Program Recognition
•Audition required for admission to the Musical Theatre concentration
•Auditions also serve as consideration for all available theatre scholarships
Training
•Musical Theatre concentration includes coursework in music theory, ear training, keyboard skills, voice, acting, and dance
•Dance training includes Dance Styles for the Musical Theatre and Advanced Dance Styles/Musical Theatre
Performance & Productions
•Four mainstage productions per year, plus student-directed work and an annual dance concert
•Students performed at 54 Below in NYC as part of the New Musicals Lab collaboration
•Faculty are professional educators and artists who continue active careers in professional venues
Notable Alumni
•Lisa Helmi Johanson '07 — Broadway (POTUS), Off-Broadway (Avenue Q), National Tour of Avenue Q •Kylee Bates '27 — recipient of the ASCAP Jerry Herman Legacy Prize, performed with Broadway veterans at Diamonstein Concert Hall Facilities
•NAST-accredited theatre program
•Housed in the Ferguson Center for the Arts, featuring rehearsal and dance studios, design labs, and scene and costume shops
•Two performance venues: the 440-seat proscenium Peebles Theatre and the 200-seat flexible Studio Theatre
