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