Training
•Bullet: Interdisciplinary BFA combining acting, singing, and dance with formal vocal instruction, music theory, and keyboard skills
•Bullet: Coursework spans both the Theatre Arts and Music departments — students take Musical Theatre Performance, Dance for the Musical Stage, and acting courses alongside theory and aural skills
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Cast in mainstage musicals and plays produced in the Florence Busby Corriher Theatre and Keppel Auditorium
•Bullet: Compete at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region IV
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Fred Inkley '88 — Broadway lead as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables; original casts of The Addams Family and A Tale of Two Cities; national tour of Beauty and the Beast (the Beast) •Bullet: Canaan Cox '12 — BFA Musical Theatre grad turned country-pop recording artist Professional Development
•Bullet: Internships at Williamstown Theatre Festival, American Shakespeare Center, and Interlochen
•Bullet: CataLST partnership with Lee Street Theatre for semester-long professional internships in Salisbury
Study Abroad
•Bullet: Theatre residencies and programs in the U.K., Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Germany, Japan, and Estonia
Value
•Bullet: Hobgood Theatre Arts Scholarship — competitive full-tuition award by invitation
•Bullet: Additional audition-based scholarships renewable for four years with a 2.7 GPA
