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Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts offers professional training programs in acting, musical theatre, directing, design, technical theatre and stage management.
Sargent Conservatory is associated with professional theatre companies, two of which are on campus: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Explore below to learn more about our sequential and intensive programs for training theatre artists.
Meet our 2022-2023 seniors, whose work for Senior Showcase highlights the array of experiences and artistic work integral to our training.

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Blood at the Root | Sep. 29–Oct. 8 |
Romeo and Juliet | Nov. 3–5 |
The Spitfire Grill | Dec. 1–10 |
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot | Feb. 23–Mar. 3 |
Silence | Mar. 29–31 |
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Apr. 26–28 |
Blood at the Root
By Dominique Morisseau
Emerson Studio Theatre
Sep. 29–Oct. 8, 2023
A striking ensemble drama based on the Jena Six — six Black students who were initially charged with attempted murder for a school fight after being provoked with nooses hanging from a tree on campus — Blood at the Root by Dominique Morisseau (Sunset Baby, Detroit '67, Skeleton Crew) examines the miscarriage of justice, racial double standards, and the crises in relations between men and women of all classes and, as a result, the shattering state of Black family life.
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Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Adapted by Hilary Tate
Nov. 3–5, 2023
This will be Sargent Conservatory's first-ever production of William Shakespeare's tragedy about star-crossed lovers.
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The Spitfire Grill
Music and book by James Valcq
Lyrics and book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff
Stage III
Dec. 1–10, 2023
Based on the hit 1996 film, The Spitfire Grill is a heartwarming and inspirational musical tale of redemption, perseverance and family. Set in a small Wisconsin town, the show features a gorgeous, soulful score by James Valcq. The show premiered off-Broadway at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street on September 7, 2001.
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The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Emerson Studio Theatre
Feb. 23–Mar. 3, 2024
Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner.
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Silence
By Moira Buffini
Stage III
Mar. 29–31, 2024
Set during the Dark Ages but with contemporary overtones, Silence is the tale of Lord Silence of Cumbria who is forced to marry a fiery French noblewoman, Ymma of Normandy. This unlikely pairing exposes a revelation which makes them flee for their lives, and embark on a provocative journey of self-discovery. Silence won the 1997-1998 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
By Dave Malloy
Browning Mainstage Theatre
Apr 26–28, 2024
From the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation. Following a critically exalted premiere at Ars Nova in New York City, a subsequent Off-Broadway transfer, and an acclaimed run on Broadway, this award-winning musical expands the possibilities for the genre with its daring score and bold storytelling.
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Undergraduate Majors and Minors
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Construction
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Design
- Bachelor of Arts in Directing
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lighting Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Scene Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Scene Painting
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sound Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Technical Direction
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Wig and Makeup Design
To complete a minor in theatre, students must take a minimum of 18 credit hours from the courses below. All credit must be completed at Webster. Courses to fulfill a requirement for any major cannot also be used to fulfill a requirement for the minor in theatre.
Theatre Courses
- THEA 1050 Theatre Appreciation (3 hours) — GCP Arts Appreciation/Written Communication
- THEA 1080 Studio Acting (3 hours) — GCP Arts Appreciation/Oral Communications
- THEA 2100 Introduction to Theatre Design (3 hours)
- THEA 2030 History of Theatre: Greeks to Elizabethan — GCP Roots of Culture/Written Communication
- THEA 2040 History of Theatre: Restoration to 1915 (3 hours) — GCP Roots of Culture/Written Communication
- THEA 2050 History of Theatre: 1915 to Present — GCP Roots of Culture/Written Communication
- THEA 2060 Introduction to Dramaturgy and Play Analysis — GCP Arts Appreciation/Written Communication
- THEA 2080 Studio Acting II (3 hours) — GCP Arts Appreciation/Oral Communications
- THEA 3040 Topics in Theatre (3 hours) Repeatable with different titles
- THEA 3070 Creative Dramatics: Social Issues (3 hours)
- THEA 4060 Advanced Dramaturgy Seminar (3 hours)
- MUTH 1030 History of American Musical Theatre (3 hours)
- ENGL 4150 Shakespeare (3 hours)
Additional Information
Theatre Minor Advisor — Doug Finlayson, finlaydo@webster.edu
Apply to Webster's Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts
All future Webster Conservatory students follow a three-step process. (Note: The Conservatory does not require a video or prescreening.)
1: Apply to Webster
Application may be made through our website at webster.edu/apply, or you may apply through Common App or COALITION App.
After applying, you will receive email with a form link.
2: Submit Form and Fee
Use link in email to submit the Fine and Performing Arts Student Assessment Request Form and $30 fee for the Conservatory. You will be contacted with next step information to schedule a date and time for your review or interview.
3: Schedule Audition/Interview
To schedule your audition or interview at Webster, please go to Webster's Conservatory Auditions.
(Note: Accepted does not take the place of a Conservatory audition or interview.)
If you have any questions regarding the Conservatory or the audition or review process, please contact Andrew Laue, Associate Director of Fine Arts Admissions for the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, at lauear@webster.edu or 314-246-7712.
Use of Acceptd is not required to be admitted to the program and does not take the place of a Conservatory audition or interview.
The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts is working in association with the online digital audition/portfolio company Acceptd. The use of Acceptd allows students to submit perusal materials to Webster and other programs. Although we view all postings to the Acceptd site, students interested in the Conservatory must schedule an official Webster audition or interview for the program to which they are applying. Acceptd does not take the place of a Conservatory audition or interview.
To schedule your audition or interview at Webster, please go to Webster's Conservatory Auditions page.

