Training
•Bullet: BA students train alongside BFA students
•Bullet: Focused mentorship from performance, design, and production faculty
•Bullet: Four semesters of hands-on production crew experience
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: 6-8 department productions annually — first-years eligible and often cast first semester
•Bullet: Biannual co-productions with professional companies alongside Equity actors
•Bullet: Casting based on who is right for the role, not class rank or major
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Betty Buckley — Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Cats), American Theater Hall of Fame inductee •Bullet: Strong track record of alumni accepted into top graduate theatre programs nationwide
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Flexibility to craft a degree plan that suits your professional goals
•Bullet: Option to double-major in another discipline
•Bullet: Foreign language requirement as part of BA degree
•Bullet: Optional annual juries with theatre faculty