BA in Theatre
A Degree in Imagination
We have scaled the peaks of Technology, cruised
the Information Highway, and now we have entered
the Age of Imagination.
Why a degree in theatre offers you the best of all possible
worlds in the age of imagination
- A theatre degree equips you with transferable skills that are
highly prized in the arts and entertainment industry, commerce,
education, the Law, social sciences, the Peace Corps,
not-for-profit organizations, and government.
- There are 365 separate career paths in the performing arts,
film and television. A BA in theatre opens the door to all of
them.
- In 2005 nearly two million Americans said their primary
employment was in jobs that the census defines as artists'
occupations. Their combined income was about $70 billion, a median
of $34,800 each. Another 300,000 said artist was their second
job.
- The NEA's Artists in the Workforce report identified
185,000 writers, 170,000 musicians and singers, nearly 40,000
actors and 25,000 dancers. (They have the youngest median age, 26,
and the highest proportion of minority workers, 40 percent.)
- Butler Theatre grads are in top graduate schools in this
country and abroad.
- At Butler we train leaders.
- International
Theatre Exchange
- Butler Theatre is a mid-west institution with a global
reach.