Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts trains our future colleagues to become visionaries, creators, and leaders in the next generation of theatre professionals.
Webster University's directing program is designed to educate student directors in the craft of stage direction, focusing on play analysis, visual storytelling, team collaboration and creative thinking. Directing students at Webster are exposed to a wide variety of coursework both in the department and across the campus. Classes in theatre include Voice, Movement and Acting; Visual History, Fundamentals of Design and Lighting; History of Theatre, Stage Management and Directing. In the senior year of study, students spend the fall semester abroad.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of their training, students in the Sargent Conservatory will be able to:
January 2025
St Louis Home Campus
470 East Lockwood Avenue,
ST LOUIS,
Missouri,
63119, United States
Students must completed high school or from a home school program.
Freshman applicants are expected to complete a college preparatory secondary school program with at least 19 units of academic credit. The University strongly recommends the following distribution:
English: 4 units
History/Social studies: 3 units
Mathematics: 3 units
Foreign Language: 2 units
Science (two laboratory): 3 units
Fine Arts: 1 unit
Academic electives: 3 units
Applicants most likely to be admitted will have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and a class rank in the top 50 percent of their high school class, if applicable.
English language proficiency requirement:
TOEFL: iBT: 80
TOEFL: ITP: 550
IELTS: Academic: 6.0
Duolingo: 110
Pearson: 53
Cambridge Academic English: 169
Password: 6.0
GTEC: 1201
iTEP: 3.7
SAT's English-based Reading and Writing Score: 450
ACT composite score: 23
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.