Students graduating from the Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art possess skills that are in demand in many career areas. The skills in performance, scholarship, imagination, creativity, attention to detail, interpretative skills, appreciation of aesthetics, and open-mindedness are strengths that can be applied in any field.

We provide connections to a profound number of art galleries, theatre companies, and performance halls in the D.C. community, and our students receive opportunities with such prestigious institutions as:

• the Smithsonian Institution
• the Kennedy Center
• Arena Stage
• Signature Theatre
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• Woolly Mammoth Theatre
• Strathmore Music Center
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Imagination Stage
• Keegan Theatre
• and more.

Opportunities for performance, technical work, and visual art accompany the season productions, concerts, numerous laboratory productions, and exhibitions every year. Musical Theatre, Vocal Performance, and Drama majors must earn crew credits by working on department productions.

Our Center for Academic and Career Success provides programs, services and resources designed to encourage and assist students and alumni in obtaining their employment and educational goals.