Training Artists for Over 55 Years
51成人猎奇鈥檚 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 2023-2024 seniors, whose work for highlights the array of experiences and artistic work integral to our training.
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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
Theatre Minor Advisor 鈥 Doug Finlayson, finlaydo@webster.edu
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Sept. 19鈥25 |
Our Town | Nov. 8鈥10 |
Ride the Cyclone | Dec. 4鈥8 |
The Legend of Georgia McBride | Feb. 28鈥揗arch 2 |
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord | March 29鈥31 |
Cinderella | May 2鈥4 |
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Bertolt Brecht
Sept. 19鈥25, 2024
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Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Nov. 8鈥10, 2024
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Ride the Cyclone
Music, lyrics and book by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
Dec. 4鈥8, 2024
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The Legend of Georgia McBride
By Matthew Lopez
Feb. 28鈥揗arch 1, 2025
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Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
By Alexis Scheer
March 28鈥30, 2025
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Cinderella
Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Douglas Carter
Beane
May 2鈥4, 2025
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- The Little Prince
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2005-2006 Season Photos:
- The Spirit is Willing
- Bye Bye Birdie
- The Memory of Water
- A New Brain
- String of Pearls
- The Man Who Came To Dinner
2004-2005 Season Photos:
- Red Ink
- 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
2003-2004 Season Photos:
- Twenty and Two
- Summer and Smoke
- Rodgers and Hart: A Celebration
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Loot
- Woyzeck (capstone)
- Nine
2002-2003 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Pippin
- Violet
- The Laramie Project
- On the Verge
- As Bees in Honey Drown (capstone)
- Two Rockin' Gents
2001-2002 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Ten Little Indians
- 42nd Street
- 5th of July
- Blood Wedding
- Lucky Stiff
- Heartbreak House
- The Shape of Things (capstone)
2000-2001 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Female Transport
- Company
- As You Like It
- Hedda Gabler
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- The Women
1999-2000 Season Photos:
Full Season Archive
- Collette Collage
- Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Picnic
- School for Scandal
- And Evening of One Acts 2000
- Guys and Dolls
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Full Season Archive
- Gemini
- Grand Hotel
- The Philadelphia Story
- The Cherry Orchard
- Cole
- Macbeth
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 , or you may apply through or .
After applying, you will receive an email with a form link.
2: Submit Form and Fee
Use link in the 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: Acceptd 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 auditions@webster.edu.
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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鈥淢y Webster degree will guide me through the process of telling stories of unheard perspectives and help to shed light on important issues. This, in turn, will enable me to be an instrument in creating a better world.鈥
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BFA in Musical Theatre, 鈥24
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