Academic Learning Compact - Theatre Performance, Musical Theatre

The School of Theatre and Dance and the School of Music prepare Bachelor of Fine Arts graduates as performers and pioneers of musical theatre. The BFA fuses acting, singing and dancing into a single mode of expression to compete in a challenging job market. A commitment to diversity and risk-taking provides an environment that challenges, inspires and stimulates individual creativity in musical theatre artists for the 21st century.

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Before Graduating You Must

• Satisfactory presentation and faculty evaluation of a jury and a senior project.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Develop basic theatrical and movement skills, including makeup and dance, as appropriate to musical theatre.
2. Develop basic voice performance, musicianship and music theory skills.
3. Develop a high level of skill in sight singing.
4. Perform in workshops and full productions of musical theatre in a variety of formal and informal settings.
5. Develop repertory and techniques for auditions.
6. Develop the highest possible level of performance as an actor/singer/dancer.
7. Demonstrate the unique collaborative skills necessary to assimilate and realize the visions of playwright, director and designer in performance.