Training
•Rigorous 124-credit BFA preparing students for careers in musical productions
•Interdisciplinary program: theater coursework supplemented by musicianship courses in the Boyer College of Music and Dance
•Faculty mentor students artistically and academically on an individual basis
•Musical Theater Cooperative offers masterclasses, NYC trips, and workshops with MT professionals
•Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST); member of URTA
•Study abroad: London (live theater attendance, internship opportunities) and Los Angeles (film industry immersion)
Performance & Productions
•Performance opportunities in musicals, student-directed productions, dramas, and showcases through the Center for Performing and Cinematic Arts
•Recent on-campus productions include Titanic, Pippin, Head Over Heels, Love's Labour's Lost, Sunday in the Park with George, Side Show, Guys and Dolls, Merrily We Roll Along, Brigadoon, Hair, Oklahoma!, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Rent, Urinetown, and Sweeney Todd
•Opportunity to collaborate with MFA students in the Musical Theater Collaboration graduate program
Notable Alumni
•Bryan Terrell Clark — George Washington in Hamilton on Broadway, Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical •Josh Tower — Simba in The Lion King on Broadway, Aaron Burr in Hamilton national tour •Maggie Lakis — Avenue Q (national tour and Off-Broadway), Mrs. Doubtfire national tour •Victoria Guiteras Mayo — Broadway World Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Spamalot