BFA in Theatre: Music Theatre Performance

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University offers an intensive course of study in musical theatre performance that culminates in a B.F.A. degree and the opportunity to perform a showcase in New York City for important agents and casting directors. The program offers extensive professional training in all areas of acting, voice and dance. In addition, students participate in a two-year musical theatre performance workshop class that synthesizes the training into marketable skills applicable throughout their entire careers.There are multiple skills needed to succeed in this highly competitive field. The emphasis of the major is performance. Students are given the opportunity to develop performance skills through many workshop or performance classes, as well as credit for performance in University-sponsored productions and concerts and approved professional engagements. The focus of the program is preparing emerging talent to enter and compete in the Broadway and regional professional market immediately upon graduation from WMU.

College of Fine Arts