Training
•Bullet: Cohort-based, two-year training program in acting, musical theater, and dance built on a 53-unit required core: THEA 1 Conservatory Readiness, Theory/Practice of Acting I & II, Beginning and Intermediate Improvisation, Musical Theater Workshop I & II, Shakespeare Through Performance, Movement for the Actor, Acting for the Camera, Stage Combat, and Business of Acting, per the current college catalog's Actors Conservatory Certificate of Achievement requirements
•Bullet: Program mission: "to provide professional training for the intellectual, creative, and personal development of theater artists," cultivating "well-educated actors through engagement and experiences aimed at a deeper and more profound understanding of the craft of theater and the cultural importance of the art form"
Professional Development
•Bullet: Students are advised they can complete separate Certificates of Achievement in Acting and Musical Theater along the way to the Actors Conservatory certificate itself, per the department's own "Certificates and Outcomes" page
•Bullet: Cited career outcomes: actor or performer in stage, television, film, and digital media; program learning outcomes require students to "apply the learned techniques of acting in a public performance of various genres of theater...synthesizing acting, movement, and vocal skills into a truthful theater performance"
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Coursework "lines up with many of the foundation courses needed for an Associate for Degree for Transfer (AD-T) in Theater," letting students move into the AA-T without falling far behind if they choose to continue toward a four-year BFA program
