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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, studio theatre performances, concerts, and 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 (musical theatre) major:

MUS 127Music Theory for Performing Arts I

3
MUS 128Music Theory for Performing Arts II

3
MUS 117Musicianship for Performing Arts I

1
MUS 118Musicianship for Performing Arts II

1
MUS 217Musicianship for Performing Arts III

1
Total Credit Hours:9

Music Theatre Performance Area

MUS 251-269
Voice/Recital-Concert Attendance (minimum of one each semester enrolled)

8
MUS
MUS Ensembles (minimum of one each semester enrolled)

8
MUS 242Career Development and Audition Seminar

3
MUS 243Performance Internship

1
MUS 446Senior Recital/Showcase

0-1
Total Credit Hours:19

MUS 269: must receive “satisfactory” every term

MUS 243: optional elective

Performance/Production Techniques

MUS 238Music Theater Workshop

1
THR 240Theatre Participation

0-1
THR 241Musical Participation

0-1
THR 242Cabaret Participation

0-1
THR 245Technical Theatre

1
Total Credit Hours:2-5

THR 245: Required

THR 241: Musical Theatre 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. A student must accept the role or they risk losing their 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

SPE 100Voice and Diction

4
THR 101Improvisation for the Theatre

3
THR 200Movement for the Actor

3
THR 201Acting I for Majors

3
THR 202Acting II for Majors

3
THR 308Development of Musical Theatre

3
THR 320Play Analysis

3
Total Credit Hours:22

Dance Training Sequence

One of the following:
DAN 110Ballroom Dance I

2
or
DAN 210Ballroom Dance II

2
or
DAN 145Dance Partnering for the Stage

2
and
DAN 141Beginning Jazz Dance

2
or
DAN 241Intermediate Jazz Dance

2
and
DAN 144Beginning Tap Dance

2
or
DAN 244Intermediate Tap Dance

2
and
DAN 149Beginning Ballet I

2
DAN 246Musical Theatre Dance

2
Total Credit Hours:10

Total Credit Hours: 62-65