Acting
Our program provides the foundation to turn your passion into a successful career as a professional actor. Our graduates work in major theatre markets like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Why Study Acting at TCU?
- Engage in close-knit, dynamic learning with expert faculty and performance classes designed for 12 students on average.
- Master core performance skills, including acting, stage movement, and voice and speech.
- Join a distinguished network of alumni working nationwide as actors, choreographers, voiceover artists and theatre educators.
Program Overview
You’ll take courses in realism, period styles, non-realism, Shakespeare, stage combat,
advanced stage movement, and voice and speech, preparing you for a professional acting
career.
The BFA in Acting includes:
- A yearly jury with the performance faculty to assess progress and plan for future development (no cuts are made).
- A core curriculum covering design, stagecraft, acting, lighting, costuming, makeup, script analysis, theatre history and directing.
- Audition opportunities for eight department performances each year.
For a full look at what makes our program unique, view our Program Overview.
Performance Opportunities
You can audition for the department’s six to eight annual productions as well as local Dallas–Fort Worth theatres and participate in biannual co-productions with professional companies. These collaborations offer students across all disciplines the chance to experience mounting a professional production alongside Equity actors — complete with a condensed rehearsal process and extended performance run.
Each spring, senior BFA Acting and Musical Theatre students also present a New York Showcase, performing for industry agents and casting directors.
Casting is based on who is right for the role, not on class rank, emphasis, or major. First-year students are eligible and often cast in their first semester.
All BFA Theatre majors are required to serve on a production crew each semester, rotating through a variety of assignments and training opportunities.
Career Prep & Alumni
Our graduates thrive in a wide range of careers — as actors, choreographers, designers, and technicians on Broadway, national tours and cruise lines.
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