Careers in Theater
Recent EMU graduates are working as stage designers, technicians, directors, and actors.
Possible Theater Careers
- Acting (stage, television and film)
- Directing, playwriting
- Design (scenic, costume, lighting and sound)
- Marketing
- Theater administration
- Drama ministry
- Journalism
- Drama therapy
- Theater for young audiences
- Children’s theater
- Technical theater
- Conflict transformation
- Theater scholarship
- Theater education
Internships and Practicums
While at EMU, students can take advantage of our Washington Community Scholars’ Center, the university’s residential seminar and internship program in the nation’s capitol.
EMU Theater students are afforded the exciting opportunity to engage in internships and advanced theater study with professional companies in one of our country’s premier theater communities.
Current Grads in the Field
Our graduates are active in professional fields such as acting, theater administration, and drama ministry, a breadth of interest also embraced by the department’s current students.
At EMU, the commitment to developing, sharing and employing our work and gifts is absolute.
