ActingDad

These are schools with true BFA -- not BA programs. If you are talking BA programs, the lists you will see here with respect to audtions are for the BA programs that DO require auditions since that is the exception (e.g. Northwestern and UCLA).

I think per her note, the red was just for programs austinmtmom confirmed are still non audition based on program information posted as of the date of her post.

austinmtmom

dramamom - The programs in post #24 in red are all BFAs that do not require a student to audition to enter into the BFA program. And there is no later audition for you to continue in the BFA, although there may be "juries" or similar assessments for some of these just as there are for auditioned BFAs. The programs not in red are where a student enters in as a BA and has to audition for the BFA later on or enters in as a BFA but has to audition to stay in the BFA. Make sense?

EmmyBet

How about if we re-do the list into categories instead of color-coding it? And please only post about schools you know about for sure. If anyone has updates to the list, it will be greatly appreciated.

Actually - if someone redoes the list, could we PLEASE start the thread again with a corrected title? This thread is very hard to search for with the typo.

CollegeMom

^^I changed the spelling to this thread's title so that it can be searchable by others.

EmmyBet

Thank you, CollegeMom!

Here is the list, in categories:

BFA with no audition, can start in freshman year:

Marshall University - Huntington, WV (BFA Theatre w/ Performance emphasis)

Nebraska Wesleyan - Lincoln, NE (BFA Acting)

North Dakota State University - Fargo, ND (BFA in Theatre Arts w/ Perfomance emphasis)

Southwestern University - Georgetown, TX (Theatre BFA - Acting & Directing)

Stephens College - Columbia, MO (BFA Theatre Arts Acting emphasis)

University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI (BFA in Acting, Directing, Design and Technology, Stage and Theatre Management, Musical Theatre (major in Acting; minor in vocal performance)

University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS (BFA Acting)

Wichita State University - Wichita, KS (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts: Theatre Performance Concentration)

BFA where begins as BA or BFA and auditions later (usually can stay in BA):

Chapman University - Orange, CA (BFA in Theatre Performance, BFA in screen Acting) * enter as BA and audition for BFA in April of freshman year

[Columbia College - Chicago, IL (BFA in Acting, Directing, Theatre Design, Musical Theatre, and Playwriting) *audition after completion of 45 credits - posts on CC indicate that the BFA option is being dropped]

Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY (BFA Performance or Production) *audition fall of sophomore year

Ohio University - Athens, OH (BFA Theatre Performance Program) *audition during freshman year

Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX (BFA Theatre Arts w/Acting concentration) *audition in sophomore year

Tulane University - New Orleans, LA (BFA Acting) *audition in sophomore year

University of Montana - Missoula, MT (BFA Acting) * enter as BA and audition for BFA at end of second year

University of North Carolina Greensboro - Greensboro, NC (BFA in Acting) *enter as BA and audition for BFA at end of the first semester of freshman year

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - (BFA Acting, Costume Production, and Technical Production) *audition after completing gen eds and intro theatre courses (1-2 years)

Western Kentucky University - Bowling Green, KY - (BFA Performing Arts w/ Acting emphasis) *audition during third semester

KatMT

Bump... :-)

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dcsparent

West Virginia University also has a BFA program that requires an audition sophomore year. Students who do not pass the audition can stay in the BA program. The one graduate I know from the program really enjoyed it. He's working now in Hollywood in production, though he really wants to act.

evchado32

What about CUNY Queens and CUNY Hunter?

skewlcounselor

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