• Quick Facts
• Routinely ranked among The Princeton Review’s Top 10 "Best College Theatres"
• Among the nation’s oldest (established in 1899) and best undergraduate theatre programs
• Perform in a realistic environment with male apprentice students
• Learn to succeed in the entertainment business (on stage and behind-the-scenes)

Guest Artists

Stephens invites professional actors, directors and designers as guest artists. Students have worked with visiting artists including:

• Stephens alumna Patricia Barry, Emmy-nominee, television, film and Broadway actress, “Perry Mason,” “Days of Our Lives,” “American Gigolo,” Broadway’s “Pink Elephant”
• television director Bethany Rooney, “One Tree Hill” and “Everwood”
• award-winning playwright Lee Blessing, “A Walk in the Woods” and “Two Rooms”
• Stephens alumnus Mark Taylor, guest actor on “The West Wing” and “Desperate Housewives”
• Stephens alumna Jenny Friend, production stage manager, The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis
• Stephens alumna Dawn Wells, “Gilligan’s Island” actress
• Stephens alumna Jennifer Tilly, Oscar-nominee, Broadway and film star, “Bullets Over Broadway,” “Liar Liar” and “The Fabulous Baker Boys”
• Stephens alumna Judith Chapman, actress, “As the World Turns” and “General Hospital”
• Stephens alumna Leslie Easterbrook, “Police Academy” actress
• Stephens alumna Judy Taylor, director of casting for the Walt Disney Company
• Lynn Redgrave, actress of stage and screen, “Moon Over Buffalo” on Broadway
• Marcia Wallace, actress, "The Bob Newhart Show" and Emmy award-winning role as Mrs. Krabappel, "The Simpsons"