Training
•Bullet: Four-year BFA in Drama spanning acting, directing, scenography, playwriting, performance creation, drama education, theatre history, and dramatic literature and criticism
•Bullet: No entrance audition; students enter through Faculty of Arts admission and tailor the degree to a chosen career path
•Bullet: Progression auditions admit students into the acting stream for each subsequent year of study
•Bullet: Housed in the School of Creative and Performing Arts within the Faculty of Arts
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Drama Mainstage season lets students earn up to four full-credit courses as actors, stage managers, designers, assistant directors, crew, and production managers
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Rebecca Northan — Dora Award-winning improviser/actor, creator of Blind Date and Spontaneous Theatre •Bullet: Gary Burns — filmmaker, director of Waydowntown (studied drama at UCalgary) Professional Development
•Bullet: Prepares graduates for theatre and performance, film and media, education, the cultural sector, and the civil service
•Bullet: BFA can also lead to graduate study or related professional degrees
Facilities
•Bullet: Productions stage in the University Theatre and Reeve Theatre, supported by University Theatre Services
