Training
•Intensive performance training balanced with challenging academics
•Rigorous schedule of acting and dance classes with current vocal techniques and industry-required styles
•Low student-to-faculty ratio with individualized instruction
•Professional theatre artist faculty
Performance & Productions
•Perform in productions from first semester
•Four mainstage productions per year (including two musicals) plus second stage lab production
•Intimate 336-seat Loca Lee Buckner Theatre with thrust stage, hydraulic lifts, and professional lighting and sound
•Student productions in Frank Lloyd Wright Theatre-in-the-Round
•Festival of Fine Arts brings world-class productions to 1,800-seat Branscomb Auditorium
Notable Alumni
•Mister Fitzgerald (’16) — Broadway debut in Ohio State Murders opposite Audra McDonald; The Public Theater’s A Raisin in the Sun; TV credits include Power Book II: Ghost, FBI, and The Blacklist •Charleene Closshey (’02) — Broadway cast of Once; starred in films No Postage Necessary and An Evergreen Christmas; multi-instrumentalist who performed with Josh Groban and Trans-Siberian Orchestra Professional Development
•NYC Industry Showcase with national agents and casting directors
•Junior Journey program to England or New York
•Guest artists every semester
•Central Florida location near theme park, regional theatre, and cruise ship audition opportunities
•The Vagabonds (oldest student org on campus) offers lab productions, improv, and student cabarets
