What Can I Do With a Major in... Theatre Arts

Actors, producers and directors express ideas and create images in theater, film, radio, television, and other performing arts media. They interpret a writer's script to entertain, inform, or instruct an audience. Although the most famous actors, producers, and directors work in film, network television or theater in New York or Los Angeles, far more work in local or regional television studios, theaters, or film production companies preparing advertising, public-relations, or independent, small-scale movie productions.

General Career Information
 
Sample Job Titles

Entry Level

  • Actor
  • House Manager
  • Makeup Artist
  • Model
  • Teacher

Education + Experience

  • Acting Coach
  • Technical Director
  • Production Manager
  • Set Designer
  • Costume Designer

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These job titles are not an exhaustive list, but rather, represent the types of positions most widely recruited for. 

  • Acting Coach
  • Actor
  • Costume Designer
  • Events Planner
  • House Manager
  • Makeup Artist
  • Model
  • Production Manager
  • Set Designer
  • Teacher
  • Technical Director

 

 
Employment Areas
  • Academia
  • Government
  • Private Corporations
  • Non-Profit Corporations
  • Publicly Traded Corporations
 
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Professional Organizations
 
Organizations That Have Hired UI Students and Alumni
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • Hancher Auditorium
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts
  • Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre
  • Walt Disney World College Program
  • MTV-U
  • American Entertainment Productions

This is only a partial list - to view a complete list of organizations that recruit UI students and alumni, please visit: www.careers.uiowa.edu/students/uirecruit.html

 
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