Pace University

Pace University's Dyson College of Arts & Sciences has both an undergraduate and graduate program.

Sands College of Performing Arts’ mission is to foster a visionary and diverse community of dedicated practitioners, bold leaders, and inspirational changemakers. We cultivate individuality, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We nurture a community of courageous and empathetic artists. We are a community that is constantly reflecting, engaging, and taking action as we evolve as artists and world citizens.

The Actors Studio Drama School (ASDS) MFA program at Pace University is the ideal theater graduate experience of the 21st Century.

Through rigorous training and mentorship our students learn, practice, and are challenged to succeed as dynamic, highly skilled theater-makers of today, ready to take the lead in the performing arts industry of tomorrow. As the only MFA program affiliated with the world-renowned Actors Studio organization, the curriculum is guided by the methodology rooted in the "system" set forth by Stanislavski's groundbreaking work.

MFA actors are trained alongside MFA directing and playwriting candidates. They acquire a common vocabulary and a shared technique by undergoing a progressive, educational practice in their own discipline – at the hands of some of the most distinguished teaching professionals.