Training
•Bullet: BA in Theatre and Screen Arts combining stage performance with film production
•Bullet: Dual focus: acting for live theatre and behind-the-scenes film production
•Bullet: Coursework combines the Theatre Arts major and the Screen Arts major
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Four mainstage theatre productions annually plus a fully-staged opera
•Bullet: Smothers Theatre (450 seats), which Pepperdine’s theatre facilities page says "is considered to be one of the finest theatres of its size in Los Angeles" (seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/student-opportunities/theatre/facilities.htm)
•Bullet: Entertainment labs, theatres, and recital halls serve as classrooms and performance spaces for students
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: April Rock — series regular on BYUtv's Studio C (actor, writer, director); CBS's Criminal Minds; Nickelodeon's Game Shakers •Bullet: Victory Palmsiano-Bruckner — creative producer for Viacom, NBCUniversal, OWN, and Disney; co-founded Quantum Spin Studios
Location
•Bullet: Malibu campus with proximity to Los Angeles entertainment industry
•Bullet: Students study real-life productions, taking advantage of proximity to Hollywood, and put those skills into practice in the classroom and in University productions
Value
•Bullet: ~75% of theatre majors receive scholarships
