Highly-skilled professionals and up-to-date equipment provide scenery and costumes for three performance spaces at Webster University. It's in this environment that students learn their craft.
Costume Construction demands design execution of the highest standards. Students learn advanced technical production, welding, theatre management, theatre building design, and, where appropriate, stage management.
Students traditionally work in internship programs with other theatres, manufacturers and designers. Under the guidance of professionals, they work to accomplish safe and efficient results of the designer's wishes and dreams.
The on-campus presence of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Dance St. Louis ensures that students compare their work to that of professionals.
Graduating seniors travel to New York each March and put on a showcase for agents and directors. Production students put their work up in portfolio review fashion and hold an open house for invited professionals.
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Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
Webster University's Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts enables students to become confident, intellectually prepared artists and performers in a global environment. Our art, music, theatre and dance majors combine significant studio experiences with an excellent faculty-driven liberal arts education. Many alumni have been nominated for and won Tony, Emmy, and Academy Awards. Theatre graduates are currently with national touring companies of Peter Pan, Chicago, Cabaret, and Sunset Boulevard.
Fast Facts
St. Louis, Missouri
Student to Faculty ratio:
16:1
Average class size:
15-25 students
Student Body:
Represents 46 U.S. states and 130 countries
Mascot:
Gorlok
International Campuses:
Cha-am/Hua Hin, Thailand
Geneva, Switzerland
Leiden, the Netherlands
London, England
Vienna, Austria
