

Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
At Kent State University you train for a life in the arts. You will engage daily with your craft through our professionally-modeled production season and join a network of nationally and internationally recognized alumni artists, designers, technicians, and educators.
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College of the Arts
School of Theatre and Dance - Theatre Division
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"The professors at Kent State taught me how to free myself and to attack everything I do with my whole heart and soul. I cracked my shell open in the four years of training I had at the School of Theatre and Dance."
– Jon Gluckner (BFA, Musical Theatre '13)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
For those aspiring to a career in Musical Theatre, Kent State offers a program designed to train talented young people in an intensive interdisciplinary study of music, theatre, and dance. Kent State's Musical Theatre program trains performers to feel comfortable with today's diverse musical forms and demands.
In addition students are required to participate in co-curricular productions prepared for the public. Musical theatre students will be evaluated at the end of their freshman, sophomore, and junior years to help them review past accomplishments and set future goals.
Kent State's Musical Theatre B.F.A. program has alumni in New York, Chicago, and California, as well as some who are furthering their training in M.F.A. programs throughout the United States. We at Kent State firmly believe that our Musical Theatre program offers solid intellectual training for the dedicated future theatre artist. We also work hard to further the growth of our program and students.
The faculty of this program is comprised of members from each specific performance discipline. Working together, they train students within the structures of each individual art form while they facilitate the student's understanding of each specific art's unique interdependency within the Musical Theatre format.
Program Information for Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
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Program Description
Program Description
Full Description
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre prepares students for life as working artists in the musical theatre field. Practical training and creative experiences are coupled with an interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum and a foundation in theatre history, analysis and criticism.
Students are able to study and perform in the school’s theatrical and dance productions. Kent State’s Center for the Performing Arts houses three theatres, performance and rehearsal spaces, costume shop and laboratories for costumes, drafting, lighting and scenery. In addition, the School of Theatre and Dance oversees the outdoor venue Porthouse Theatre.
Students in their senior year may participate in the annual New York City Musical Theatre Showcase, which enables students to perform for prospective casting directors, talent managers and theatrical and commercial agents.
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Admissions
for Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
Admissions
Admission Requirements
The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
Admission to this major is selective. Applicants must pass an audition in each of the three performance areas — dance, singing and acting — to be admitted. Students who pass the audition are admitted directly into the major in the first semester of their first year at Kent State. In exceptional cases, students may be admitted to the program in the second semester of their first year.
International Students: All international students must provide proof of proficiency of the English language (unless they meet specific exceptions) through the submission of an English language proficiency test score or by completing English language classes at Kent State’s English as a Second Language Center before entering their program. For more information, visit the admissions website for international students.
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Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Apply advanced processes and methods to build character in musical theatre repertoire.
- Apply intermediate to advanced skills in dance for musical theatre.
- Develop musical skills in voice performance, musicianship, music theory and sight singing.
- Execute proficiency in audition technique as an actor/singer.
- Articulate procedures and approaches to differentiate various theatrical styles and techniques.
- Synthesize acting, singing, and dance techniques to systematically realize a role in a musical theatre play or performance.
