Training
•Broad, integrated BFA training across acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, producing, theatre history, and theatre management
•All first-year performance students share the Performance Core in acting, voice and speech, movement, Alexander Technique, ensemble, dramatic literature, and stagecraft before declaring Acting or Theatre Arts–Performance
•Students shape an individualized course of study and may focus deeply in one or two theatre disciplines while continuing ensemble-based performance work
Performance & Productions
•Students may enter the casting pool as actors or propose alternative projects as assistant directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and other collaborative artists
•Faculty-mentored artistic projects and new-work collaborations support multidisciplinary practice
•Eligible students may pursue BU's internal Musical Theatre Concentration beginning after matriculation
Professional Development
•A supervised off-campus arts internship or approved BU internship is required in the summer before the final year, followed by an Internship Reflection course
•Third-year study-abroad opportunities and the School of Theatre Showcase in Boston and/or New York connect students with the wider profession
