Careers & Internships

The Performing Arts program prepares students to enter both the production and performance aspects of professional and educational theater. The graduates of this program pursue a variety of careers after graduation including, but not limited to, production, performance, teaching, and arts administration. The combination of coursework, co-curricular activities, and internship opportunities prepare students for the world of work. See examples of jobs and internships of recent graduates and current students below.

Jobs of Recent Performing Arts Graduates

• Actor, War Horse on Broadway
• Assistant Stage Manager, The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino
• Lighting Team Foreman, Cirque du Soleil, Macao and U.S. Tours
• Carpenter, The Studio Theatre, Washington D.C.
• Producer, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway
• Actor, National Tour of South Pacific
• Teacher, Prospect Hill Academy
• Assistant Company Manager, National Tour of Les Miserables
• Actor, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
• Associate Company Manager, Sister Act on Broadway
• Resident Lighting Assistant, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
• Director, SpeakEasy Stage Company
• Assistant Stage Manager, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
• Artistic Administrative Fellow, Office of the Arts/ArtsEmerson
• Producer, The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway
• Actor, Missoula Children’s Theater
• Lighting Designer, Trey Songz International Tour
• Teacher, Boston Public Schools
• Production Assistant, House of Blue Leaves on Broadway
• Actor, Hair on Broadway
• Arts Director, West End House Boys and Girls Club, Boston
• Lighting Supervisor, Boston Ballet
• Rigging Team Foreman, Cirque du Soleil, Macao and U.S. Tours
• Operations Assistant, Broadway Across America – Boston
• Producer, War Horse on Broadway
• Production Assistant, The Normal Heart on Broadway
• Actor, New Repertory Theatre

Internships of Recent Performing Arts Students and Graduates

• Stage Management Apprentice, American Conservatory Theater
• Intern, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
• Education Intern, Paper Mill Playhouse
• Casting Intern, Boston Casting
• Lighting Intern, High Output, Inc.
• Company Management Intern, Contemporary American Theatre Festival
• Stage Management Intern, Wicked on Broadway
• Education Intern, Huntington Theatre Company
• Development Intern, Manhattan Theatre Club