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Mud

Myths & Hymns

“I feel very lucky to be even attending this school. It’s an honor to be a recipient of the Webster University Endowed Theatre Scholarship and be able to keep living out my dreams.”

BFA in Acting, '24
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Each season, Webster has multiple productions. Select a season below to view its photos:
- Ismene
- Twelfth Night
- Bomb-itty of Errors
- Picnic
- Machinal (capstone)
- Miss You Like Hell (capstone)
- Bright Star
- The Fantasticks
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Three Sisters
- By the Way... Meet Vera Stark
- The Little Prince
- Photograph 51 (capstone)
- Love's Labour's Lost
- [title of show]
- As You Like It
- Lysistrata
- Men on Boats
- She Kills Monsters (capstone)
- Fly by Night (capstone)
- Brigadoon
- Slasher
- Macbeth
- The Glorious Ones
- The Philadelphia Story
- Next Fall (capstone)
- Rhinoceros (capstone)
- The Drowsy Chaperone
- Dogfight
- Stage Door
- Shotgun
- The Miser
- Mr Burns, a Post-Electric Play (capstone)
- The Cockfight Play (capstone)
- The Pajama Game
2014-15 Season Photos:
- Stop Kiss
- Spring Awakening
- Hay Fever
- Big Love
- Honk! (capstone)
- The Last Five Years (capstone)
- The Tempest
2013-14 Season Photos:
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Country Wife
- Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Music of Leiber and Stoller
- The House of the Spirits
- Reckless (capstone)
- A Reconsolidated Life
- Into the Woods
2012-13 Season Photos:
- The Children's Hour
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Yours, Anne
- Uncommon Women and Others
- Eurydice (capstone)
- The Pig Iron People (capstone)
- Legally Blonde: The Musical
2011-12 Season Photos:
- Top Girls
- Carousel
- Hot L Baltimore
- Hello Again
- Edgar Allan Poe's Nevermore (capstone)
- 100 Saints You Should Know (capstone)
- Dinner With Friends (capstone)
- Lady Windermere's Fan
2010-11 Season Photos:
2009-10 Season Photos:
- The Proposal
- Company
- The Winter's Tale
- Cloud Nine
- On The Razzle
- The House of Blue Leaves
- The Wedding Singer
2008-09 Season Photos:
- On the Edge
- Our Town
- Stepping Out
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile
- Dancing at Lughnasa (capstone)
- Betrayal (capstone)
- Cabaret
2007-08 Season Photos:
- Tied to a Stick
- Anton in Show Business
- Tartuffe
- The Cripple of Inishmaan
- Angels in American: Millennium Approaches
- The Spitfire Grill
- Oklahoma
2006-07 Season Photos:
- The Siren Song of Stephen J. Gould
- A Month in the Country
- The Comedy of Errors
- The Night of the Iguana
- Bat Boy
- Private Eyes (capstone)
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (capstone)
- No, No Nanette
2005-06 Season Photos:
- The Spirit is Willing
- Our Country's Good
- Bye Bye Birdie
- The Memory of Water
- A New Brain
- String of Pearls
- The Man Who Came To Dinner
2004-05 Season Photos:
- Red Ink
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- The Lucky Chance
- Ruthless! The Musical
- A Piece of My Heart
- Blythe Spirit
- Frankie and Johnny at the Claire de Lune (capstone)
- Scotland Road (capstone)
- Into the Woods
2003-04 Season Photos:
- Twenty and Two
- Summer and Smoke
- Rodgers and Hart: A Celebration
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Lysistrata
- Loot
- Woyzeck (capstone)
- Nine
2002-03 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- An Evening of One Acts 2002
- Pippin
- Violet
- The Laramie Project
- On the Verge
- As Bees in Honey Drown (capstoned)
- Two Rockin' Gents
2001-02 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Ten Little Indians
- 42nd Street
- 5th of July
- Blood Wedding
- Lucky Stiff
- Heartbreak House
- The Shape of Things (capstone)
2000-01 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Female Transport
- Company
- As You Like It
- Hedda Gabler
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- The Women
1999-00 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Collette Collage
- Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Picnic
- School for Scandal
- And Evening of One Acts 2000
- Guys and Dolls
1998-99 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Gemini
- Grand Hotel
- The Philadelphia Story
- The Cherry Orchard
- Cole
- Macbeth
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