Columbia University is a unique school located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on the Morningside Heights campus. According to Columbia University, students learn "to familiarize themselves with the prevailing traditions of Western and non-Western drama, theatre, and performance scholarship, as well as to identify a specific trajectory of individual research" in the Ph.D. program in theatre. Graduates have achieved tenure-track careers at top schools including Stanford, Princeton, Boston University, Indiana University, King's College London, and The University of Texas at Austin. The program emphasizes contemporary study of theatre and society.
Columbia University
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6902
212-854-1754
columbia.edu
According to CUNY, their theatre program is important because it was ranked fifth in the country for its faculty's scholarly achievement. Faculty have won notable awards, including a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. The school rated fourth in the country for its humanities program after Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Students take part in the research of theatre and the study of drama. They are also expected to gain an understanding of the history of theatrical theory and theatre.
City University of New York
365 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10016
212-817-8870
gc.cuny.edu
New York University Steinhardt (NYU) offers an award-winning program, the oldest in the country, in Educational Theatre. Students have the opportunity to study abroad with faculty skilled in their field in places that included England, Ireland and Brazil in 2010. Students applying to NYU must prepare a two-minute monologue audition. The audition process also includes a group audition with improvisation and drama work. Students can earn teaching certification through the program to become qualified to teach theatre.
New York University Steinhardt
10 Astor Place 6th Floor
New York, New York 10003
212-998-1400
nyu.edu