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The Illinois Department of Theatre offers nationally known acting programs on both the BFA and MFA level. Students work with professionally active faculty, numerous guest artists, and auditioners. Recent audition guests have included NYC Casting Director Pat McCorkle, Erica Daniels of Steppenwolf, Bob Mason of Chicago Shakespeare, Kathleen Conlin of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Deb Alley of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Paul Barnes and Alec Wild of the Great River Shakespeare Festival, Brent Hazelton of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Brenda deVita of American Players Theatre, and many others.

The Department of Theatre, UIUC, offers a comprehensive array of theatre programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

As part of one of the nation's premiere institutions of higher learning, the Department of Theatre shares in the academic and cultural advantages of a major comprehensive university. Students can explore virtually every academic discipline through some 4,000 different courses in more than 150 fields as they experience the full range of theatre arts.

Faculty and alumni of the Department of Theatre at Illinois are distinguished leaders of the American theatre. The Department of Theatre comprises 34 faculty members: 16 full-time faculty, 16 faculty with dual appointments in the Department and Krannert Center, and 2 part-time faculty.