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