Acting - Marymount Manhattan College

Acting from Marymount Manhattan College is a Campus Bachelor Acting degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. For the performing arts student, New York City is the place to begin, to learn, to grow, and to be seen. The student who chooses the Theatre Arts programs at Marymount Manhattan College wants something special: professional theatre training combined with a strong liberal arts education in Manhattan. The Theatre Arts programs offer men and women individualized attention and a strong faculty advisement program. This enables qualified students to take on substantial projects and roles beginning with their first year. The Theatre Arts programs can be augmented by choosing a minor in Musical Theatre, Arts Management, Drama Therapy, or Communication Arts, as well as in many other areas. Independent study projects provide opportunities for specialized training and performance experience. Junior and senior level students may also study abroad for credit at schools such as the British Academy of Dramatic Arts (BADA) or the Drama Studio in London. Internships in a variety of settings (Broadway, Off and Off-Off Broadway, television, dance) develop experience and a potential employment network in the NYC performing arts community. Performance and Production Performance opportunities include two fall and two spring mainstage productions per year which are fully produced with sets, lights and costumes often designed by student designers. Past productions include Antigone; Suburbia; Ah, Wilderness; The House of Blue Leaves; Three Penny Opera; As You Like It; The Three Sisters; The Hot L Baltimore; The Grass Harp; The Hostage; She Loves Me; and The Lucky Chance. The MMC Directing Projects are produced each semester and are performed in the Black Box Theatre. These short, contemporary plays are directed by the students in the class and are cast with acting students. Staged readings of new plays provide student playwrights with an opportunity to hear and see their works-in-progress. Senior BFA and BA students perform an Acting Showcase for professional agents and casting directors. Internship Opportunities The Marymount Manhattan Theatre program is unique in offering specialized opportunities to the qualified student. Our Theatre faculty teaches students through flexible programs in which intensive production experience can be gained. In addition to their fields of concentration, students receive a well rounded theatre education which increases their marketability. Students at the junior and senior levels are encouraged to complete several internships of increasing responsibility under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Students have been placed at a variety of institutions such as Jim Henson Productions, The Public Theater, Saturday Night Live, Circle Repertory Company, Meg Simon Casting, The Dramatists Guild, Mabou Mines, Big Apple Lighting, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Negro Ensemble Co., INTAR, Theatre Technology, The Women's Project & Productions, and the Broadway productions of On The Waterfront, Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, The Lion King, and TopDog/Underdog. B.F.A. in Acting An intensive, 60-credit program focusing on acting techniques and performance work, acting students complete four full years of acting training ranging from contemporary techniques to period styles. Students are evaluated each year by the entire Acting faculty. Their strengths and weaknesses are assessed and recommendations for further work are made. BFA students must maintain a 2.8 GPA in Theatre Arts classes to remain in the BFA program. View more details on Marymount Manhattan College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Acting courses.