The Theatre Conservatory is a theater school at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The school offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in acting, Musical Theatre, and Musical Theatre Dance Emphasis as well as a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing offered during the summer. The conservatory currently holds classes and productions out of two theatres, the O'Malley Theatre and the Miller Studio Theatre. Both of which can be found on the Roosevelt University campus.
Past and current productions
Notable alumni
- Tony Alcantar: American actor.
- Merle Dandridge:
- Television: Greenleaf, Sons of Anarchy, The Night Shift
- Broadway: Once on This Island (2017 Revival), Tarzan, Spamalot, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida, Rent
- James Romney:
- Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Courtney Reed:
- Broadway: ALADDIN
- Damon Gillespie:
- Television: Rise, Inside Amy Schumer
- Broadway: ALADDIN, NEWSIES
- Major Attaway:
- Broadway: ALADDIN
- J. Michael Finley:
- Film: I Can Only Imagine
- Broadway: Les Miserables, The Book of Mormon
- West End (London, UK): The Book of Mormon
- Angela Grovey:
- National Tour: NEWSIES
- Parvesh Cheena: Los Angeles Actor.
- Barbara Zahora
- Shane Kenyon:
- Film: Jessica, Olympia
- Television: Chicago P.D., The Chicago Code
- Patrick Rooney
- Kyle Branzel
Notable faculty
- Joel Fink
- Ray Frewen: Associate Dean of Theatre Conservatory
- Television: Prison Break, Chicago Fire, Crime Story
- Off-Broadway: The Foreigner
- National Tour: Les Miserables
- Jane Lanier: Head of Musical Theatre Dance Emphasis Major
- Television: Glee
- Broadway: Sweet Charity (Revival), Jerome Robbins Broadway, Fosse: the Musical
- Dan Cooney: Head of Musical Theatre Major
- Television: The Americans, The Following, Elementary (TV series), Kevin Can Wait
- Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Bonnie and Clyde, 9 to 5, Les Misérables
- Off-Broadway:
- Kestutis Nakas
- Television: All My Children
- Kendall Kelley
- Nadine Gomes: Voice Faculty
- Rebecca Schorsch: Voice Faculty
- Michael Lasswell: Set Designer
- Steve Kruse: Master Carpenter
- Julie Mack: Resident Lighting Designer
- Daniel Drake
- Tim Stadler
- Caroline Brady Riley: Adjunct Voice Faculty
- Nancy Hess: Professor of Dance
- Film: Center Stage, Smile
- Broadway: Jerome Robbins Broadway, Chicago the Musical, Phantom of the Opera
- Tammy Mader: Professor of Dance
- Sarah Schafer: Professor of Dance
- Shane Kenyon: Adjunct Professor of Acting
- Film: Jessica, Olympia
- Television: Chicago P.D., The Chicago Code
- Barbara Zahora: Professor of Acting
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