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Career development is a lifelong process of self-discovery, career exploration, gaining meaningful experiences, intentional reflection, and career decision-making and planning. Utilize CLA Career Services staff and resources to help you navigate your career exploration and post-graduation planning process.
Theatre Arts majors develop great skills that are applicable to a wide variety of careers. These skills include performance and presentation skills, leadership skills, and critical thinking skills, among others.
Experience
you can do with a major in
Theatre Arts & Dance,
visit CLA Career Services or
explore Handshake, the U of M's
exclusive online career database.
Acting majors go on to successful careers in film and theater, the arts, speech and performance work, education, politics, publicity, and much more.
In addition, what you do outside of the classroom can improve your confidence, enhance your skills, and build your resume. Therefore, we encourage you to seek out real-world experience through research opportunities, community engagement, and internships to help you feel confident in your decision upon graduation. Students may also gain valuable and relevant skills by studying abroad or joining a student organization.
Excel
Prioritize your next steps by building an effective strategy for applying to graduate programs, jobs, and/or service opportunities. You are encouraged to schedule an individual appointment with a CLA Career Counselor by calling 612-624-7577, explore Handshake, the U of M’s exclusive job and internship search database. and attend upcoming employer and career events and workshops to start building a network.
411 Bruininks Hall
612.624.7577
Career Counselor, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance
Contact Erica Tealey for specialized career and graduate planning for Theatre Arts & Dance majors.
Alumni
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Evan Adams
Calvin Adams
Joshua Allen
Matt Amendt
Cullen Arbaugh
Chloe Armao
Alia Attallah
Allie Babich
Christian Bardin
Nathan Barlow
Anna Barry
Megan Bartle
Ivy Beech
Chloe Bell
Ernest Bentley
Liam Benzvi
Stephanie Bertumen
Joesph Bigelow
Alessandra Bongiardina
Christian Boomgaarden
Brooke Bowman
Kaitlyn Boyer
Joseph Bricker
John (Alex) Brightwell
Chase Broderick
Alyse Mone Brown
Berndt Brummel
Jessamine Burgum
Megan Burns
Danice Cabanela
Charlotte Calvert
Allyson Carey
Caleb Carlson
Meredith Casey
Aya Cash
Cristina Castro
Jeremey Catterton
Noah Causey
Hope Cervantes
Harlan Chambers
Aayush Chandan
Grant Chapman
Andreas Chaves
Nathan Cheeseman
Tony Clarno
Maura Clement
Bowen Cochran
Ryan Colbert
Katy Collins
Stephen Cook
Caroline Cooney
Claire Coppi
Avrielle Corti
Jennifer Cragg
Caleb Craig
Carena Crowell
Leah Curney
Ali Dachis
Elizabeth Davies
Eleonore Dendy
Roshni Desai
Lucie DeSancy
Ross Destiche
Miles Duffey
Antonio Duke
Kate Durand (Nelson)
Elyse Edelman
William Edson
Mackenzie Elker
Andrew Embry
Roberta Emerson
Reid Emmons
Elizabeth Erb
Elliot Eustis
Peter Farr
Corey Farrell
