Training
•Bullet: The BFA in Theatre Performance is a 120-credit performance degree with a Musical Theatre concentration.
•Bullet: Core study in voice and movement, acting, modern plays and musicals, and 21st Century Dance is paired with applied voice, theatre workshop, and performance ensemble.
•Bullet: Musical Theatre students build a broad performer toolkit through jazz, Musical Theatre Dance Styles, choir, music theory, aural skills, Opera Workshop, and Class Piano.
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students perform from the first semester in productions, workshops, showcases, and collaborative projects; MHU presents three to five productions each school year.
•Bullet: The department sponsors Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART), a professional summer theatre on campus, giving students access to a regional performance environment.
Professional Development
•Bullet: Guest artists and working professionals contribute coaching in Broadway and regional theatre practice, stage combat, intimacy direction, Shakespeare, movement, and production collaboration.
•Bullet: Coursework and recurring stage work build audition technique, ensemble skills, and preparation for professional theatre, graduate study, and educational theatre.
Location
•Bullet: Mars Hill’s Blue Ridge setting connects a small liberal-arts campus with the Asheville arts community.
