Theatre Arts

Designed to prepare future actors for professional theatre, the Acting concentration in the BFA in Theatre Arts focuses on helping you develop the skills and professionalism required for a successful career. The program accepts students who are willing and able to commit to structured, intensive, studio-based training and are searching for a strong acting center to their work both on stage and in front of the camera.

As a BFA acting student, you’ll study eight levels of acting centered on the foundational work of Stanislavski, on-camera technique, vocal technique, movement studies, and script analysis, history, and criticism courses. The program focuses on self-exploration, characterization, and discovery of personal working methods. You’ll be expected to exhibit not only technical and artistic competence but also a broad knowledge of the theatre, sensitivity to artistic style, and insight into the role of theatre in the life of a humanistic society.

The Design and Production concentration in the Theatre Arts BFA program prepares you for a professional career as a theater designer, artisan, stage manager, or technician. This intensive program of theater studies involves a high degree of specialization and offers a balance of classwork and contribution through production; you will gain a thorough understanding of the theatrical process as it relates to the various areas of design and production.

Designed to train future musical theatre actors for a professional career, the Musical Theatre concentration focuses on building and honing the skills required for a life in professional theatre. The program seeks students who are able to excel in an environment that demands disciplined, rigorous, studio-based training.

Physical theater has recently enjoyed a renaissance. Dozens of theaters now specialize in physical theater performance, which has created a need for training programs. Internationally there are a number of undergraduate training programs for the physical theater artist, but Coastal Carolina University offers one of the only BFA concentrations in Physical Theatre in the United States.