School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: FL-Tallahassee Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $119,964 Subject: Acting, Theatre

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The Acting Program at FSU is an extremely competitive program designed to prepare highly talented students for work in professional theatre. In addition to the core of required theatre courses, this comprehensive curriculum includes a sequence of courses in acting, voice, movement, and specialized workshops. Acting students are also encouraged to participate in our London Theatre Experience during the fall of their third year.

Following the first semester, students audition for a wide variety of performance opportunities, including roles in the Fallon, Lab, and Studio Theatres. This balance of course work and production experience prepares students to meet the rigors of a demanding professional theatre career. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: VT-Middlebury Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $208,480 Subject: Theatre

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The study and the creation of Theatre constitutes a way of thinking about the world, a way of connecting with the past so as to illuminate the present, a way of exploring and understanding both the larger society and our innermost lives. No less than philosophy and science, Theatre is a form of cognition, and every production is simultaneously an act of research and an act of communication, a way of encountering, examining, and sharing with others the most confounding experiences we can know. As one critic has said, “Art is the most complex form of thinking about life that has ever been invented.” Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 2 Years Location: CA-Los Angeles Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $21,628 Subject: Theatre

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Acting students completing the training program are prepared to enter the acting field a step above many professional actors in the industry today. Audition and cold reading techniques, resume preparation and career marketing are only a few of the skills provided that will better equip the Academy graduate to work in the highly competitive fields of theatre, film, and television.

Graduates are also encouraged to pursue further training at a four-year university or college where, with additional training, they may be eligible for a Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Theatre. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: VA-Roanoke Students per Class: 1-10 Tuition to Graduate: $115,640 Subject: Theatre

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Theatre students at Hollins participate fully in every aspect of theatre production, including acting, musical theatre, design, directing, stage management, and technical production. At the same time, classroom work provides a solid foundation in history, theory, aesthetics, and technique.

Across the spectrum of the program, three complementary processes — the individual creative process, the collaborative process, and the critical/analytical process — are given equal attention. The course of study culminates in the senior project, which demonstrates the student’s knowledge of theatre, integrates formerly compartmentalized areas of study, and poses new questions and challenges. Read More...