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No PrescreenInternal AuditionInterview RequiredPortfolio RequiredUniversity App Required

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In-Person or Virtual

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No PrescreenInternal AuditionInterview RequiredPortfolio RequiredUniversity App Required

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Musical Theatre

ProgramOfficial Program Page

Program snapshot

Admissions

No PrescreenInternal AuditionInterview RequiredPortfolio RequiredUniversity App Required

Audition format

In-Person or Virtual

Program profile

Transfer In FriendlyNYCMusical Theatre

Training

Students build acting, singing, and dance skills after completing the Entertainment Media interdisciplinary foundation

Coursework includes acting, improvisation, performance lab, voice and speech, ballet, jazz and theatre dance, song interpretation, ensemble, music theory, pop/rock, comedy, tap, ballroom, and audition technique

Performance & Productions

Students may audition for two mainstage productions and the New Works Series with professional directors, music directors, writers, and composers

Additional opportunities include Broadway in the Battery, acting presentations, and a graduation showcase

Location

Training takes place at NYFA New York in dedicated voice, dance, recording, and performance spaces

School info

Costs & aid

Tuition & fees

$39,700

Before aid

Musical Theatre · nyfa.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated 6d ago

Program Highlights

Training

Students build acting, singing, and dance skills after completing the Entertainment Media interdisciplinary foundation

Performance & Productions

Students may audition for two mainstage productions and the New Works Series with professional directors, music directors, writers, and composers

Additional opportunities include Broadway in the Battery, acting presentations, and a graduation showcase

Location

Training takes place at NYFA New York in dedicated voice, dance, recording, and performance spaces

Program Highlights

Training

Students build acting, singing, and dance skills after completing the Entertainment Media interdisciplinary foundation

Performance & Productions

Students may audition for two mainstage productions and the New Works Series with professional directors, music directors, writers, and composers

Additional opportunities include Broadway in the Battery, acting presentations, and a graduation showcase

Location

Training takes place at NYFA New York in dedicated voice, dance, recording, and performance spaces

Key Info

Enrollment Term

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Fee

$75

Deadline

Fall 2027 Early ActionNov 21, 2026

Fall 2027 Undergraduate and Certificate Application DeadlineFeb 12, 2027

Important Dates · nyfa.edu

Interview Requirements

This program has a required admission interview and portfolio, plus a separate internal audition gate after enrollment. The gateway source documents the post-enrollment gate; admission requirement details may be separate.Gateway source

Transcript

Required: official final high school transcript

Statement

Required: narrative statement, maximum 3 typed pages

Letters of Recommendation (required; 2)

Creative Portfolio (Required)

Portfolio: choose to submit a writing sample or a visual sample

Portfolio writing sample (choose from below)

Portfolio writing sample - Excerpt: Excerpt from an original screenplay or prose fiction piece (5-10 pages)

Portfolio writing sample - Original Work: Original short story, article or critical studies essay examining a literary or cinematic work (play, screenplay, television series, film, etc.) (3-7 pages)

Portfolio writing sample - Treatment or Outline: Treatment or outline of a film, webisode or television series concept (3-7 pages)

Visual sample (choose from below)

Visual sample - Visual Series: Any visual or studio art, including, but not limited to: paintings, drawings, sculptures, set designs, mixed media arts, photographs (3-10 pieces), with an accompanying description contextualizing the submission

Visual sample - Short Film: Live-action or animated fiction or non-fiction film/video (3-10 minutes in length). Applicants must describe what part they had in creating the project

Portfolio: all materials must be submitted with an accompanying description contextualizing the nature and purpose of the project

Portfolio: collaborative work may be submitted, but applicants must detail what role they had in the creation of the work

English Proficiency (Required If Applicable)

Creative Portfolio · nyfa.edu

Good to Know

Application Logistics

Apply through the NYFA website and upload required materials in the applicant portal

$75 non-refundable application fee

Admission Pathway

Students explore multiple disciplines before completing the Musical Theatre concentration within the New York-only Entertainment Media BFA

Transfer Pathway

All 1-Year Certificates are eligible to receive advanced standing in the BFA in Entertainment Media.

Advanced Standing · nyfa.edu

What's The Process

Audition Process

A candidate interview is part of BFA admissions and may take place by phone, virtually, or in person

Audition Expectations

The Entertainment Media degree uses a creative portfolio rather than the separate BFA Musical Theatre audition

Submit all portfolio materials digitally and identify your role in collaborative work

Post-Enrollment

The student may choose their concentration when applying or during their sixth semester

During the sixth semester each student meets with their assigned Academic Advisor to choose a concentration and complete any additional audition requirements; a student who chooses the Musical Theatre concentration is required to complete an Audition Requirement

Musical Theatre audition: two contrasting musical theatre songs of approximately 60–90 seconds each, sung to live or recorded accompaniment with no a cappella singing (accompanists are provided only for live auditions at the NY campus), plus one contemporary monologue of approximately 60–90 seconds from a published American play, not from a musical, television show, or film

Scholarship Info

Scholarship Types

Talent-Based Scholarship may consider the submitted creative portfolio

Need-Based and Merit-Based Scholarship opportunities are available to eligible BFA applicants

School info

Costs & aid

Tuition & fees

$39,700

Before aid

Musical Theatre · nyfa.edu College Scorecard

Training

Students build acting, singing, and dance skills after completing the Entertainment Media interdisciplinary foundation

Performance & Productions

Students may audition for two mainstage productions and the New Works Series with professional directors, music directors, writers, and composers

Additional opportunities include Broadway in the Battery, acting presentations, and a graduation showcase

Location

Training takes place at NYFA New York in dedicated voice, dance, recording, and performance spaces

Updated 6d ago