Why Shakespeare? Why now?
Working on William Shakespeare doesn’t just make you better at Shakespeare — it makes you a better actor, a sharper director, and a more versatile storyteller.
In THTRE 761: Advanced Acting – Shakespeare, you’ll dig into heightened language, verse, rhetoric, and text analysis in a way that strengthens everything you do on stage and in the rehearsal room. You learn how to think clearly, act decisively, and communicate complex ideas with precision and energy.
For actors, it builds confidence, clarity, and command of language.
For directors, it sharpens your ability to analyze text, shape action, and guide performance.
For Musical Theatre students, it’s one of the most valuable additions you can make — strengthening breath, phrasing, storytelling, and connection to text in ways that directly translate to song work.
Shakespeare demands rigor, imagination, and play. And if you can do Shakespeare well, you can do anything.
Offered Fall 2026. Step into the work.