Program Recognition
•Bullet: Founding member of National Unified Auditions
•Bullet: Highly selective — approximately 1,700 auditions received, ~500 applications, ~40 admitted per year
Training
•Bullet: In-depth training in improvisation, voice and speech, movement, script analysis, and character study
•Bullet: Utilizes contemporary and classical texts
•Bullet: Advanced audition techniques course prepares students for professional opportunities
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Three venues: 482-seat Shanklin Theatre, May Studio Theatre, and John David Lutz Theatre Lab
•Bullet: Mainstage and studio productions, student-directed projects, staged readings
•Bullet: Award-winning traveling theatre troupe
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Rami Malek '03 — Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA winner for Best Actor (Bohemian Rhapsody); star of Mr. Robot •Bullet: Carrie Preston '89 — Emmy Award winner for The Good Wife; Juilliard graduate with multiple Broadway credits •Bullet: Jack McBrayer '95 — three-time Emmy nominee for Kenneth Parcell on NBC's 30 Rock •Bullet: Kelli Giddish '02 — Detective Amanda Rollins on NBC's Law & Order: SVU •Bullet: Rutina Wesley '01 — Juilliard graduate; Tara Thornton on HBO's True Blood; star of OWN's Queen Sugar •Bullet: Bill Heck '01 — Drama Desk Award nominee; played Cliff in Cabaret on Broadway •Bullet: Karl Kenzler '90 — Broadway credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, and You Can't Take It with You •Bullet: Deirdre Lovejoy '84 — Rhonda Pearlman on HBO's The Wire; appeared in Lucky Guy on Broadway
•Bullet: Nathan Darrow '98 — Edward Meechum on Netflix's House of Cards; Mr. Freeze on FOX's Gotham Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: BFA track: 120 total hours with 60 major-requirement hours, the more conservatory-intensive path
•Bullet: 18-hour Performance Core includes Acting III or IV, a Dance sequence, Directing I, and a Shakespeare or approved literature course
•Bullet: Historical Component requires two courses (6 hours) selected from period styles, dramaturgy research methods, or approved humanities electives
•Bullet: Rounded out by 6 hours of Performance Electives, a 3-hour Non-Performance Theatre Elective, 6 hours of Theatre Electives, and 19 hours of Free Electives — no associated-study requirement outside theatre (per the official degree checklist)