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Theatre

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Performance

ProgramOfficial Program Page

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Admissions

No PrescreenScholarship AuditionScholarship InterviewUniversity App Required

Program profile

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Program Recognition

NAST-accredited Department of Theatre

96% of UNI graduates employed or continuing education within six months of graduation

Training

Acting roles and performance opportunities from first year onward

12+ performance opportunities annually, including 4 mainstage productions

Faculty actively work in the industry as actors, directors, dialect coaches, intimacy professionals, and fight choreographers

Training in Meisner Technique, movement for the actor, stage combat, and voice

Notable Alumni

Phyllis Somerville — Broadway: Over Here!, To Kill a Mockingbird; Film: Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Russ Anderson — TV: Law & Order: SVU; Film: Money, Power, Murder.

Bonnie Koloc — Broadway: The Human Comedy; Drama Desk Award nominee

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.53

Admit rate

93%

school-wide

Grad rate

68%

Enrollment

7.5K

Earnings

$55K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$10,505

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$23,030

Before aid

Average net price

$15,901

After aid

Cost Aid · admissions.uni.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated Sep 13, 1:34 AM

Program Highlights

Program Recognition

NAST-accredited Department of Theatre

96% of UNI graduates employed or continuing education within six months of graduation

Training

Acting roles and performance opportunities from first year onward

12+ performance opportunities annually, including 4 mainstage productions

Faculty actively work in the industry as actors, directors, dialect coaches, intimacy professionals, and fight choreographers

Training in Meisner Technique, movement for the actor, stage combat, and voice

Notable Alumni

Phyllis Somerville — Broadway: Over Here!, To Kill a Mockingbird; Film: Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Russ Anderson — TV: Law & Order: SVU; Film: Money, Power, Murder.

Bonnie Koloc — Broadway: The Human Comedy; Drama Desk Award nominee

Program Highlights

Program Recognition

NAST-accredited Department of Theatre

96% of UNI graduates employed or continuing education within six months of graduation

Training

Acting roles and performance opportunities from first year onward

12+ performance opportunities annually, including 4 mainstage productions

Faculty actively work in the industry as actors, directors, dialect coaches, intimacy professionals, and fight choreographers

Training in Meisner Technique, movement for the actor, stage combat, and voice

Notable Alumni

Phyllis Somerville — Broadway: Over Here!, To Kill a Mockingbird; Film: Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Russ Anderson — TV: Law & Order: SVU; Film: Money, Power, Murder.

Bonnie Koloc — Broadway: The Human Comedy; Drama Desk Award nominee

Key Info

Enrollment Term

Fall 2027

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Fee

$40

Deadline

Scholarship Application Priority Deadline (Fall 2027)Jan 15, 2027

Regular DecisionRolling

Admissions Timeline · admissions.uni.edu

Scholarship Audition and Interview Requirements

Optional audition and interview for scholarship consideration only; they are not required for program admission.

Monologues

Scholarship Audition

Not required for program admission

Two memorized contrasting monologues, two minutes each

Must be one character speaking from a published play

Do not use prose, film, or television material

Include an introduction identifying the character and the play

Time limits enforced

Submit recorded audition by the January 22 deadline

Theatre Performance · chas.uni.edu

Verified for Fall 2027 entry

Good to Know

Admission Pathway

Open admission through the standard university application

No separate program application required

Contact

Department of Theatre: 319-273-6386

Email: william.hickman@uni.edu

Transfer Pathway

UNI's Theatre BA catalog gives a program-specific transfer path: transfer students entering with an AA degree and a 2.50+ cumulative GPA are admitted to major status after specified communication/English requirements, then take Theatre Foundations in their first UNI semester.

Theatreba · catalog.uni.edu

What's The Process

Audition Process

Admission to the Performance emphasis is through the standard UNI application

No separate audition or portfolio review required for program admission

Casting auditions for TheatreUNI productions are held separately and do not gate admission to the major

Scholarship Info

Department of Theatre Scholarships

Over $45,000 in tuition scholarships awarded annually, including nearly $23,000 to first-year students

Complete the UNI Scholarship Application by the February 7 deadline

Participate in the virtual Scholarship Day (materials due January 22; faculty interview on February 3)

Scholarship Audition (Performance)

Record two memorized two-minute contrasting monologues

Monologues must be one character speaking from a published play

Do not use prose, film, or television material

Include an introduction identifying the character and the play

Time limits enforced

Submit recorded audition by the January 22 deadline

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.53

Admit rate

93%

school-wide

Grad rate

68%

Enrollment

7.5K

Earnings

$55K

10yr after

Costs & aid

In-state tuition

$10,505

Before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$23,030

Before aid

Average net price

$15,901

After aid

Cost Aid · admissions.uni.edu College Scorecard

Program Recognition

NAST-accredited Department of Theatre

96% of UNI graduates employed or continuing education within six months of graduation

Training

Acting roles and performance opportunities from first year onward

12+ performance opportunities annually, including 4 mainstage productions

Faculty actively work in the industry as actors, directors, dialect coaches, intimacy professionals, and fight choreographers

Training in Meisner Technique, movement for the actor, stage combat, and voice

Notable Alumni

Phyllis Somerville — Broadway: Over Here!, To Kill a Mockingbird; Film: Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Russ Anderson — TV: Law & Order: SVU; Film: Money, Power, Murder.

Bonnie Koloc — Broadway: The Human Comedy; Drama Desk Award nominee

Updated Sep 13, 1:34 AM

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