Acting

The acting program provides emerging theater artists with rigorous training in performance technique, text analysis, creative improvisation, voice, speech and movement.

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Key Facts

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Degree

B.F.A. Acting

Degree Duration

4 Years :

1 year pathway + 3 year degree

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Start Dates

August

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Overview Why Study Discover University

Degree Overview

You will be immediately immersed in a program of pre-professional study in your first year, devoting as many as 18 hours of class time per week to various theater arts. Courses in theater history, directing, voice/verse, playwriting, and technical theater broaden your studies. In the B.F.A. program, you may also select courses in design, stage lighting, costume history, dramatic literature, and stage management. Although first-year students are not permitted to perform on stage for the public, you will have the opportunity to work on productions behind the scenes in a wide variety of jobs, ranging from running crews to assistant stage managing.

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Important

Audition Required
You may incur additional costs in the course of your education at the University over and above tuition fees in an academic year such as laptops, study materials and additional resources.

Study Reasons

Opportunities after the first year to audition for roles in department productions, co-productions with Syracuse Stage, student- and faculty-sponsored productions, student films and more.