Training
•Bullet: 71-credit musical theatre major spans acting, voice, dance, and production coursework, including 11 credit hours of music training (class piano, voice, and theory) and 5 credit hours of dance (ballet and movement), alongside advanced coursework in directing, Shakespeare, and theatre history
•Bullet: Admission to the major and continued participation in productions each semester both require passing an individual department audition with Theatre & Music faculty and staff
•Bullet: 7 credit hours of production practicum place musical theatre majors in mainstage work throughout the degree
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Musical theatre majors perform alongside RCU's own UnCovered Theatre Company, a professional theatre company the university owns and operates on campus
•Bullet: The department co-produces Shakespeare Upon Avon, an award-winning summer festival partnership between RCU and UnCovered Theatre Company
•Bullet: Faculty describe the department as "a student-focused artistic community" built around production participation every semester
Professional Development
•Bullet: The major concludes with THE 4813 Senior Capstone in Theatre, a 3-credit hour culminating internship or senior project
•Bullet: The admission audition also qualifies musical theatre majors for department scholarships open to any theatre and music participant, regardless of major
