{"id":16634,"date":"2024-11-11T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program&p=16634"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:40:50","slug":"theatre-acting-concentration-bfa","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/academics\/program\/theatre-acting-concentration-bfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre – Acting Concentration BFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theatre and musical theatre curriculum offers a rigorous course of study with options in a wide variety of Theatre topics pertinent to careers in these degrees, including performance, design, management, or advanced graduate studies.<\/p>\n

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Learning Goals<\/h3>\n
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  1. Our graduates communicate effectively.<\/li>\n
  2. Our graduates understand the role that theatre plays in society.<\/li>\n
  3. Our graduates will develop their artistic and creative abilities.<\/li>\n
  4. Our graduates will understand the technology used in their field.<\/li>\n
  5. Our graduates will have learned theatre through practical production experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The theatre and musical theatre curriculum offers a rigorous course of study with options in a wide variety of Theatre topics pertinent to careers in these degrees, including performance, design, management, or advanced graduate studies. Learning Goals Our graduates communicate effectively. Our graduates understand the role that theatre plays in society. Our graduates will develop… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17240,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"","_genesis_description":"","_genesis_noindex":"","_genesis_nofollow":"","_genesis_noarchive":"","_genesis_canonical_uri":"","_open_graph_title":"","_open_graph_description":"","_twitter_title":"","_twitter_description":"","_social_image_url":"","_social_image_id":"","redirect":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"college_department":[18304,28840,27152],"delivery":[255],"types":[28854,28853,28850],"class_list":{"0":"post-16634","1":"program","2":"type-program","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"college_department-college-of-liberal-and-performing-arts","8":"college_department-performing-arts","9":"college_department-theatre","10":"delivery-on-campus","11":"types-major","12":"types-minor","13":"types-undergraduate","14":"entry"},"acf":{"department_college":"Department of Performing Arts and Mass Communication<\/a> \/ Liberal and Performing Arts<\/a>","Number_of_Hours":"120","Catalog Entry":"

    Admission Requirements<\/h4>\r\nEach student must audition and be accepted into the program before declaring their major. Auditions for the program will be held once during the fall semester and three times during the spring semester on designated dates. The audition requirements for majoring in theatre with an acting concentration are as follows:\r\n\r\n1. Students must attend one of the designated audition dates.\r\n2. Students must prepare and perform two contrasting monologues.\r\n3. Students must provide one letter of recommendation from a past theatre teacher or director.\r\n\r\nPlease contact the Director of Theatre for more information.\r\n\r\nFor the first two years, all students are admitted into the program on a probationary period. At the end of the student\u2019s second semester and fourth semester, they will undergo a jury audition and\/or interview examination in which the senior faculty will evaluate their status and progress within the program to be permitted to pursue advanced study.\r\n\r\nNote: All theatre majors must earn a C or higher in all major courses.\r\n

    University Requirement (2 hours)<\/h4>\r\nGSTD 1002 - Freshman Seminar\r\n

    \r\nGeneral Education (29 hours)<\/h4>\r\nNote: 6 hours of fine arts\/humanities requirements are included in the major.\r\n

    BFA Core (9 hours)<\/h4>\r\nART 2013 - Art Appreciation\r\nHUM 2003 - Film Appreciation\r\nMUS 2013 - Music Appreciation or MULI 1013 - Introduction to Music\r\n

    \r\nTheatre Core (26 hours)<\/h4>\r\nTHEA 1000 - Production Run Crew (2 semesters)\r\nTHEA 1013 - Acting I\r\nTHEA 2023 - Acting II\r\nTHEA 2503 - Fundamentals of Design\r\nTHEA 2613 - Stagecraft\r\nTHEA 3433 - Musical Theatre History\r\nTHEA 3643 - Theatre History I\r\nTHEA 3653 - Theatre History II\r\nTHEA 3763 - Script Analysis\r\nTHEA 4922 - Project in Theatre\r\n

    \r\nActing (36 hours)<\/h4>\r\nTHEA 1110 - Acting Studio (6 semesters)\r\nTHEA 2103 - Acting III\r\nTHEA 2203 - Acting IV\r\nTHEA 2603 - Improvisation\r\nTHEA 3403 - Playwriting I\r\nTHEA 3413 - Acting for the Camera\r\nTHEA 3423 - Dialects and Accents\r\nTHEA 3533 - Business of Acting\r\nTHEA 3663 - Performance in Shakespeare\r\nTHEA 3673 - Creative Dramatics\r\nTHEA 4013 - Survey of Black Theatre and Film\r\nTHEA 4633 - Directing I\r\nTHEA 4853 - Devised Theatre\r\n

    \r\nElectives (18 hours)<\/h4>\r\n18 hours of Theatre electives\r\n(Art or Music electives may also be approved by the advisor.)","minor_requirements":"Minor in Theatre<\/strong> - 18 hours\r\nTHEA 2613 - Stagecraft\r\nTHEA 2633 - Fundamentals of Acting\r\nTHEA 3763 - Script Analysis\r\nTHEA 3643 - Theatre History I or THEA 3653 - Theatre History II\r\n6 hours of upper-level Theatre electives","Degree Plans":"