Training
•Bullet: Comprehensive classes in acting, voice, and dance with additional courses in technical theatre, design, music theory, and musicianship
•Bullet: Goal to train complete music theatre artists while giving students tools to discover their unique strengths and interests
•Bullet: Faculty maintain national and international profiles as directors, actors, choreographers, musicians, and scholars
•Bullet: Exciting roster of guest artists from the professional world of theatre, music theatre, and dance
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Full productions of musicals, plays, and dance concerts in state-of-the-art facilities
•Bullet: Yearly season typically includes two musicals, two plays, and four dance concerts, plus student-directed projects
•Bullet: One musical theatre production each season led by a guest director/choreographer (SDC Union member)
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Nicole Benoit — Broadway company swing for Chicago, featured roles in The Producers and Cabaret Professional Development
•Bullet: Access to jobs through auditions and networking with Buffalo-based professional companies: Irish Classical Theatre Company, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Kavinoky Theatre, and MusicalFare
•Bullet: Students often pursue internships and performance contracts at theaters, cruise ships, and theme parks during summers
•Bullet: Graduates have gone on to appear in productions including Pippin, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and NBC's Smash
