戏剧专业提供高级研究的机会，开设博士学位和文学硕士学位，研究戏剧文学、戏剧史和批评主义。该专业同时开设美术硕士学位，设有戏剧方向和舞台布景、灯光、服饰方向。该专业和创意写作专业联合办学，授予编剧美术硕士学位。
该专业由丰富的图书馆资源支持，现有近30000本戏剧文学和戏剧表演书籍，70余种期刊。威尔逊图书馆内有约500卷戏剧录像带。
The Theatre Program offers opportunities for advanced studies leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and the Master of Arts (M.A.) in dramatic literature, theatre history, and criticism. The program also offers advanced studies leading to the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in the direction of plays and in the design of scenery, costume, and lighting. In cooperation with the Creative Writing Program, Theatre offers an M.F.A. in playwriting (see Creative Writing/Theatre).

The program is supported by extensive library resources that currently include approximately 30,000 works of dramatic literature and books on theatre, and more than 70 periodicals. There are almost 500 recordings of drama in the Wilson Library.