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Musical Theatre Minor

Enhance Your Degree with an Added Focus on Musical Theatre
  • 90%

    Alumni Employed or in Graduate School Within One Year of Graduation

  • Train

    Pre-Professional Training in Stage & Film Prepares Students For Employment In Theatre, Film Or Television

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    Among Public National Universities, U.S. News & World Report

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Learn To

Interpret American musical theatre from a variety of perspectives

Develop body awareness in dance practice using traditional and contemporary musical theatre styles

Learn the body's potential as a tool for creative expression

Develop entrepreneurial skills for a career as an artist and artisan

Improve acting technique using Stanislavski, Meisner, Donnellan and Hagen methodologies

Musical Theatre Minor Program Overview

The interdisciplinary minor in musical theatre is offered to students in all majors seeking to enhance their degree with an added focus in the discipline of musical theatre.

All students take core coursework in applied voice, dance and movement, scene study and production workshops, and musical theatre history and literature.

Non-theatre majors take foundational acting courses and non-music majors take foundational courses in musicianship and class voice.

Sample Courses in Musical Theatre:

Sample courses
MUS 334 Musician Theatre Performance Techniques
MUS 341 American Musical Theatre
THR 237 Musical Theatre Styles
THR 136 Movement Exploration
THR 231, 332 Craft of Acting
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