Undergraduates at Brown make theatre, dance, and performance-based work all over campus. Performances have been written for hallways, breezeways, walkways, as well as our theatres. Work has been produced without a play in mind – improvised, found, choreographed on the spot. Other work has been incubated and nurtured for years at a time. Well-known plays from the dramatic canon are produced alongside lesser-known newcomers or buried treasures rarely produced. Some work takes multitudes, other work flies solo. The point is that there is a lot going on in a very exciting atmosphere of creative and intellectual exchange where traditions and heritages of craft are as highly valued as the rough draft of innovation and experimentation.

Classes are a key way to get to know faculty and other students well. But there are also shows to help out on as run crew. There are costumes to design and build, lights to hang, lines to memorize, muscles to stretch, voices to warm, directing projects to propose. There are producing boards to sit on and there are sets to design, productions to stage manage, dances to choreograph, plays to write, songs to write, philosophies to write, and –always – posters to hang.  

Thank you for your interest in TAPS!

If you are a prospective Brown student planning to visit the campus during the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 semesters and would like to speak with someone in the TAPS department about touring our performance facilities, please send an email to taps@brown.edu with the dates of your visit.

Our TAPS student Administrative Assistant will work with you to find a time that will fit within your schedule and theirs if availability permits. If you have already scheduled a Campus Tour through the Admissions Office, please let us know what time you have scheduled. Also, please let us know if you are flexible concerning the time of your Campus Tour, in case we run into a rare occasion where our Administrative Assistant isn’t available outside that time.

A  parent or guardian must accompany any prospective student under the age of 18 for the TAPS Tour.

If you aren’t able to visit the Brown campus, we invite you to view the TAPS Virtual Tour below which includes the same information we would share during the on-campus TAPS Tour.

In-person tours are not offered during the summer recess or over the winter break.

We look forward to meeting you!

Please consult our handbook for detailed information about our programs. Handbooks are updated as things change. Please download the most recent version for the most accurate information.

The handbook are addressed to current and prospective students to be used as a planning guide and reference resource throughout a student’s academic career.

Pertinent University web resources should be regarded as the primary references for degree requirements and options.

TAPS Undergraduate Handbook (PDF)