Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting Concentration
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting is intended for the dedicated and committed student who wishes to pursue a career as a professional actor, educator, or go on to graduate study. The Acting concentration provides the student with comprehensive core coursework in Acting, Voice, and Movement and includes supplemental coursework in Acting for the Camera, Dance, Stage Combat, Improvisation, and Shakespeare. Nationally and internationally recognized faculty members teach a holistic hands-on approach to the body, voice, and creative abilities in traditional and contemporary techniques. These, among others, include Stanislavsky, Meisner, Viewpoints, Michael Chekhov, Alexander, LeCoq, Suzuki, Linklater, Lessac, and Rodenburg.
Over four years the students will have the opportunity to audition for multiple performance experiences including, but not limited to, classic American plays, contemporary plays, improv, workshop/works-in-progress, readings of new plays, devised performance, student-directed one-acts, student films, and other collaborative, interdisciplinary projects. Students may be cast as early as their first year of enrollment! BFA Acting majors are required to audition for every main-stage production and accept any role. Students are encouraged to audition for as many TATL Lab, Studio, Dance Concerts, and Directing Scenes, as schedules allow.
The studio theatre is a black-box theatre with seating up to 150. Designed for a smaller audience, it has more flexibility than the main stage.
The Theatre Arts Teaching Lab (TATL), located in Fine Arts North room 143, is an experiential training ground for future theatre teachers. Through immersion and training in creative and collaborative educational theatre-making processes, TATL students are encouraged to experiment, collaborate, and adventure as they lead the production of laboratory performances each semester.
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance season productions provide a showcase for the creative research of the academic program. Students enrolled in a major are encouraged to audition for all performances.
All BFA Acting candidates must formally audition for admittance into the program. A limited number of students will be accepted into the Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting program to ensure personalized instruction and attention. All prospective students must be accepted by the University of Texas at Arlington prior to acceptance into the program. View the UTA Theatre Arts Acceptd page to submit your audition by May 31, 2023. After your submission has been reviewed, you may be contacted to schedule a virtual or in-person callback. Details on submission requirements are below.
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Associate Professor of Instruction
Area Head BFA Acting
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Associate Professor
Professor & Associate Department Chair
Artistic Director
Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
SAG, AFTRA
Email: whitsett@uta.edu
Office: Fine Arts Building North 180
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Managing Director - Amphibian Stage Productions
