Musical Theatre Major

Students majoring in this B.F.A. degree program receive balanced training and experience in the three performance areas associated with musical theatre: music, drama and dance. They develop performance skills and repertoire, and participate in staged productions, studio theatre performances, concerts and cabarets, as well as excerpts and scenes. Highlights of the program are in-residence workshops with established music theatre artists and internship opportunities with local theme parks, theatre companies or other venues deemed appropriate by the faculty and program director. An audition is required for admission to the program. Contact the program director, Associate Professor Michael Staczar, to schedule an appointment for more specific details.

Students accepted into the program must successfully pass a second-year evaluation review, which is administered in the spring semester of the second year of study (or, for transfer students, after 60 credit hours are earned). Transfer students who are admitted with junior status are exempt from the evaluation. The evaluation process encompasses performance in all three areas of the musical theatre major (singing, acting and dance/stage movement). Students who do not successfully complete the second-year evaluation review will not be allowed to continue in the musical theatre Program.

Degree Requirements

Requirements for a musical theatre major:

MUS 127	Music Theory for Performing Arts I	3
MUS 128	Music Theory for Performing Arts II	3
MUS 117	Musicianship for Performing Arts I	1
MUS 118	Musicianship for Performing Arts II	1
MUS 217	Musicianship for Performing Arts III	1
Total Credit Hours:		9

Music Theatre Performance Area

MUS 251-269	Voice/Recital-Concert Attendance (two credit hours each semester enrolled)	16
MUS	MUS Ensembles (minimum of one each semester enrolled)	8
MUS 242	Career Development and Audition Seminar	3
MUS 243	Performance Internship	1
Total Credit Hours:		27-28

MUS 243 is optional.

MUS 269: All Musical Theatre majors must pass Recital/Concert Attendance based on the number of semesters they are in residency at UT as follows:

8+ semesters at UT = 6 semesters passing MUS 269

7 semesters at UT = 5 semesters passing MUS 269

6 semesters at UT = 4 semesters passing MUS 269

5 semesters at UT = 3 semesters passing MUS 269

4 semesters at UT = 2 semesters passing MUS 269

3 semesters at UT = 1 semester passing MUS 269

2 semesters at UT = 1 semester passing MUS 269

Performance/Production Techniques

MUS 238	Music Theater Workshop	1
MUS 448	Musical Theatre Senior Showcase	1
THR 240	Theatre Participation	0-1
THR 241	Musical Participation	0-1
THR 242	Cabaret Participation	0-1
THR 245	Technical Theatre	1
Total Credit Hours:		3-6

THR 241: Musical Theatre majors are required to audition for University musical theatre productions. Without prior consultation with the department chair or the director of the production, students’ participation in the audition process constitutes their agreement to accept any role offered. A student must accept the role or they risk losing their scholarship. Students who do not adhere to this policy will not be allowed to audition for any productions or participate in departmental events for the remainder of that academic year.

Actor Training Sequence

SPE 100	Voice and Diction	4
THR 101	Improvisation for the Theatre	3
THR 200	Movement for the Actor	3
THR 201	Acting I for Majors	3
THR 202	Acting II for Majors	3
THR 308	Development of Musical Theatre	3
THR 320	Play Analysis	4
Total Credit Hours:		23

Dance Training Sequence

	One of the following:
DAN 110	Ballroom Dance I	2
	or
DAN 210	Ballroom Dance II	2
	or
DAN 145	Dance Partnering for the Stage	2
	and
DAN 141	Beginning Jazz Dance I	2
	or
DAN 241	Intermediate Jazz Dance	2
	and
DAN 144	Beginning Tap Dance	2
	or
DAN 244	Intermediate Tap Dance	2
	and
DAN 149	Beginning Ballet I	2
	and
DAN 246	Musical Theatre Dance	2
Total Credit Hours:		10

Total Credit Hours: 72-76