“Georgetown…in recent years has established itself as the region’s most imaginative academic outpost for drama.”
The Washington Post
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Housed in the Davis Performing Arts Center, the Theater & Performance Studies Program features a nationally recognized faculty of leading scholar/artists and professional practitioners, with a dynamic interdisciplinary major that emphasizes the interaction of artistic and analytic inquiry. The Program has rapidly attracted significant national attention for its distinctive curriculum, which integrates the political and international character of Georgetown, a commitment to social justice, and high-quality, cutting-edge production seasons, including world premieres. In 2012, Backstage selected the Program as one of the top five college theater programs outside of New York.
The Theater & Performance Studies Program provides unique focus on adapting, devising and developing new work, interdisciplinary research-to-performance projects such as senior theses, cross-cultural performance studies, and innovative approaches to design and multi-media, as well as playwriting, directing, dramaturgy, ensemble, and solo performance.
The Program invests in a distinctive array of professional partnerships and collaborations, including with Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, with a growing focus on global performance and politics, as represented by international convenings and residencies (Belarus Free Theatre, Ping Chong, Baghdad University, Anna Deavere Smith) and by the establishment of the Laboratory of Global Performance and Politics, a collaborative initiative with the School of Foreign Service. Each year the Program hosts residencies with guest artists who collaborate deeply with students in the classroom and in the life of the Davis Performing Arts Center. Our major prepares students for lives in varied fields, including the arts, education, public service, and cultural criticism. Learn more about our Alumni and their professional trajectories.
Find an archive of past Theater and Performance Studies Seasons here.
Georgetown Voice: A spotlight at the end of the tunnel? Theater reopenings prompt questions of accessibility
June 9th, 2021
A new article from The Georgetown Voice explores the future of theater, including an interview with Lab Co-Director and Dept. of Performing Arts Chai…
Georgetown College’s Tropaia 2021 Student Award Winners
May 27th, 2021
Every year, Georgetown College honors its top academic achievers in the annual Tropaia ceremony. Congratulations to our two Department of P…
Prof. Soyica Diggs Colbert’s biography of Lorraine Hansberry Reviewed in New York Times
April 15th, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Soyica Diggs Colbert, whose “loving, lavishly detailed” new book on Lorraine Hansberry, “Radical Vision,” was featured on th…
Sunbath, Created by Fatima Dyfan (C’21)
March 29th, 2021
SNAPSHOTS from SUNBATH, a work-in-development by FATIMA DYFAN (C’21) in her first stumble-through of the whole piece! Created from memories, imagina…
