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The BA option definitely doesn't limit performance opportunties! Point Park shows always contain a wide variety of BA and BFA MT's and also BA and BFA Acting Majors (both majors do musicals and straight plays and are treated as one casting pool). In addition, dance majors often do the musicals as well!
I peeked in on PPU's CONTACT in tech yesterday while at PPU doing some coaching. It looks great! - and it has MT's, Actors, and Dance majors all working side-by-side. In fact, an Acting major is the Girl on the Swing in the first vignette (of the 3 that make up CONTACT). I'm so proud of her - she's a former student who also played Jo in PPU's wonderful (and critically acclaimed by Pittsburgh's main theatre critic) production of LITTLE WOMEN earlier this year! PPU students have SO MANY opportunities to perform because PPU does such a range and number of shows - and while the undergrads can be in the Rep Company (grad student company) shows, I don't believe the grad students ever compete for undergrad production roles.
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