Training
•BA Theater with Acting Concentration provides high-caliber training within a liberal arts education, preparing students for graduate conservatory programs or professional careers in theater, TV, and film
•Coursework includes Voice for the Actor, Speech for the Actor, Basic Movement, Acting I–V, Physical Theater, Audition Technique for the Camera, and The Working Actor
•Certification officials from the Society of Fight Directors are invited to final projects of Swordplay for the Actor classes; some students receive certification in various combat specialties
Performance & Productions
•Full season of productions each year serving as a creative laboratory for experiential learning
•Theater Education 4+1 Program: earn a BA in Theater, MEd, a minor in English, and a Pennsylvania secondary school teaching certificate in five years
Notable Alumni
•Bryan Terrell Clark — George Washington in Hamilton on Broadway, Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical •Danielle Pinnock — series regular on CBS's Ghosts (as Alberta) and Young Sheldon •Kunal Nayyar — Raj Koothrappali on The Big Bang Theory (MFA Acting) •James Ijames — Pulitzer Prize winner for Fat Ham, co-artistic director of the Wilma Theater (MFA Acting) Location
•Theater Department ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 25 theater programs in the nation
•Accredited by NAST and member of U/RTA
•Located in Philadelphia, immersed among some of the most important regional and national theaters in the country
Study Abroad
•Study abroad: London (semester with nine free theatrical productions and internship opportunities) and Los Angeles (film industry immersion)
•Student organizations include Alpha Psi Omega, Musical Theater Cooperative, Temple Theaters' Sidestage Season, and Temple SMASH
