Program Recognition
•Bullet: Acting mentors include Melissa DuPrey, a featured actor in the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls
•Bullet: Abdul Khaliq "A.K." Murtadha has played Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop and Peter Shaw in Silent Sky at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
•Bullet: Sohina Sidhu has appeared in Evil (Paramount+) and Little Voice (Apple TV+)
•Bullet: Josh Innerst is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, and Constance Swain toured nationally with the American Shakespeare Center
•Bullet: Lelund Durond Thompson founded Lelund Durond Studios and has coached performers including Cynthia Erivo and Daniel Radcliffe
Training
•Bullet: Acting Mentorship I and II (THTR 6601 and THTR 6641) carry eight credits each and pair the student with a single faculty mentor for eighteen weeks of project-based study
•Bullet: Raja Benz brings movement, intimacy coordination, and pedagogy into the acting sequence
•Bullet: Candidates apply with an acting audition rather than a portfolio, and must hold a baccalaureate degree with a 3.0 undergraduate GPA
•Bullet: Students choose a minimum of two mentorship areas, so acting can be combined with directing, design, or playwriting
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Endstation Theatre Company is resident on campus and supplies a professional production environment
•Bullet: Every semester closes with a final performance; the last mentorship semester ends with a public thesis performance at the graduation residency
