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BA Theatre Arts

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Training

The 59-credit Theatre Arts BA is the department’s generalist degree, combining performance, production, directing, dramatic analysis, theatre history, and global performance study

Students choose acting foundations and advanced performance work alongside a theatre-technology area such as stagecraft, costume construction, lighting, or sound

Eight world-language credits complement Theatre of Diversity and Perspectives in World Performance, giving the liberal-arts degree an explicit intercultural dimension

Performance & Productions

Five theatre-activity credits must cover at least three areas, with choices in acting, management, dance captain, stagecraft, costume, lighting, and sound

Professional Development

Students choose Careers in Theatre or Portfolio Seminar and can shape electives toward performance, design/technology, directing, dramaturgy, or dance

Degree Flexibility

A published Minnesota State Theatre Transfer Pathway provides a designated junior- and senior-year sequence for eligible community-college transfers

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.29

Admit rate

88%

school-wide

Grad rate

54%

Enrollment

11.7K

Earnings

$57K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$10,280

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$20,400

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$27,124

Before aid

Average net price

$19,139

After aid

Undergraduate Student Cost Of Attendance · mnsu.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated 3d ago

Program Highlights

Training

The 59-credit Theatre Arts BA is the department’s generalist degree, combining performance, production, directing, dramatic analysis, theatre history, and global performance study

Students choose acting foundations and advanced performance work alongside a theatre-technology area such as stagecraft, costume construction, lighting, or sound

Eight world-language credits complement Theatre of Diversity and Perspectives in World Performance, giving the liberal-arts degree an explicit intercultural dimension

Performance & Productions

Five theatre-activity credits must cover at least three areas, with choices in acting, management, dance captain, stagecraft, costume, lighting, and sound

Professional Development

Students choose Careers in Theatre or Portfolio Seminar and can shape electives toward performance, design/technology, directing, dramaturgy, or dance

Degree Flexibility

A published Minnesota State Theatre Transfer Pathway provides a designated junior- and senior-year sequence for eligible community-college transfers

Program Highlights

Training

The 59-credit Theatre Arts BA is the department’s generalist degree, combining performance, production, directing, dramatic analysis, theatre history, and global performance study

Students choose acting foundations and advanced performance work alongside a theatre-technology area such as stagecraft, costume construction, lighting, or sound

Eight world-language credits complement Theatre of Diversity and Perspectives in World Performance, giving the liberal-arts degree an explicit intercultural dimension

Performance & Productions

Five theatre-activity credits must cover at least three areas, with choices in acting, management, dance captain, stagecraft, costume, lighting, and sound

Professional Development

Students choose Careers in Theatre or Portfolio Seminar and can shape electives toward performance, design/technology, directing, dramaturgy, or dance

Degree Flexibility

A published Minnesota State Theatre Transfer Pathway provides a designated junior- and senior-year sequence for eligible community-college transfers

Key Info

Enrollment Term

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Fee

$20

Deadline

Five working days before classes

Undergraduate Application Process Calendar · mnsu.edu

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Audition

Talent Grant Audition (Mankato, MN)Feb 19, 2027

BFA Additional Information · hss.mnsu.edu

Good to Know

Enrollment

No audition required for BA — admission is through the university application

Fall and spring enrollment available

Important Notes

Incoming students are encouraged to apply for Theatre & Dance Talent Grant

Talent Grant auditions are separate from BFA auditions

If also applying for BFA, a separate Talent Grant application is not required

Transfer Pathway

Students with a compatible Minnesota State community-college Theatre Transfer Pathway associate degree can follow the catalog's designated third- and fourth-year BA sequence at Mankato. Applicants should confirm pathway fit with advisors before transfer.

Theatre Arts Ba · mnsu.edu

What's The Process

Audition Process

Apply and be admitted to the university

Meet with department chair during a scheduled orientation day

Declare Theatre Arts major by meeting with the department chair

First-Year and Transfer Talent Grant auditions are held in February/March and the week before fall classes

Talent Grant auditions are separate from declaring the BA Theatre Arts major

Contact

George Grubb, Department Chair

Scholarship Info

Talent Grants

First-Year and Transfer Talent Grants available for incoming Theatre and Dance majors

Auditions held in February/March and the week before fall classes

Returning Student Scholarships

Over two dozen departmental scholarships for currently enrolled students

Awards range from $1,100 to nearly $2,500

Applications open every February via Academic Works

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.29

Admit rate

88%

school-wide

Grad rate

54%

Enrollment

11.7K

Earnings

$57K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$10,280

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$20,400

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$27,124

Before aid

Average net price

$19,139

After aid

Undergraduate Student Cost Of Attendance · mnsu.edu College Scorecard

Training

The 59-credit Theatre Arts BA is the department’s generalist degree, combining performance, production, directing, dramatic analysis, theatre history, and global performance study

Students choose acting foundations and advanced performance work alongside a theatre-technology area such as stagecraft, costume construction, lighting, or sound

Eight world-language credits complement Theatre of Diversity and Perspectives in World Performance, giving the liberal-arts degree an explicit intercultural dimension

Performance & Productions

Five theatre-activity credits must cover at least three areas, with choices in acting, management, dance captain, stagecraft, costume, lighting, and sound

Professional Development

Students choose Careers in Theatre or Portfolio Seminar and can shape electives toward performance, design/technology, directing, dramaturgy, or dance

Degree Flexibility

A published Minnesota State Theatre Transfer Pathway provides a designated junior- and senior-year sequence for eligible community-college transfers

Updated 3d ago