Training
•Comprehensive, interdisciplinary professional actor training
•Training in contemporary realism, Shakespeare, classical material, comedy of manners, and acting for camera
•Integrated voice, movement, speech, dance, and musical theatre skills each semester
•9-credit sequence of graduate Theatre Studies courses covering literature, history, and criticism
•Admits a new class of 10 actors every three years
•Highly selective — intensive cohort-based training
Performance & Productions
•Work alongside professional actors, directors, designers, and faculty through the Nevada Conservatory Theatre
•Unique connections to the Las Vegas entertainment industry and internship opportunities
Notable Alumni
•Giovanna Sardelli (BFA 1987) — Artistic Director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley; 2019 Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre; UNLV CFA Alumna of the Year 2019