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Coursework
Program Requirements
Major Requirements
Course List Code Title Credit Hours Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA) MUS 17111 PIANO CLASS I 1 MUS 17112 PIANO CLASS II 1 THEA 11002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE I 3 THEA 11100 MAKING THEATRE: CULTURE AND PRACTICE 2 THEA 11725 FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION 3 THEA 20102 MUSIC THEORY FOR MUSICAL THEATRE I 2 THEA 20103 MUSIC THEORY FOR MUSICAL THEATRE II 2 THEA 20204 EAR TRAINING AND SIGHT SINGING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE I 1 THEA 20205 EAR TRAINING AND SIGHT SINGING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE II 1 THEA 21002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE II 3 THEA 21303 ACTING PROCESS 3 THEA 31030 GLOBAL THEATRE HISTORIES 3 THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE (taken six times) 12 THEA 31303 CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY I 3 THEA 31304 CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY II 3 THEA 32002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE III 3 THEA 41115 LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD) 3 or THEA 41130 THEATRE AND DRAMA IN AMERICA THEA 41140 AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY (WIC) 1 3 THEA 42002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE IV 3 THEA 42092 PRACTICUM: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (ELR) 1 THEA 42999 PORTHOUSE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (ELR) 3 Dance Electives, choose from the following: 2 12 DAN 17001INTRODUCTION TO MODERN DAN 17002MODERN 1 DAN 17004INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ DAN 17005JAZZ 1 DAN 17007TAP 1 DAN 17008TAP 2 DAN 17009TAP 3 DAN 17010INTRODUCTION TO BALLET DAN 17011BALLET 1 DAN 17013AFRICAN DANCE 1 DAN 17016SWING DANCE 1 DAN 17055MEN'S BALLET DAN 17080MUSICAL THEATRE RUDIMENTS OF JAZZ AND TAP DAN 27050BALLET 2 DAN 27051MODERN 2 DAN 27070JAZZ 2 DAN 27080MUSICAL THEATRE JAZZ AND TAP I DAN 37051MODERN 3 DAN 37069BALLET 3 DAN 37080MUSICAL THEATRE JAZZ AND TAP II DAN 37081MUSICAL THEATRE JAZZ AND TAP III DAN 37092KENT DANCE ENSEMBLE (ELR) DAN 37148JAZZ 3 DAN 47050BALLET 4 DAN 47051MODERN 4 DAN 47070JAZZ 4 DAN 47080MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE STYLES I DAN 47081MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE STYLES II DAN 47095SPECIAL TOPICS IN DANCE THEA 41702MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR ACTORS Guided Upper-Division Electives, choose from the following: 8 DAN 47163DANCE HISTORY II (WIC) 1 MUS 45131KENT STATE OPERA THEATRE WORKSHOP THEA 31200APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE THEA 41026PLAYWRITING (WIC) 1 THEA 41095SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE THEA 41301ACTING FOR THE CAMERA I THEA 41302ACTING FOR THE CAMERA II THEA 41305PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE THEA 41308MUSICAL THEATRE AUDITION 3 THEA 41499MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE (ELR) THEA 41620HISTORY OF PERIOD STYLES FOR THEATRE DESIGNERS (WIC) 1 THEA 41702MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR ACTORS THEA 42192PRACTICUM II: PERFORMANCE (ELR) Dance, Music and Theatre Electives, choose from the following: 4 DAN 47163DANCE HISTORY II (WIC) 1 MUS 45131KENT STATE OPERA THEATRE WORKSHOP THEA 21016MAKEUP FOR STAGE AND SCREEN THEA 21700MOVEMENT I THEA 21800VOICE I THEA 31200APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE THEA 41026PLAYWRITING (WIC) 1 THEA 41095SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE THEA 41301ACTING FOR THE CAMERA I THEA 41302ACTING FOR THE CAMERA II THEA 41305PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE THEA 41308MUSICAL THEATRE AUDITION 3 THEA 41499MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE (ELR) THEA 41620HISTORY OF PERIOD STYLES FOR THEATRE DESIGNERS (WIC) 1 THEA 41702MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR ACTORS THEA 42192PRACTICUM II: PERFORMANCE (ELR) Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA) UC 10001 FLASHES 101 1 Kent Core Composition 6 Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3 Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9 Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6 Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7 Kent Core Additional 6 Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120 - 1
A minimum C grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
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Enrollment in many of the dance courses are by audition only.
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THEA 41308 may be taken a maximum two times (maximum 6 credit hours) toward the program.
Progression Requirements
- In order to continue and graduate with the B.F.A. degree, students are expected develop skills equal to entry-level positions in the profession or as expected for admission into a M.F.A. degree program.
- Students on academic probation may not participate in School of Theatre and Dance productions.
- Students may be immediately dismissed from the program for failure to maintain a 2.500 major GPA. Students should strive to maintain a 3.000 overall GPA.
