Overview

About this Degree

The Department champions the interaction between theory and practice and produces citizen artists who advocate for the arts through their own work in local, national, and international communities. Auburn University theatre students think critically, creatively, and collaboratively and carry their knowledge from rehearsal spaces and classrooms to stages, campuses, and communities worldwide.

Students graduating with degrees from the Department of Theatre find employment in a wide variety of fields including as actors, theatre technicians, administrators, community leaders, and/or educators.

The Department of Theatre provides instruction and production experience for students interested in developing their talents in the theatre arts, whether as majors or non-majors. Consequently, a broad range of classroom, laboratory, and performance experiences is provided in acting, directing, devising, music theatre, dance, scenic and lighting design, costume design, theatre technology, construction and crafts, theatre history, dramatic literature, music theatre, theatre criticism, theatre administration, and management.

The Department of Theatre at Auburn University offers a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre. The BA in Theatre is designed for students seeking to study theatre within the liberal arts curriculum. This degree is for students who choose to study theatre as a humanistic discipline or who wish to concentrate in theatre history, criticism, education, dramatic literature, dramaturgy, directing, and multiple other creative disciplines.

It is excellent preparation for more specialized training in graduate school or a conservatory program or for careers in a wide variety of creative fields. The BFA in Theatre is designed for students who have specific professional goals in mind. It is for students seeking professional training in an intensive program in a single concentration—performance, music theatre, design/technology, or management.

BA in Theatre

To graduate with a BA in Theatre, students must earn a grade of C or higher in all theatre courses. Any course with a grade below a C must be repeated.

BFA in Theatre

Students must comply with these requirements to be admitted to the BFA in Theatre:

Students must formally apply for admission to the BFA in Theatre.

Students entering the BFA options in Design/Technology, Management, and Performance typically apply for admission in the spring of their sophomore year.

Students entering the BFA option in Music Theatre audition in the fall semester prior to their freshman year.

Application is through portfolio review (Design/Technology and Management options) or audition (Performance and Music Theatre options).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Design Aesthetics

Production Practicum

Theatre History, Theory and Criticism- Body

Theatre Literature and Theory Seminar

Senior Capstone Project

Dance Techniques

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Auburn, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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General requirements

Submitted Admission Application.

Paid the $50 non-refundable application fee (international application processing fee is $60).

Official ACT/SAT test scores sent from the testing agency.

Uploaded copy of your high school transcript(s).
Transfer applicants must have earned a cumulative 2.5 GPA in all college coursework and be eligible to re-enter the last institution attended

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

36022 USD / year

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Out-of-State

36022 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

13318 USD / year

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Living costs

Auburn

United States

850 - 1300 USD / month

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About this Degree

BA in Theatre

BFA in Theatre

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Auburn

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