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