Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting - Musical Theatre

Wright State University

The Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures is devoted exclusively to the training and education of undergraduate students in these subject areas. These programs lead to the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. Students who wish to study theatre choose from the B.A. degree in Theatre Studies, or B.F.A. programs in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Design/Technology/Stage Management.The Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures is empowered by the Ohio Revised Code to require particular preliminary training or talent for admission to specific programs, and each of the five B.F.A. programs has specific criteria for admission to each level of training. Students who wish to be admitted as majors in Acting, Acting/Musical Theatre, or Dance must successfully pass an audition. The department has an open admissions policy for first-term students who wish to major in the B.A. programs in Theatre Studies and Motion Pictures History, Theory, and Criticism, and the B.F.A. programs in Design/Technology/Stage Management and Motion Pictures Production. Transfer students are admitted into B.F.A. programs on the basis of a successful audition, interview, or portfolio presentation.