- Students are required to participate in biannual B.F.A. evaluations, interviews and/or meetings, and must must pass annual evaluation reviews to remain in the program.
- Students are required to participate in annual school screening auditions and, if qualifying, must participate in at least one unified audition.
- Students are required to audition for all main-stage theatre productions and accept roles as cast.
- Students may be subject to probation or dismissal for failing to audition for main-stage productions, for not accepting a role that is offered or for failure to demonstrate continuous skill development and growth in all areas of the program as defined by the Musical Theatre Student Handbook. Students placed on probation will be provided written information regarding specific areas for improvement.
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements Summary Minimum Major GPA Minimum Overall GPA 2.500 2.000 -
Roadmap
Roadmap
Roadmap
This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this program. Students will work with their advisor to develop a sequence based on their academic goals and history. Courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.
Plan of Study Grid Semester One Credits THEA 11002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE I 3 THEA 11100 MAKING THEATRE: CULTURE AND PRACTICE 2 THEA 21303 ACTING PROCESS 3 THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 UC 10001 FLASHES 101 1 Dance Electives 2 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 16 Semester Two MUS 17111 PIANO CLASS I 1 THEA 11725 FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION 3 THEA 20102 MUSIC THEORY FOR MUSICAL THEATRE I 2 THEA 20204 EAR TRAINING AND SIGHT SINGING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE I 1 THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 Dance Elective 1 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 16 Semester Three MUS 17112 PIANO CLASS II 1 THEA 20103 MUSIC THEORY FOR MUSICAL THEATRE II 2 THEA 20205 EAR TRAINING AND SIGHT SINGING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE II 1 THEA 21002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE II 3 Dance Elective 1 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 14 Semester Four Progression Requirement: minimum 2.500 major GPA THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 ! THEA 31303 CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY I 3 THEA 42092 PRACTICUM: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (ELR) 1 Dance Elective 1 Dance, Music and Theatre Electives 4 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 17 Semester Five THEA 31030 or THEA 41130GLOBAL THEATRE HISTORIES or THEATRE AND DRAMA IN AMERICA3 THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 THEA 32002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE III 3 Dance Elective 1 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 15 Semester Six Progression Requirement: minimum 2.500 major GPA THEA 31030 or THEA 41115GLOBAL THEATRE HISTORIES or LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD)3 THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 THEA 31304 CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY II 3 Dance Electives 2 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 13 Semester Seven THEA 42002 MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE IV 3 THEA 42999 PORTHOUSE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (ELR) 3 Dance Electives 2 Guided Upper-Division Elective 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 14 Semester Eight THEA 31200 APPLIED VOICE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE 2 THEA 41140 AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY (WIC) 3 Dance Electives 2 Guided Upper-Division Electives 5 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 15 Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120 -
Program Delivery
Program Delivery
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
- Delivery:
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Accreditation
for Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
Accreditation
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
Musical Theatre Auditions
Individuals interested in enrolling in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre program at Kent State must participate in an audition.
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Etiquette for Students in the BFA Musical Theatre Program
Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance Acting Area Company Rules and Etiquette
Punctuality
- Being a professional means there are no excuses for lateness to a rehearsal or performance.
- Arrive at rehearsal fifteen minutes before your call time so you are ready to begin at the designated time. These extra minutes will allow more time for warm-up, building ensemble, or getting you in the right frame of mind. If lateness is truly unavoidable, you must call your stage manager and let him or her know your expected arrival time.
Read What You Sign
- Even though Equity’s major benefits are our negotiated contracts, business representatives, and member services, read everything you are asked to sign, even from Equity.
Rehearsals
- Please be prepared before you come to the first rehearsal, i.e. make sure you have done your homework before the first rehearsal, be familiar with your script and music, and meet the expectations set forth by the director.
- For musicals, cast members are expected to bring an audio recording device to all rehearsals.
- For many, this is the most exciting time of being in a show. Take time to explore your character (why do you cross on that line?), fine-tune stage business, or justify your choreography. Even if you can’t wait to get in front of an audience, let those actors who love it, relish it.
