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Admissions
No PrescreenGateway AuditionNo InterviewUniversity App Required
Program profile
25-40 StudentsStudy Abroad

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

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