• Create change on and off stage

    Collaborate with a community of fearless artists.

    Create change on and off stage

    Train with award-winning faculty

    Train with award-winning faculty.

    Engage pressing social issues with your art

    Engage pressing social issues with your art.

  • Collaborate

    Find yourself in a dynamic community exploring the intersections of acting, directing, dramatic writing, and creative technology.

    At the School of Drama, award-winning faculty help you hone your craft. Our rigorous training program focuses on authenticity of expression. Through collaborative project-based learning, you will be pushed to embrace civic awareness as you create work that exemplifies imagination and social consciousness. Work with industry professionals; including agents, managers, artistic directors, casting agents, and world-class working playwrights, directors, and actors.

  • Degree Programs

  • Quick Facts - Student Life
    90

    Drama Faculty

    240

    Enrolled Students

    11

    Mainstage productions

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    We're currently accepting applications for freshmen, transfer students, and graduate students for Fall 2025.


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  • Our faculty win prestigious awards and critical acclaim in Hollywood, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and television. They pass down their knowledge to mentor the next generation of groundbreaking performers.

  • Artists and Work

    See the future of theater and performance as it’s being created. Our students use new techniques to challenge the status quo, making change with each performance.

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    In preparation for their own role in the theater, MFA Directing students take on new ones, challenging the conventions of the stage

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Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.