- Always bring your planner, paper, a pencil, and your script to every rehearsal.
- From one rehearsal to the next you are responsible for acknowledging, studying, and applying your notes (line, acting, tech, etc.).
- Wear shoes, clothing, and hair styles appropriate to the individual rehearsal.
- Any issues and/or conflicts which may arise during the rehearsal process and run of the show should be filtered through the SM.
- Blocking and character notes are the actor’s responsibility. The SM will make blocking notes for reference purposes only.
- Hold onto your scripts and put your name in them.
Cell Phones
- Turn them off when entering a rehearsal or performance space. There are appropriate times to use them, so hang up!
Notes
- Getting Them: Always be gracious, even if you disagree. Say, “Thank you.” after the director gives you the note, or, “May we speak about this later?” if you don’t understand or disagree. Find time for you and the director to solve issues that affect you or your character only.
- Notes are expected to be written down and reviewed before the next rehearsal.
- Giving Them: NEVER, never give another actor notes and never allow yourself to receive notes from another actor. A response could be, “Thanks for your help, but I think it’s best we do this kind of thing through the stage manager or director.” There is no room for flexibility here. Wouldn’t you resent it?
Costumes
- Costume fittings are tricky. Let the designer know your concerns, but avoid doing his or her job.
- Personal hygiene is important for the fittings, and you should be clean & wear proper undergarments.
- Actors are responsible for returning their own costumes to the appropriate hanger/shelf/ditty bag at the conclusion of all rehearsals and performances.
- All repairs, stains, or problems needing attention are to be written nightly on a repair sheet provided by the costume department.
- No part of the costume is to be taken off theatre premises without the Costume Shop Supervisor’s approval.
- Absolutely no eating, drinking, chewing gum, or smoking in costume. Water is the only exception to this rule.
- Please change into street clothes, hang up your costume, and return your mics before greeting the audience.
- Wear your costume as prescribed for every performance. You are not allowed to make changes to your costume.
- Do not cut or change the color of your hair after you have been cast without the permission of the director and costume designer.
Props
- Props are to be handled with care and only by the TD, SM, prop crew, and the actor using them.
- Props are to be returned to the props table immediately after use unless otherwise designated by the prop master.
- Please do not consume edible props unless you have been directed to consume them.
- Take the initiative to communicate dietary restrictions before or early in the rehearsal process
- All lost, damaged, or broken props should be brought to the attention of the SM or prop master immediately.
- Never play with a prop and always check your props before each show and rehearsal.
Gossip
- You know its wrong. We heard you say it. Just don’t do it!
Quiet!
- As you learned in the last rule, sometimes keeping your mouth shut is a good thing. We will expand on that theme—keep the noise down when you are backstage. Avoid all talking and/or whispering; some theatres actually DO have good acoustics. Keep your voice and laughter down even when in the dressing room.
Tech Rehearsals
- This is the only time the designers get to fine-tune their work with you there. So, pay attention. Don’t disrupt their rehearsal and stay close to the stage, because they’re always going to go back a few scenes when they resume.
Backstage Drama
- Just because we play dramatic characters onstage does not mean we must portray them off.
Sound Check
- Please be quite during the sound check. During sound check sing a portion of the show at the energy level appropriate for the performance. This is a time for the music and sound designer, if you goof off you won’t sound pretty.
- Remember that your mic may be on after you leave the stage. (All the way to the dressing room and beyond)
Run of the Show
- You need to get permission before you leave town during the rehearsals and run of a show.
- The stage manager may set any reasonable arrival time for any actor in any show.
Dressing Room Behavior
- No singing in the dressing room after half hour.
- Be quiet in the dressing room. Music should only be played through ear buds or headphones.
- Please be careful of surfing the Internet, reading, or any activity that distracts you from doing your job.
- Please be courteous and conscientious of the other cast members’ processes.
- Directors will not be in the dressing room after half hour, and no notes are to be given after half hour.
