Course variations

Course summary

This program offers students who desire a more intensive educational experience in acting and directing the opportunity for focused study. Working closely with faculty, student artists are challenged through a dynamic course of study in acting, voice, movement, scene study, and auditioning techniques to develop a personal creative process that will serve them well as a young artist. With the application of performance skills in both studio and main stage productions, as well as a comprehensive exploration of theatre traditions and styles, Bradley students graduate with experience under their belt, confidence in their training, and a belief in the power of the theatre to influence the changing world. Students pursuing the performance concentration must complete all of the major requirements plus 19 semester hours of specific performance based classes.

Program modules

The modules include THE 115 Fundamentals of Acting 3 hrs; THE 121 The Creative Process of Theatre 3 hrs; THE 125 Stagecraft 3 hrs; THE 131 Introduction to the Theatre 3 hrs; THE 223 Theatrical Producing 3 hrs; THE 226 Fundamentals of Design 3 hrs; THE 230 Costume Construction 3 hrs; THE 316 Fundamentals of Directing 3 hrs; THE 336 History of Theatre and Drama I 3 hrs; THE 337 History of Theatre and Drama II 3 hrs; THE 338 History of Theatre and Drama III 3 hrs; THE 439 Global Encounters 3 hrs; Practicum 3 hrs; Performance Concentration: THE 201 Voice for the Actor 3 hrs; THE 203 Movement for the Actor 3 hrs; THE 215 Intermediate Acting 3 hrs; THE 310 Junior Seminar 3 hrs; THE 315 Advanced Acting 3 hrs; THE 410 Senior Seminar 1 hr; THE 415 Acting: Period Styles 3 hrs.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicant must have completed the following minimum curriculum requirements: four units (years) of English (half or one unit of which may be speech), three units of college preparatory mathematics, two units of laboratory science and two units of social sciences. Students desiring to pursue a concentration in performance or production are required to audition or present a design/theatre technology portfolio prior to admission to the concentration. The performance concentration audition consists of two contrasting monologues, one serious and one comic, plus an optional 16 bars of music. The entire audition should not exceed three minutes. All applicants whose native language is not English have to obtain a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 paper based, 213 computer based, or 79 internet based or a minimum score of 6.5 in IELTS (International English Language Test System).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Bradley University

Department name

Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, Department of Theatre Arts