Program Recognition
•Bullet: Partnership with Syracuse Stage, a professional LORT theater founded in 1974
Training
•Bullet: Triple-threat curriculum: singing from operetta to rock, four levels of ballet/jazz plus tap, modern and theater dance, and acting
•Bullet: First year: the foundation for all future training, focused on techniques of acting, ballet, voice (singing and speaking), sight singing and dramatic theory
•Bullet: Students audition for department productions, Syracuse Stage co-productions, and student films
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Jessie Mueller '05 — Tony Award winner for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical •Bullet: Taye Diggs '93 — originated Benny in Rent, starred in Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch •Bullet: Patti Murin '02 — original Princess Anna in Frozen on Broadway •Bullet: Vanessa Williams — Broadway's Kiss of the Spider Woman, Into the Woods revival, and Ugly Betty Professional Development
•Bullet: Lewis Hecker Drama Showcase for graduating seniors before industry professionals
•Bullet: Tepper Semester in NYC and VPA LA Semester study-away options
Study Abroad
•Bullet: London semester at Shakespeare's Globe, fall of third year
Verified Recent Class Sizes
•Bullet: Class of 2030: 35 students
•Bullet: Class of 2029: 32 students
•Bullet: Class of 2028: 25 students
•Bullet: Class of 2027: 24 students