Illness
- There are sick days built into many contracts; use them when you NEED to.
Ad Libs and Changes to the Script and Blocking
- Do not ad lib unless directed by the director. Never alter lines unless cuts have been made by the playwright or director.
- Don’t change blocking after opening night.
Opening Night
- Congratulations! Have fun at the party, but remember, you have a show tomorrow night.
Marking a Performance
- The lone audience member today paid the same ticket price as the full house that loved your performance last night. You have a responsibility to all involved to perform the show as rehearsed and to do your best.
Maintaining a Performance
- You can look at a long run either as a chore or the world’s best acting class. You get to apply your craft and test your choices in front of an audience (“Why did I get that laugh last night and not tonight?”). Quit complaining and stay fresh. There are worse things than having a job.
Respect
The most obvious and the most abused. We appeal only to the basest of reasons for having respect (Remember, nothing spreads faster than your reputation):
- For Staff - They can hire you again
- For Crew - They can hurt you
- For Directors - They can make your life miserable
- For Designers - They can make you look stupid
- For Actors’ Equity - They can upstage you
- For Yourself - That means value your contribution to the show by following the above guidelines and taking care of yourself when rehearsing and performing. Keep healthy throughout the run.
- For Fellow Cast Members: They are you support system on and off stage
- For Your Costumes, Sound Equipment, Set, and Instruments ECT…: Don’t touch anything that is not yours and respect anything and everything around you.
** Portions of this document were adapted from Actors Equity Association, Ithaca College and Ashland University.
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Revised Requirements for the BFA Musical Theatre Program
Effective October 1, 2018
1. Since the BFA Musical Theatre Program requires students to demonstrate potential in all areas of musical theatre through assessment measures beyond academic evaluations, The Acting Faculty of the School of Theatre and Dance has the right to dismiss from the program a student who fails to demonstrate potential to become a competent performer. This condition will be applied to those who meet academic requirements.
2. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must comply with the university attendance policy 3-01.2 (effective Jan. 13, 2014).
3. BFA Musical Theatre candidates are required to audition for all theatre division main stage productions and accept roles if cast. Exemptions to the audition requirement may be granted under certain circumstances. Circumstances include but are not limited to: religious beliefs, moral objection, psychological triggers with the play, and physical concerns. In order to be exempted from the audition requirement, students must submit a written petition to the performance faculty prior to the beginning of the casting process for the production in question. The performance faculty will make a good faith effort to deliberate and come to a decision on the petition at the first performance area meeting after the receipt of the petition. At no point will a student be asked to disclose sensitive personal information.
4. BFA Musical Theatre candidates are expected to follow the GPS roadmap for the BFA Musical Theatre Program unless exceptions are made by either the College or School advisor.
5. If a BFA Musical Theatre candidate fails a required musical theatre core class, the candidate will automatically be placed on program probation.
6. BFA Musical Theatre candidates are expected to matriculate in the BFA program by completing program requirements and Kent Core requirements. Failure of any course requires candidates to repeat courses and may interfere with program matriculation, which may result in program probation.
7. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must successfully complete all course work as determined by the course instructors and as outlined by the course syllabi and maintain a GPA of 2.5 in their major. Students may be dismissed from the program for failure to maintain a 2.5 GPA in their major.
8. BFA Musical Theatre candidates on academic and/or programmatic probation may not participate in School of Theatre and Dance productions or outside productions.
9. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must demonstrate continuous skill development and growth in ALL areas of the BFA Musical Theatre Program. A student may be placed on program probation for failure to demonstrate continuous skill development and growth in ALL areas of the BFA Musical Theatre Program. The members of the Acting Faculty will provide the student with written information regarding specific areas and skills in question at the time of a student being placed on probation.
10. A freshman BFA Musical Theatre student may only participate in one (1) production per semester.
11. All BFA Musical Theatre candidates must petition the acting faculty for permission before auditioning for any production outside the Theatre Division of the KSU School of Theatre and Dance.
