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Florida Southern College

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Program

Program snapshot

Admissions
Prescreen RequiredAudition RequiredScholarship InterviewUniversity App Required
Audition format
In-Person or VirtualMTCP Participant

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

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