The B.F.A. in Theater is an intensive academic and co-curricular training experience in the total art of theater, integrating both performance (acting, directing) and design/technical (lighting, scenery, costume) areas, with the expectation that an enhanced mastery in one of these areas will be demonstrated by the time of graduation. This is a pre-professional program with heavy emphasis upon theater coursework and production experiences, and hence it offers less opportunity for taking elective courses or minors than is allowed in the B.A. program. AN AUDITION IS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO THIS MAJOR.

Degree Requirements:

THTR 1500, Auditions and Portfolios
THTR 1559, Play Production
THTR 1561, Stagecraft
THTR 2668, Acting 1: Fundamentals
THTR 2600, Theater Participation (taken 3 times)
THTR 2667, Acting 2: Voice for the Actor
THTR 3700, Theater Pariticipation 2 (taken 4 times)
THTR 3762, Directing 1
THTR 3761, Makeup
THTR 3766, Stage Combat

Two of the following three:

THTR 3763, Scene Design
THTR 3765, Lighting Design
THTR 3769, Costume Design

Either

THTR 3791, Rehearsal & Performance (taken twice)
[emphasis in performance (acting/directing)]
or
THTR 3792, Projects in Production (taken twice)
[emphasis in design/tech]

Plus

THTR 4891, Theater History before 1700
THTR 4860, Theater History after 1700
THTR 3764, History of Stage Costume
THTR 3768, Script Analysis
THTR 4898, Senior Project [must develop from either THTR 3791 or 3792 tracks}

Plus 12 Additional Credits Taken From:

THTR 1563, Costume Construction and Crafts
THTR 4863, Acting 3: Styles
THTR 4870, Acting 4: Acting on Camera
THTR 5864, Directing 2
THTR 4899, Topics in Theater
THTR 2670, Oral Interpretation

Plus 3 Credits taken from:

DNCE 1570, Tap & Jazz 1
DNCE 1572, Ballet 1
DNCE 1540, Modern Dance 1
DNCE 1571, Tap & Jazz 2
DNCE 1541, Modern Dance 2
HPES 1514, Fencing 1
HPES 1558, Physical Fitness
HPES 1557, Weight Training

Plus

12 additional free THTR electives, emphasizing either Performance or Design/Technology

Plus General Studies and electives totaling 127 credits

Audition Requirements:

B.F.A. in Theater - Contact the Chairperson of the Department of Theater and Dance (phone 330-941-3810, or email theater AT ysu DOT edu) to schedule an audition. You will be asked to present two contrasting monologs of 3 minutes total duration, and/or present a portfolio of your previous theater experiences. Examples of contrasting monologs include comic/serious; classical/modern; realistic/stylized, etc.