Hidden Gem Theatre Schools

StrangeBro
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:37:15 +0000

OddDad-- Sometimes it’s unanimous. If there are fewer than 18 or 20 applicants to the BFA in theater performance, and the panelists (those are our professors and the department chair) think everybody is up to scratch, everybody gets in. If it’s a competitive year, or somebody has not demonstrated the ability to consistently hack it on a more intensive performance workload, there will be rejections. GPA comes into play here as well; since BFAs are required to have something like 78 credit hours (compared to 40-50something for a BA), the administrators want to make sure nobody is going to fail out of school by concentrating their energies on acting.

Short answer: I’d say more than half of those who audition for BFA TP get in. The way it looks this year, a lot of people are focusing their energies on BFA Screen Acting and a lot of people are double majoring, so they’re sticking to the BA track. Dr. LeNoir, our department chair, says it’s possible everybody could get into the degree they want when all is said and done.