Overview

Theater professionals have a wide range of skills: some train to be onstage while others train to be off. And then there are those who enjoy being on either side of the curtain. Emerson College’s undergraduate Theatre and Performance BFA program provides you with the option to combine your studies to match your career goals.

Housed in the Department of Performing Arts in the School of the Arts, the program begins with two years of study in our Actor Training Core—a combination professional boot camp and artistic proving ground. After that, you can choose from a number of options based on your aspirations and your faculty mentor’s guidance. You might immerse yourself in playwriting or spend a semester at our Los Angeles campus. All the while, you continue to study acting from all angles during your junior and senior years by taking specialized classes in voice-over acting, dialects, and stage combat.

As a Theatre and Performance major, you are also eligible to audition for the Acting BFA at the end of your sophomore year. If accepted, you would concentrate with singular focus on the BFA Acting Studio: 14 hours a week of intense performance training for your last two years.

Careers for Theatre and Performance Majors

The Theatre and Performance graduates obtain employment in the theater industry as well as associated fields. Examples of careers include:

Actor
Artistic Director
Playwright
Talent Manager

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Languages of the Stage

Stagecraft Laboratories

Movement and Voice

Improvisation

Acting for Film and Television

Stage Combat: Close Quarter Combat

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-16 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

56 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Official transcripts are required from each secondary school attended and should include courses taken and grades received in years

A School Report must be completed by your secondary school counselor or another school official, and must be submitted along with an official, signed transcript from your high school.

The secondary school counselor evaluation should accompany the high school transcript and School Report.

A minimum of one official teacher evaluation from someone who has taught you in an academic subject (i.e. English, History, Science, Math or Foreign Language) must be submitted.
They ask that all applicants submit first marking period (first quarter, midterm, first trimester) or mid-year (second quarter, first semester, second trimester) grades when they become available.

Testing and English Language Proficiency Requirement.

Standardized Testing/Test Optional

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

57984 USD / year

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57984 USD / year

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57984 USD / year

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Living costs

Boston

United States

1560 - 3239 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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Careers for Theatre and Performance Majors

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Credits

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