BA in Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre major provides a rigorous routine of study, maintaining a pace brimming with positive intensity.

Students develop performance skills and repertoires of monologues and scenes, while participating in staged productions and concert cabarets. The program includes in-residence workshops with established theatre artists and internship opportunities with a local theme park, theatre company or other venue deemed appropriate by the faculty and program director.

An audition is required for admission to the program (see requirements below). Students in the theatre arts program must successfully pass a second-year evaluation review during the spring semester of the second year of study (or, for transfer students, after 60 hours are earned). Transfer students who are admitted with junior status are exempt from the evaluation.

Topics of Study

• career development audition seminar
• world theatre
• acting
• play analysis
• stage management and design for actors
• directing

Career Opportunities

• roles in national touring companies
• roles in films
• roles in regional professional theatres
• full-time work at local theme parks

Experiential Learning Opportunities

• musical theatre productions
• dramatic theatre productions
• cabarets
• in-residence workshops with established theatre artists
• internship opportunities with a local theme park or theatre company

On-Campus Associations

• Alpha Psi Omega (dramatic fraternity)

Audition Requirements

For admission to Bachelor of Arts in Theatre program, students must audition. Auditions are held during scheduled Campus Visit days.

Special audition appointments can be arranged by contacting Professor Marguerite Bennett Folger, chair of the Department of Speech, Theatre and Dance, at (813) 253-6243, or by sending a DVD or VHS videotape with an application and resume to:

Prof. Marguerite Bennett Folger
The University of Tampa
401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606-1490

An audition consists of the following:

• Two contrasting monologues: one contemporary dramatic and one contemporary comic. 1-2 minutes in length.
• One classical monologue, using language not contemporary in nature. 1 minute (or less) in length.