Faculty:

• Ken Clothier, M.F.A.
• Joseph Domencic, M.M.
• Karen A. Glass, M.F.A.
• Lisa Leibering, M.F.A.
• Denise Pullen, M.F.A.
• TaMara Swank, M.S.
• Kellee Van Aken, Ph.D.
• Caila Yates, B.F.A

Learning Objectives: Theatre - Musical Theatre B.F.A.

1. Identify, define, and practice basic terminology and skills in text and/or music analysis, performance, production, management, and design.

2. Identify, execute, and evaluate production and performance roles through the collaborative creation of original work in the Performing Arts.

3. Identify, analyze, and interpret a wide selection of artistic, choreographic, and/or theatre repertory and history, including: principal eras, genres, and cultural practices.

4. Evaluate, critique, and reflect upon performance and production experiences both as a participant and an observer.

5. Demonstrate the ability to act, i.e., to project oneself believably in word and action into imaginary circumstances, evoked improvisationally or through text.

6. Analyze, interpret, and perform to a professional standard a variety of songs from musical theatre, cabaret, and popular music genres, implementing various acting and singing techniques.

7. Develop and exhibit technical proficiency in various styles of dance.

8. Demonstrate an advanced proficiency in acting, singing and dance to interpret and perform roles in professional-level musical theatre productions.

9. Create and present audition materials through various media that meet the industry’s professional expectations. 

10. Identify and employ the basic business procedures of the actor’s profession.

Acceptance into the Theatre program to major in musical theatre is based on the successful completion of an audition and interview, which also enables the applicant to compete for several theatre scholarships.

The Theatre program provides a variety of performance and production experiences annually through five full-length presentations staged in the William Granger Ryan Theatre and by a variable number of shorter works presented in the Ridge Performance Studio in the Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center. Production responsibilities are required, and guidelines for such work are outlined in the program’s Production Manual, which also contains the program’s operating policies and expectations for successful student achievement. Students receive a copy when they enter the program.

All candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre-musical theatre must complete the Liberal Arts Curriculum requirements, the capstone assessment requirement, and the required courses for the major.

The capstone assessment includes successful completion of required coursework and assignments, completion of a first year goal-setting assignment in relation to the integration of theatre and University learning objectives, effective fulfillment of required production work, completion of at least one of the highest level of course offerings in the student’s chosen area of production, and achievement of designated proficiencies. Students must also complete required internships where applicable, and a statement on how the attainment and integration of major and University learning objectives informed the project and the student’s plans for the future.

A minimum of 120 credits is required.