The Mission of the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies is:
• To prepare students to become leaders in theatre, film and digital media practice and scholarship;
• To attract, support and develop faculty who produce nationally and internationally recognized scholarship and creative activity;
• To create works of theatre, performance and media that educate our students, enrich the cultural life of our community, while sustaining a regional, national and international reputation for excellence and innovation;
• To explore dramatic forms and emerging stage and media technologies, combining tradition and experimentation, theory and practice;
• To develop socially engaged and globally aware scholars, artists and audiences;
• To promote interdisciplinary collaboration in research and practice, within as well as outside our department and university and globally;
• To foster a community of faculty and students that celebrates and reflects the diversity of world theatre, cinema and digital media;
• To provide opportunities for students and faculty to cultivate their individual talents and realize their unique visions.

The Department of Theatre and Film Studies participates in Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE), an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA.