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No PrescreenScholarship AuditionNo InterviewScholarship PortfolioUniversity App Required

Audition format

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BA Theatre

ProgramOfficial Program Page

Program snapshot

Admissions

No PrescreenScholarship AuditionNo InterviewScholarship PortfolioUniversity App Required

Audition format

Virtual Only

Training

The 120-credit BA Theatre includes a 40-credit theatre core and a 26-credit concentration, alongside campuswide general education.

The current catalog requires an academic minor outside the Department of Theatre and Dance and includes courses in theatre history, design, and performance styles.

Performance & Productions

Theatre and Dance states that students can work onstage or backstage from their first semester and participate in a department season across multiple genres.

Degree Flexibility

The department presents the BA as a broad route through performance, design, technical production, and other theatre work, with students choosing their focus through the degree.

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.09

Admit rate

84%

school-wide

Grad rate

40%

Enrollment

3.9K

Earnings

$45K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$8,616

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$23,446

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$26,146

Before aid

Average net price

$8,653

After aid

Cost · southbend.iu.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated Aug 8, 9:16 PM

Program Highlights

Training

The 120-credit BA Theatre includes a 40-credit theatre core and a 26-credit concentration, alongside campuswide general education.

The current catalog requires an academic minor outside the Department of Theatre and Dance and includes courses in theatre history, design, and performance styles.

Performance & Productions

Theatre and Dance states that students can work onstage or backstage from their first semester and participate in a department season across multiple genres.

Degree Flexibility

The department presents the BA as a broad route through performance, design, technical production, and other theatre work, with students choosing their focus through the degree.

Program Highlights

Training

The 120-credit BA Theatre includes a 40-credit theatre core and a 26-credit concentration, alongside campuswide general education.

The current catalog requires an academic minor outside the Department of Theatre and Dance and includes courses in theatre history, design, and performance styles.

Performance & Productions

Theatre and Dance states that students can work onstage or backstage from their first semester and participate in a department season across multiple genres.

Degree Flexibility

The department presents the BA as a broad route through performance, design, technical production, and other theatre work, with students choosing their focus through the degree.

Key Info

Enrollment Term

Fall 2026

These Fall 2026 enrollment dates have passed — dates for the next cycle aren't available yet.

University AppApplication

Apply

Common App School Website

Fee

International Fee

$60

Deadline

PriorityAug 1, 2026

Regular DecisionRolling

First Year · admissions.iusb.edu

Program AppApplication

Dates

Dates TBA

Apply

Acceptd

Fee

Scholarship Audition Fee

$30

Application portal · Acceptd

Scholarship Audition and Portfolio Requirements

These requirements are from the Fall 2026 entry cycle. Fall 2027 requirements are typically posted between August and October and usually change only slightly — confirm on the official source before submitting.

Optional audition and portfolio for scholarship consideration only; they are not required for program admission.

Headshot (for Scholarship Audition)

Headshot or representative picture

Resume (for Scholarship Audition)

Theatrical resume

Application portal · Acceptd

Good to Know

Application Process

Apply through IU university application (Common App or Apply IU)

Optional: Submit digital scholarship audition via Acceptd

Degree Structure

120 credit hours with required minor outside Theatre and Dance department

Choose-your-own-path: focus on performance, design/tech, or both

Declare focus area by end of first semester

Minimum major GPA of 2.0

Enrollment

Rolling deadline

What's The Process

Admission

No entrance audition required for BA Theatre admission

Admission is through the university application process

Optional Scholarship Audition

Submit a digital audition via Acceptd for first-year scholarship consideration

$30 Acceptd submission fee (fee waiver available)

Performer Options (Choose One)

One 1-minute monologue (contemporary, 1970s to present, OR classical, before 1970s)

OR one 32-bar musical theatre song cut (~45 sec to 1 min, Golden Age or Contemporary)

Design/Tech Option

Submit a PowerPoint and/or PDF portfolio

Both

You may submit a portfolio and any one performance option

All Applicants

Include theatrical resume and headshot or representative picture

Scholarship Info

Talent Scholarships

Optional digital audition via Acceptd for first-year scholarship consideration

Submit performance audition, portfolio, or both

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.09

Admit rate

84%

school-wide

Grad rate

40%

Enrollment

3.9K

Earnings

$45K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$8,616

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$23,446

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$26,146

Before aid

Average net price

$8,653

After aid

Cost · southbend.iu.edu College Scorecard

Training

The 120-credit BA Theatre includes a 40-credit theatre core and a 26-credit concentration, alongside campuswide general education.

The current catalog requires an academic minor outside the Department of Theatre and Dance and includes courses in theatre history, design, and performance styles.

Performance & Productions

Theatre and Dance states that students can work onstage or backstage from their first semester and participate in a department season across multiple genres.

Degree Flexibility

The department presents the BA as a broad route through performance, design, technical production, and other theatre work, with students choosing their focus through the degree.

Updated Aug 8, 9:16 PM