AU Theatre and Dance

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AU Theatre and Dance

Official page of the Anderson University/SC School of the Arts Department of Theatre & Dance

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316 Boulevard
Anderson, SC
29621

Telephone

(864) 231-2080

Website

https://link.andersonuniversity.edu/portal/visit-theatre

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The South Carolina School of the Arts/Anderson University Department of Theatre and Dance offers five courses of study in theatre: a BFA in Musical Theatre, a BFA in Acting, a BA in Theatre with a concentration in Technical Theatre, and a general BA in Theatre, as well as our brand new BA in Dance. Our Department is only one of three Christian colleges in the country to be nationally accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).

In our Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre program, students study voice, piano and music theory, but also have opportunities to study musical theatre history, musical theatre repertoire, musical theatre song and scene study and acting and audition classes.

The BFA in Acting offers specialized training classes including Voice and Movement, Scene-Study, Stage Combat, Dialects for the Stage, Shakespeare in Performance and Actor's Lab. The BA degrees offer specialized classes in each area of concentration including classes such as: Stage Management, Costume Construction, Scenic Painting, Directing I & II, Tap, Jazz, Modern and Ballet among others.

In the School of the Arts theatre curriculum, which offers multiple acting and audition courses, you'll learn to perform in an array of genres and study plays from across the theatrical cannon. Our concentrated performance schedule includes four main-stage productions each year (two musicals/two non-musical plays), First Night, President's Gala and the Student Studio Series (which is entirely student-produced and directed).

Our mainstage productions dovetail with the theatre curriculum and give practical experience in performance, stage-management and technical theatre. The department's involvement with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the Southeastern Theatre Conference enable students to practice skills beyond the university and AU Playhouse.

Join us, and in addition to receiving the expertise of our theatre faculty, you'll become part of a rare community of Christian theatre artists who seek to honor God with their talents and strive to pursue His light over the limelight. Along with a strong sense of Christian purpose, our graduates can expect to be competitive in acting, technical theatre, dance-and in the case of our musical theatre program-singing.

AU theatre graduates have landed acting jobs in touring shows such as the National Players & Missoula Children's Theatre; Summer Theatres such as Maine State Theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse and the Lost Colony; Disney & other Theme Park Shows, New York, Florida and Atlanta productions, cruise ships, and films. Others work as stage managers, production assistants, theatre interns, educators and ministers. Recent theatre graduates have also received or are pursuing MFAs in acting or directing.

For more information about theatre at the South Carolina School of the Arts contact us at [email protected] or (800) 542-3594.