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 Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: BS track: 120 total hours with 66 major-requirement hours, pairing conservatory training with a secondary academic focus
•Bullet: 12-hour Performance Core, a lighter course load than the BFA's 18-hour core, plus 9 hours of Performance Electives
•Bullet: Historical Component requires only one course (3 hours), versus two courses for the BFA
•Bullet: Requires a 21-hour Associated Study Outside of Theatre — effectively a built-in minor or secondary focus — plus 13 hours of Free Electives (per the official degree checklist)
