The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre offers a broad educational foundation in the art and craft of producing and managing theatre. Areas of concentration include Performance, Design, Technical Theatre, Musical Theatre, and Vocal Arts.

USM Theatre students have earned  regional and national recognition through the Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Festival.  The Department has traveled to the Kennedy Center and captured national awards in performance, design, playwriting, and forensics.

USM Theatre Majors have gone on to rewarding careers in theatre, film, and television. They have worked on Broadway: Conversations with My Father, Most Happy Fella, Hairspray, and Heidi Chronicles: Films: The Big Night, Barton Fink, Blizzard of Ah's, Cool Runnings, Men in Black, Thirteen Ghosts, and Thinner: Television: Wings and Monk.