Theater was not always so popular at Harvard. In the more than 200 years since, the University has encouraged theater to flourish. Students receive funding from a variety of sources, including the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, the Undergraduate Council, and the Office for the Arts. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club also helps students find resources such as lighting, sets, and costumes. Despite the lack of an academic drama department, students can still learn the basics of set design and lighting through the Visual and Environmental Studies Department and acting and directing through University-approved courses offered through the American Repertory Theatre .
Sleep is incidental.
Students who catch the theater bug find it easy to join up. It's really easy to get involved. There's so much here. One student who has taken advantage of much of Harvard and Radcliffe's theatrical opportunities is Paul Siemens '98, a Dunster House English concentrator. In four years, he has appeared in more than 25 productions, a fact noted when the Office for the Arts recently announced he won the Jonathan Levy Prize for most promising actor at the University.