Bachelor of Fine Arts - Theatre - Performance

Program Description

The Bachelor of Fine Arts with Major in Theatre is at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) offered with a Design and Technology concentration, a Music Theatre concentration and a Performance concentration. This degree program provides in-depth training and fundamental knowledge necessary for the pursuit of a career as an actor or director through process-oriented instruction in performance skills. It is designed primarily for those students with an interest in a career in the professional theatre. In order to enter the program, students must audition with the performance faculty.

Performance Concentration

The Performance concentration prepares the candidate for pursuit of a career as a professional actor in theatre and related fields. The program is designed to help students discover and empower their own processes of creating characters through in-depth exploration and understanding of the dramatic text. In studio, in classes and in productions, the program addresses body, voice, intellect and imagination to help candidates surmount their personal obstacles to clear expression so that they may successfully collaborate in the creation of living theatre.