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BFA Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
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Admissions
No PrescreenAudition RequiredInterview RequiredUniversity App RequiredAudition format
In-Person or VirtualTRAINING
•Intensive interdisciplinary BFA-level training in music, theatre, and dance
•Specialized training in acting, dance, and music skills
•Collaboration between School of Performing Arts and School of Music
•Six semesters of applied voice instruction
•Musical Theatre Repertoire, Scene Study, and Audition Technique courses
•Tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and MT dance training
•Acting for the Camera and Directing the Musical
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Musicals, plays, opera, staged readings, and dance productions
•Students encouraged to audition for professional and community theatres in Wichita
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Julius Thomas III (BFA '05) — Broadway: Hamilton, Motown The Musical, The Scottsboro Boys, Porgy & Bess; NAACP Theatre Award nominee
•Karla Burns — Tony nominee for Show Boat on Broadway, first Black winner of the Laurence Olivier Award
•Hal Davis (BA '72) — Broadway: Titanic, The Sound of Music; national tours of Joseph, Grease, The King and I
Academic info
Snapshot
3.38
Avg GPA (W)
94%
Admit Rate
school-wide
51%
Grad Rate
10.8K
Enrollment
$52K
Earnings
10yr after
Costs & Aid
Average Annual Cost
$13,194
after typical aid
In-State Tuition
$9,684
before aid
Out-of-State Tuition
$19,869
before aid
Average annual cost reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.
$0-30k$9,734
$30-48k$9,696
$48-75k$13,564
$75-110k$16,893
$110k+$19,184
Program info updated 4d ago
Program Highlights
TRAINING
•Intensive interdisciplinary BFA-level training in music, theatre, and dance
•Specialized training in acting, dance, and music skills
•Collaboration between School of Performing Arts and School of Music
•Six semesters of applied voice instruction
•Musical Theatre Repertoire, Scene Study, and Audition Technique courses
•Tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and MT dance training
•Acting for the Camera and Directing the Musical
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Musicals, plays, opera, staged readings, and dance productions
•Students encouraged to audition for professional and community theatres in Wichita
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Julius Thomas III (BFA '05) — Broadway: Hamilton, Motown The Musical, The Scottsboro Boys, Porgy & Bess; NAACP Theatre Award nominee
•Karla Burns — Tony nominee for Show Boat on Broadway, first Black winner of the Laurence Olivier Award
•Hal Davis (BA '72) — Broadway: Titanic, The Sound of Music; national tours of Joseph, Grease, The King and I
TRAINING
•Intensive interdisciplinary BFA-level training in music, theatre, and dance
•Specialized training in acting, dance, and music skills
•Collaboration between School of Performing Arts and School of Music
•Six semesters of applied voice instruction
•Musical Theatre Repertoire, Scene Study, and Audition Technique courses
•Tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and MT dance training
•Acting for the Camera and Directing the Musical
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Musicals, plays, opera, staged readings, and dance productions
•Students encouraged to audition for professional and community theatres in Wichita
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Julius Thomas III (BFA '05) — Broadway: Hamilton, Motown The Musical, The Scottsboro Boys, Porgy & Bess; NAACP Theatre Award nominee
•Karla Burns — Tony nominee for Show Boat on Broadway, first Black winner of the Laurence Olivier Award
•Hal Davis (BA '72) — Broadway: Titanic, The Sound of Music; national tours of Joseph, Grease, The King and I
Updated 4d ago
