Three academic programs in Phoenix aim to fill area stages with talented performers. The Phoenix College Theatre & Film Department is one of the oldest and most respected performing arts programs in Arizona, focusing on acting, directing, and technical work. The school also features a music program. Arizona State University's Department of Theatre brings to the scene a serious academic and hands-on theatre study in performance studies, directing, design and production, playwriting, and theatre for youth, and its dance program bring the same intensity of training and study. The third program, the University of Arizona's Arizona Repertory Theatre is one of the state's main training facilities for the future of performing arts.
Being that Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing cities in the whole country, performing arts jobs are plentiful. The job expansion rate for full-time employment through 2013 is 16.3% for producers/directors, for dancers 12.2%, for choreographers 19.3%, and for musicians and singers 13.8%.
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