The Tepper Semester is invaluable if you are interested in theatre. I honestly believe that it cuts off a few years of trying to figure out acting life in New York. I graduated in December, and although I certainly don't know all the answers, I have met a lot of actors who are 24, 25 years old and after hearing about the program, they pick my brain about what I learned.”
Alison Bennett '05

Program Shows

An essential part of the Tepper Semester experience is seeing theater every week, up to 30 shows during each semester. Exposure to a spectrum of theater allows students to experience the widest range of performances, from Broadway, to Off-Broadway, including intimate and experimental original works.

Spring 2009 Theater Attended

  • Hedda Gabler
    Roundabout Theatre Company (by Henry Ibsen)
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan
    Atlantic Theatre Company (by Martin MacDonagh)
  • Becky Shaw
    Second Stage Theatre Company (by Gina Gionfriddo)
  • The American Plan
    Manhattan Theatre Club (by Richard Greenburg)
  • The Cherry Orchard
    Brooklyn Academy of Music (by Anton Chekov)
  • Upright Citizens Brigade
    Improv Theatre
  • Mourning Becomes Electra
    The New Group (Eugene O'Neill)
  • A Winter's Tale
    Brooklyn Academy of Music (by William Shakespeare)
  • In The Heights
    The Richard Rogers Theatre (by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • Speed The Plow
    The Barrymore Theatre (by David Mamet)
  • Garden of Earthly Delights
    The Minetta Theatre (directed by Martha Clarke)
  • Billy Elliot
    The Imperial Theatre (music by Elton John)
  • This Beautiful City
    The Vineyard Theatre (directed by Steve Cosson)
  • 33 Variations
    The Eugene O'Neill Theatre (by Moises Kaufman)
  • South Pacific
    Lincoln Center Theatre (by Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  • Impressionism
    The Schoenfeld Theatre (by Michael Jacobs)
  • Fuerzabruta
    The Daryl Roth Theatre (produced by David Binder)
  • Reasons To Be Pretty
    The Lyceum Theatre (by Neil LaBute)
  • Ruined
    Manhattan Theatre Club (by Lynne Nottage)
  • Blithe Spirit
    The Shubert Theatre (by Noel Coward)
  • Zooman and the Sign
    The Signature Theatre Company (by Charles Fuller)
  • Hair
    The Al Hirscheld Theatre (directed by Diane Paulus)
  • Mary Stuart
    The Broadhurst Theatre (produced by Arielle Tepper)
  • Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them
    The Public Theatre (by Christopher Durang)
  • Next to Normal
    The Booth Theatre (by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey)
  • West Side Story
    The Palace Theatre (directed by Arthur Laurents)

Fall 2007 Theater Attended

  • Spring Awakening
    Eugene O'Neill Theatre (by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater)
  • Iphigenia 2.0
    Signature Threatre (by Charles Mee)
  • Misanthrope
    New York Theatre Workshop (directed by Ivo van Hove)
  • Mauritius
    Manhattan Theatre Club (by Theresa Rebeck)
  • The Seagull
    Brooklyn Academy of Music (Royal Shakespeare Company)
  • A Chorus Line
    Schoenfeld Theatre (Broadway Revival)
  • Power of Darkness
    Mint Theatre (by Leo Tolstoy)
  • Dividing the Estate
    Primary Stages (by Horton Foote)
  • Electra
    National Theatre of Greece at City Center
  • A Feminine Ending
    Playwrights Horizons (starring Marsha Mason)
  • Hamlet
    The Wooster Group (The Public Theater)
  • The Glorious Ones
    Lincoln Center Theatre (by Lynne Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty)
  • Peter and Jerry
    Second Stage Theatre (by Edward Albee)
  • Pygmalion
    Roundabout Theatre Company (by George Bernard Shaw)
  • Things We Want
    The New Group (directed by Ethan Hawke)
  • The Seafarer
    Booth Theatre (written and directed by Conor McPherson)
  • Fuerzabruta
    Daryl Roth Theatre
  • The Farnsworth Invention
    Music Box Theatre (by Aaron Sorkin)
  • The Drowsy Chaperone
    Marquis Theatre (Broadway)
  • The Homecoming
    Cort Theatre (by Harold Pinter)
  • Yellow Face
    The Public Theater (by David Henry Hwang)
  • August: Osage County
    Imperial Theatre (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
  • Masked
    DR2 Theatre (by Ilan Hatsor)
  • The Overwhelming
    Roundabout Theatre Company (by J.T. Rogers)
  • The Receptionist
    Manhattan Theatre Club (by Adam Bock)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Richard Rodgers Theatre (with Kevin Kline)