Performing Arts (Musical Theatre) Major
Students majoring in this Bachelor of Arts degree program receive balanced training and experience in the three performance areas associated with musical theatre: music, drama and dance. They develop performance skills and repertoire, and participate in staged productions and concert cabarets, as well as excerpts and scenes. Highlights of the program are in-residence workshops with established music theatre artists and internship opportunities with local theme parks, theatre companies or other venues deemed appropriate by the faculty and program director. An audition is required for admission to the program. Contact the program director, Associate Professor Michael Staczar, to schedule an appointment for more specific details.
Students accepted into the program must successfully pass a second-year evaluation review, which is administered in the spring semester of the second year of study (or, for transfer students, after 60 hours are earned). Transfer students who are admitted with junior status are exempt from the evaluation. The evaluation process encompasses performance in all three areas of the performing arts major (singing, acting and dance/stage movement). Students who do not successfully complete the second-year evaluation review will not be allowed to continue in the PAR program.
Degree Requirements
Requirements for a performing arts major:
Theory and Musicianship
| MUS 127 | Music Theory for Performing Arts I | 3 |
| MUS 128 | Music Theory for Performing Arts II | 3 |
| MUS 117 | Musicianship for Performing Arts I | 1 |
| MUS 118 | Musicianship for Performing Arts II | 1 |
| MUS 217 | Musicianship for Performing Arts III | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Music Theatre Performance Area
| MUS 269 | Recital/Concert Attendance | 0 |
MUS
| Ensembles (or one each semester for transfer students) | 8 |
| MUS 242 | Career Development and Audition Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 243 | Performance Internship | 1 |
| MUS 446 | Senior Recital/Showcase | 0-1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
MUS 251: minimum credits required
MUS 269: must receive “satisfactory” every term
MUS 243: optional elective
Performance/Production Techniques
| MUS 238 | Music Theater Workshop | 1 |
| THR 240 | Theatre Participation | 0-1 |
| THR 241 | Musical Participation | 0-1 |
| THR 242 | Cabaret Participation | 0-1 |
| THR 245 | Technical Theatre | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2-5 |
THR 245: Required
THR 241: Performing Arts majors are required to audition for University musical theatre productions. Without prior consultation with the department chair or the director of the production, students’ participation in the audition process constitutes their agreement to accept any role offered. If cast in a part, the student must accept the role or risk losing his or her scholarship. Students who do not adhere to this policy will not be allowed to audition for any productions or participate in departmental events for the remainder of that academic year.
Actor Training Sequence
Dance Training Sequence
Total Credit Hours: 62-65