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Colleges and Universities

The FUHS Theatre Program is designed to give students the tools they need to pursue an advanced education in the arts. 

Students are encouraged to attend college or university programs to attain advanced degrees in

  • Playwriting

  • Acting

  • Directing

  • Stage Management

  • Technical Design (Lighting, Sound, Costumes, Set)

  • Theatre Education

The summer after the junior year, Mr. Despars takes students to audition for the top theatre schools in the country at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Students are given 90 seconds to impress college recruiters with monologues, solo musical theatre performances, or technical theatre portfolio presentations. Students are selected by colleges and universities for one-on-one interviews and secondary auditions. Many students receive scholarships and financial aid after this audition.

FUHS students have been recruited by and accepted to the following colleges and universities:

  • AMDA Conservatory

  • CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory

  • CCM

  • Columbia in Chicago

  • Cornell College

  • DePaul University

  • Fairleigh Dickinson

  • Hartt School, University of Hartford

  • Louisiana State University

  • Loyola University New Orleans

  • Marquette University

  • Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

  • Nebraska Wesleyan

  • New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts

  • Ohio Northern University

  • Rockford College

  • Roosevelt University: Chicago College of Performing Arts

  • Saint Louis University

  • Saint Mary's of Minnesota

  • Santa Fe University of Art and Design

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

  • Southern Methodist University

  • St. Mary’s Minnesota

  • Texas Christian University

  • Theatre of Arts, Los Angeles

  • University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

  • University of Evansville

  • University of Houston Theatre and Dance

  • University of Minnesota, Guthrie

  • University of Nebraska Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film

  • University of Oklahoma Helmerich School of Drama

  • University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre

  • University of South Dakota

  • University of Southern California

  • University of the Arts

  • University of Wyoming

  • Webster Conservatory Theatre Arts

  • Webster University

  • William Woods University