<p>I have found it a bit difficult to find detailed info on some college websites re: student run theater groups. So, anyone have suggestions / positive experiences of top colleges (tier 1 level) that have numerous opportunities for students to participate extracurricularly in theater productions, regardless of whether they are theater majors or taking theater classes. Thanks in advance, Ms. L</p>
<p>Rice. The Residential Colleges are always putting on productions and there is always the Rice Players. Really easy to participate in this stuff without being a Visual Arts major (there are not many of these). They are also pretty good.</p>
<p>At Brandeis University, the Undergraduate Theatre Collective is the umbrella organization for a number of student-run theater clubs, including the Tympanium Euphorium (musical theater), the Brandeis Players and the Hillel Theatre Group. All are open to non-majors and are quite active.</p>
<p>Yale has lots as well.</p>
<p>When we were looking at colleges, we were told that Northwestern has the most extracurricular theatre productions per year of any campus in the country, and from what I saw and read, I believe it. The quality of the two shows we saw there were remarkable as well.</p>
<p>Harvard probably has the most prolific and extraordinary extracurricular programs across the board of any college, and that certainly includes theatre productions.</p>
<p>bump … any more to consider?</p>
<p>Harvard has lots.</p>
<p>For the second year in a row College of the Holy Cross was awarded the New England Theatre Conference’s (NETC) Moss Hart Award for best college play in New England [Holy</a> Cross Theatre Department Receives Moss Hart Award for Best College Production | College of the Holy Cross](<a href=“http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/press_releases/2008-2009/08_11_13a]Holy”>http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/press_releases/2008-2009/08_11_13a)</p>
<p>Penn has a very vibrant student-run theater scene:</p>
<p>[Performing</a> Arts Council](<a href=“http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pac/]Performing”>http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/pac/)</p>
<p>and recently opened the Platt Student Performing Arts House (Penn alum and donor Mark Platt produced the film “Legally Blonde” and the orginal Broadway production of the musical “Wicked”), just to house and provide rehearsal space for student-run performing arts groups:</p>
<p>[Platt</a> Student Performing Arts House](<a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/platthouse/]Platt”>Home - Platt Performing Arts House)</p>
<p>Penn’s Theater Arts academic program is fairly small, and the vast majority of participants in theater productions are NOT Theater Arts majors.</p>
<p>I would ask this in the Theater Major board, people should be able to give you better answers. I would think most liberal arts schools should have good theatre programs such as Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc.</p>