Josh Fazeli
Michael Fell
Shaina Ferguson
Zachary Fineblum
Austen Fisher
Santino Fontana
Jake Ford
Mark Foster
Katherine Fried
Lauriel Friedman
Melissa Friedmann
Duncan Frost
Brendan Frost
Amanda Fuller
Hope Funke
Robert Galligan
Ben Gansky
Stuart Gates
Rory Gilbert
Courtney Gilmore
Jonas Goslow
Kevin Gotch
Ben Griessmeyer
Elizabeth Griffith (Reese for equity)
Emily Grodzik
Sam Gromoll
Meghan Grover
Elizabeth Grullon
Roman Guastaferro
India Gurley
Buddy Haardt
Amaya Alonso Hallifax
Marc Halsey
Michael Hanna
Anna Hanson
Joanna Harmon
H. Adam Harris
Taylor Harvey
Grant Heuke
Bradley Hildebrandt
Casey Hoekstra
Ian Holcomb
Eric Holm
Robert Hope
ShaVunda Horsley
Haley Houck
Andrew Hovelson
Joanna Hubbard
Whitney Hudson
Rebecca Hurd
Brian James
Angela Janas
Breana Jarvis
Rachael Jenison
Justin Jenkins
Daniel Jimenez
Torsten Johnson
Steven Johnson
JuCoby Johnson
Victoria Johnson
Joy Jones
Nike Kadri
Thaddeus Kaszuba-Dias
Zachary Keenan
McKenna Kelly-Eiding
Hugh Kennedy
Kendall Kent
Aeysha Kinnunen
Michael Kirkpatrick
Kathleen Kleiger
Jennifer Klink
Suzannah Kohane
Emily Kolb
Mikaela Krantz
Meghan Kreidler
Pegeen Lamb
Rachel Lawhead
Kate Lawrey
Lucile Lawton
Shannon Leach
Kyle Legacion
James Leighton
Rebecca Leiner
Annalee Lethco
Damian Leverett
David Levitz
Michael Liebhauser
Ryan Lindberg
Benjamin Lohrberg
Rosey Lowe
Jackson Mackie
Maxwell Mainwood
Ryan Maltz
Ben Mandelbaum
Zachary Margolis
Rolando Martinez
Jack Matheson
Kayla McCaffrey
Ian McCarthy
Michael McDonald
Jennifer McGraw
Michael McKitt
Michael Mercier
Iman Milner
Am"Ber Montgomery
Ashley Montondo
Maeve Moynihan
Valeri Mudek
Galen Murphy-Hoffman
Luke Myers
Stanton Nash
Elan Nelson
Chelsie Newhard
Joesph Newton
Vivian Ngo
Skyler Nowinski
David O'Connell
Riley O'Toole
Meghan O’Neill
Lindsey Obrzut
Kelsey Olson
Remigio Ortiz
Shae Palic
Asta Paredes
Clare Parme
Ryan Patrick
Paris Hunter Paul
Samuel Pearson
Christopher Peltier
Jacob Perkins
Kelsey Peterjohn
Ashley Peterson
Daniel Piering
Cage Pierre
Renata Plecha
Max Polski
Renardo Pringle
Noah Putterman
Dustin Randall Bronson
Michael Rasmussen
Anna Reichert
Betsy Reisz
Shelby Richardson
Kelley Ristow
Courtney Roche
Nikki Rodenburg
Matthew Rodgers
Jason Rojas
Damion (Domino) Rosa (D'Lorian)
Carley Rosefelt
Benjamin Rosenbaum
Michael Roush
Kathleen Rudman
Jose Sabillon
Sophina Saggau
Daniel Hiroshi Sakamoto - Wengel
Andrea Sam Miguel (Gonzales)
Arusi Santesteban
Thallis Satesteban
Jessie Scarborough-Ghent
Eric Schabla
Alli Schaffer
Annie Schiferl
Miriam Schwartz
Sarah Schweitzer
Silas Sellnow
Emily Shain
Benjamin Shaw
John Skelley
Namir Smallwood
Victoria (Torie) Smith
Allison Snow
Sidney Solomon
Cody Sorensen
Zachary Soules
Elizabeth Stahlmann
Susanna Stahlmann
Prentiss Standridge
Nathaniel (Nate) Stevens
William Sturdivant
Samuel Taylor
Ricardo Vazquez
Claudia Vázquez
Vanessa Walsh
Vanessa Caye Wasche
Kendyl J. Watson
Jennifer Waweru
Christine Weber
Eric Weiman
Brandon Weinbrenner
Ryan Quinn West
Charlotte Williams
Olivia Wilusz
Natasha Wright
Adam Yazbeck
Jordan Zurn
Joshua Zwick
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