12. Upon completion of 60 semester hours, each student is required to contact the Office of Advising and Academic Services to obtain a current evaluation of progress toward completion of the student’s chosen degree program.
13. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must participate in the annual School of Theatre and Dance, Kent State University, screening auditions.
14. BFA Musical Theatre candidates who qualify for unified auditions, through the aforementioned screening auditions, must participate in at least 1 of the approved auditions each year.
15. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must participate in the annual BFA evaluation interviews/meetings.
16. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must demonstrate professional behavior at all times. Professional behavior is defined as behavior that supports the creative process. Any behavior that detracts from the creative process can lead to immediate probation and/or dismissal from the BFA Musical Theatre program.
17. BFA Musical Theatre candidates must demonstrate respect for their peers, instructors, and for themselves before, during and after classes, rehearsals, and performances.
18. BFA Musical Theatre candidates MUST secure, via the audition process, at least one role of significance in order to graduate. The role of significance must be approved by the Acting Faculty.
19. Should a BFA Musical Theatre candidate be placed on program probation the Acting Faculty will provide a written list of conditions, and an explanation of what constitutes meeting said conditions, as well as a time frame for addressing said conditions. Failure to meet conditions in the time frame specified could lead to dismissal from the BFA Musical Theatre Program.
20. If a BFA Musical Theatre candidate is unable to attend class due to illness, then the candidate will be unable to attend rehearsal. Failure to attend rehearsals may lead to dismissal from a production.
21. In order to maintain a safe and professional working environment, BFA Musical Theatre candidates are expected to attend classes, rehearsals, and performances with a clear, sober and focused mind and body. Students suspected to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs are subject to immediate program probation or dismissal from the program and shall be reported to the Student Conduct Board as well as the Kent City Police Department. They are also subject to immediate program probation or dismissal from the program.
22. Failure to meet any requirement set forth in this document will lead to program probation, and/or program dismissal.
23. In extreme circumstances, a BFA Musical Theatre candidate may be dismissed from the program without probation.
24. Any request, petition, or other action for consideration by the acting faculty must be presented at least one week prior to the event or deadline.
Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for Musical Theatre - B.F.A.
The Musical Theatre program allows students to embark on a life of performance in the areas of acting, music, and dance. Alumni of Kent State University's Musical Theatre program have worked in local, regional, national, and international performance venues including Broadway, London's West End, and in film and television. Graduates of the Musical Theatre program also go on to careers as directors, composers, choreographers and educators.
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Actors
3.1%
about as fast as the average
70,100
number of jobs
$N/A
potential earnings
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Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary
5.6%
faster than the average
116,300
number of jobs
$69,690
potential earnings
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Dancers
2.3%
slower than the average
11,400
number of jobs
$N/A
potential earnings
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Miscellaneous entertainers and performers, sports and related workers
4.2%
about as fast as the average
33,300
number of jobs
$N/A
potential earnings
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Music directors and composers
1.7%
slower than the average
58,000
number of jobs
$52,250
potential earnings
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Musicians and singers
0.9%
little or no change
175,600
number of jobs
$N/A
potential earnings
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Producers and directors
10.0%
much faster than the average
159,500
number of jobs
$76,400
potential earnings
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Notice: Career Information Source
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
Terri Kent, Musical Theatre Coordinator
The BFA Musical Theatre Program is coordinated under the leadership of Terri Kent, Professor and Producing Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s professional summer venue. She is a member of Actor’s Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA, the Society and Choreographers union. Directing credits include: Big River, Brigadoon, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Oliver and Oklahoma (Porthouse Theatre); Cabaret and Children of Eden (Halle Theatre); Bye Bye Birdie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Little Shop of Horrors, and Damn Yankees (Cain Park); and Godspell, Side show, Chicago, The Fantasticks, and Guys and Dolls (Kent State University). Terri Kent can be reached at tkent@kent.edu
B.F.A. Musical Theatre Showcase
The annual Musical Theatre Showcase provides senior musical theatre students with the opportunity to perform in New York City for prospective agents, casting directors and managers.