films, light shows, installations and murals. Change the world

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