Training
•Bullet: Broad, integrated BFA training across acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, producing, theatre history, and theatre management
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: Students may enter the casting pool as actors or propose alternative projects as assistant directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and other collaborative artists
•Bullet: Faculty-mentored artistic projects and new-work collaborations support multidisciplinary practice
•Bullet: Eligible students may pursue BU's internal Musical Theatre Concentration beginning after matriculation
Professional Development
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: Third-year study-abroad opportunities and the School of Theatre Showcase in Boston and/or New York connect students with the wider profession
