Musical Theatre BFA
The Musical Theatre program at UNC is designed to provide promising young performers with professionally structured voice, acting, and dance training for the professional stage.
Our alumni are working on and off Broadway, in major regional theatres, and in touring productions throughout the United States and across the globe.
In addition to intense classroom and studio training, students are also presented with numerous performance opportunities including main-stage musicals, operas, plays and dance concerts, one-acts, improv and sketch comedy troupes, and the Little Theatre of the Rockies professional summer stock theatre company.
In their senior year, Musical Theatre majors also have the opportunity to audition for New York and Los Angeles Showcases, which provide many of our graduates with invaluable networking opportunities with some of the industry's leading agents and casting directors.
Children of Eden, Spring 2015
Ragtime, Spring 2012
Sunday in the Park with George, Fall 2015
Sweeney Todd, Spring 2014
Side Show, Fall 2014
Admission and Auditions
Admission to the Musical Theatre program requires successful completion of an audition. The School of Theatre Arts and Dance offers a variety of audition opportunities, including on-campus audition days, auditions at various festivals and events around the United States, and the option to submit a video audition.
Performance Opportunities
The School of Theatre Arts and Dance offers a wealth of performance opportunities including mainstage musicals and plays, as well as a variety of student-led productions. UNC is also home to the Little Theatre of the Rockies, a summer stock company that attracts theatre professionals from across the country to work along side our students.
The Who's Tommy, Spring 2016
Aida, Summer 2015
Students have the opportunity to audition for a variety of plays and musicals each
year.
Past productions have included:
- RENT
- Something Rotten!
- A Chorus Line
- Cabaret
- Beauty and the Beast
UNC's Little Theatre of the Rockies is the oldest professional theatre company in Colorado and includes performance opportunities for students, faculty, alumni, and theatre professionals.
"After I saw Anything Goes and Sweeney Todd, I wanted to be the first in line to join. It's amazing theatre along with the best undergraduate professional training I could have ever hoped for."
Cameron Stevens, UNC Musical Theatre Student
