Training
•Bullet: Selective, rigorous, pre-professional BFA training focused on stage and camera acting
•Bullet: Sequential four-year curriculum in acting, voice, speech, and movement
•Bullet: Year 1: Imagination, fundamental skills, working from self, playing objectives
•Bullet: Year 2: Advanced scene work, movement, physical life of characters
•Bullet: Year 3: Challenging styles — Chekhov, Shaw, Morrisseau, and other notable playwrights
•Bullet: Year 4: Audition techniques, acting business, acting on camera
•Bullet: Small classes promoting strong relationships with faculty
•Bullet: Faculty with years of industry experience and national connections
•Bullet: Master classes with award-winning guest artists
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: 30+ annual productions; students audition for roles from day one
•Bullet: 10+ student-run theatre groups (improv, Shakespeare, original one-acts, and more)
•Bullet: Home to The Little Theatre of the Rockies — the oldest professional summer stock theatre in the Western United States
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Nick Nolte — three-time Academy Award nominee; got his start at UNC's Little Theatre of the Rockies in the 1960s •Bullet: Beth Malone '96 — Tony Award nominee for Best Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Alison Bechdel in Fun Home on Broadway •Bullet: Derek Hanson '04 — Broadway cast of Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster; appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Professional Development
•Bullet: Senior Showcase connects students directly with studio executives, talent managers, agents, and casting directors in Los Angeles
•Bullet: Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
•Bullet: Over $485,000 in scholarships for Theatre majors each year
