Students perform in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Department of Performing Arts

Offering programs in arts management, audio technology, dance, music, & theatre.

Dancer lit in blue each raise one leg and wave a kerchief

Onstage, members of a symphonic band play flute, oboe, and saxophone

Contact Us

202-885-3420

Fax: 202-885-1092

dpa@american.edu

Contact:
Streeks, Richard Paul
Administrative Coordinator

Katzen Arts Center, Room 101

Performing Arts 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8053 United States

Performing Arts Contacts

General Performing Arts: Richard Streeks at 202-885-3422 or streeks@american.edu
Arts Management: Ximena Varela at 202-885-3883 or varela@american.edu
Audio Technology: Michael Harvey at 202-885-6302 or mharvey@american.edu
Dance: Britta Joy Peterson at 202-885-1432 or bjp@american.edu
Music: Sean Doyle at 202-885-3287 or doyle@america.edu
Theatre/Musical Theatre: Karl Kippola at 202-885-3464 or kippola@american.edu

Auditions

Scheduling for degree program auditions for Theatre, Musical Theatre, and Music are now available via our new DPA application portal, linked on our program audition pages:

Please see also:

Ensemble Auditions

News

Sam Fromkin Wins Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award

Sybil Williams Wins AU NAACP Professor of the Year

Announcements

Professor Caleen Jennings won the the first-ever AU Faculty Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Adjunct faculty Katherine Riddle won the Marc Blitzstein award at the Lotte Lenya Competition for vocalists.